. Gettysburg, the pivotal battle of the Civil War . GETTYSBURG noon, as it was guarded at the upper end by thethree last-named batteries —eighteen guns, withgaping mouths looking down its length from thatcommanding eminence, north of the Wheatfield Road. During Longstreets cannonade these last-namedbatteries were in a splendid position to return theircomphments, and they were not allowing the timeto pass in idleness; but the Confederate fire wasintended to shake Sickles infantry before the charg-ing infantry lines swept forward to battle. At fouroclock the artillery fire slackened, and Longstr
. Gettysburg, the pivotal battle of the Civil War . GETTYSBURG noon, as it was guarded at the upper end by thethree last-named batteries —eighteen guns, withgaping mouths looking down its length from thatcommanding eminence, north of the Wheatfield Road. During Longstreets cannonade these last-namedbatteries were in a splendid position to return theircomphments, and they were not allowing the timeto pass in idleness; but the Confederate fire wasintended to shake Sickles infantry before the charg-ing infantry lines swept forward to battle. At fouroclock the artillery fire slackened, and Longstreetsinfantry, like a cyclone from out the South, struckSickles lines at the apex of his Salient, and the battleof Peach Orchard was on in all its fury. Long-streets orders from Lee were: Strike the enemyon his left flank and roll him up like a rubberblanket; and there is no doubt that he did his bestto carry out his instructions. The valley behindthe Peach Orchard divided the combatants into twounequal parts. East of the valley Birneys twobrigad
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