A history of the United States . Picketts division of Longstreetscorps, consisting of about fifteen thousand veterans, wasordered forward for a charge. After a tremendous fire ofone hundred and thirty cannon for two hours, for the piirj)Oseof throwing the Union line into confusion, this division, madeup of the flower of the Confederate army, rushed forward to the assault. For about onemile they were withinrange of the Federal men ever fought morebravely, but success wasimpossible. The dead andthe dying strewed theground along the a few of the fifteenthousand reached theUnion l
A history of the United States . Picketts division of Longstreetscorps, consisting of about fifteen thousand veterans, wasordered forward for a charge. After a tremendous fire ofone hundred and thirty cannon for two hours, for the piirj)Oseof throwing the Union line into confusion, this division, madeup of the flower of the Confederate army, rushed forward to the assault. For about onemile they were withinrange of the Federal men ever fought morebravely, but success wasimpossible. The dead andthe dying strewed theground along the a few of the fifteenthousand reached theUnion line, and most ofthese were obliged to givethemselves up as prison-ers. The effort failed, andthe battle was lost. Leemagnanimously took thewhole blame of the defeatupon himself, although hemight, seemingly, have thrown part of it on subordinates. TheConfederate loss was about twenty thousand, while that ofMeade was about twenty-three Lee conducted a mostskillful retreat, and was slowly followed by the tired Unionists. General George E. 1 Bom at Richmond, Virginia, 1825; died, 1875. Graduated at West Point,1846; served well in Mexican, War and afterwards on Puget Sound, where heresisted encroachments of the British; entered Confederate service in 1861;brigadier general, 1862; wounded at Gainess Mill; commanded charge atGettysburg; in 1864 defended Petersburg skillfully against Butler; engagedin the insurance business until his death. 2 The official figures are 20,451 and 23,003. See Battles and Leaders of theCivil War, Vol. III., pp. 437-439. § 526] EMBARRASSMENT OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 419 across Maryland into Virginia, until the two armies confrontedeach other on the Rapidan, a branch of the Rappahannock. Therethey remained more or less inactive imtil the following spring. EMBARRASSMENT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 526. The Conscription of Troops in the North. — As the war dragged along, the novelty of it wore off, and enlistments inthe North began to flag
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