Historic views of Gettysburg : illustrations in half-tone of all the monuments, important views and historic places on the Gettysburg battlefield . le Round Top is connectedby a narrow defile, and is not so high by 105 feet. The west slope of the smaller hill was bare of timber and an excellent position for artillery. Afterbeing occupied by the Union infantry the effort was made to get cannon to its summit. There were no roads, and the guns of Hasletts Battery werefinally drawn to the summit by hand and with ropes. Once in position it was impossible to use them. Devils Den was occupied by Conf
Historic views of Gettysburg : illustrations in half-tone of all the monuments, important views and historic places on the Gettysburg battlefield . le Round Top is connectedby a narrow defile, and is not so high by 105 feet. The west slope of the smaller hill was bare of timber and an excellent position for artillery. Afterbeing occupied by the Union infantry the effort was made to get cannon to its summit. There were no roads, and the guns of Hasletts Battery werefinally drawn to the summit by hand and with ropes. Once in position it was impossible to use them. Devils Den was occupied by Confederate sharp-shooters, and they picked off the gunners. On this summit General Weed was mortally wounded, and as Lieutenant Haslett stooped over him he, too,was shot, falling dead across his chief. Finally after eight companies of Berdan sharpshooters were distributed on the west side of the hill the Confed-erates were forced to vacate their position, and the guns were used with good effect. The mountain eap showing over the head of General Warrensstatue is Monterey Pass, through which General Lees army retreated on its way from DEVILS DEN. Opposite Round Tops, on the west bank of Plum Run, the ground—not so high but as wild and steep—rises to the crest of theDevils Den, named from the ominous character of its rocks, with their hard and rugged faces and the gloom of their deep recesses. Between Devil sDen and the Round Tops is the valley called the Vallev of Death. Such indeed it was. This ledge was part of the line of defence of the I hird Corpson the second day, and later furnished excellent positions for Confederate sharpshooters. Comet-shaped marks, yet visible, show where a bullet of lead adhered to the rocks, and becoming oxidized by time and the action of the weather, ran down over the face. For years betore the warnhad been common practice to cut inscriptions on the rocks. Acting on the argument that it would continue to be done while
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