. The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocabularies for each nation; and the world's famous events, told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands. I.\-57. Ihe United States—Gettysburg 1^49 That third day found the mighty struggle still unfinished. The ghastlydead lay upon the field in uncoun
. The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocabularies for each nation; and the world's famous events, told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands. I.\-57. Ihe United States—Gettysburg 1^49 That third day found the mighty struggle still unfinished. The ghastlydead lay upon the field in uncounted thousands, but the living still fought on,unterrified and unsubdued. Lee suffered awful losses; but he seems to havefelt that the one chance for the success of his cause hung upon gaining adecisive victory at Gettysburg. His decimated forces were gathered in theshelter of another ridge about a mile west of the Union lines. Across thevalley between, a mammoth artillery duel was kept up during most of July the Northern cannoneers ceased firing, and Lee seized the momen-tary lull for a final supreme effort. A massive column of men, fifteen thousand strong, under General Pickett,rushed forward from the Confederate lines to hurl themselves upon the Unionbatteries. Before they were half way across the intervening valley, a well-directed storm of shot and shell, an immeasurable hurricane of death, burstupon them in all its fury. They fell
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