Maine at Gettysburg [electronic resource] . SIXTEENTH REGIMENT ENGAGED. 43 It was about four oclock in the afternoon when the Six-teenth Maine was ordered to advance (a) It obeyed at once,and took position in line of battle facing the MummasburgRoad. On the left and rear of its position the long lines ofHills brigades, so often repulsed during the day, were advanc-ing for their final and successful effort, reinforced by the freshone of Raniseur. And as the soldiers of the Sixteenth anx-iously scanned the low ground which stretches for a mile northand east of the Mummasburg Road, they saw a hea
Maine at Gettysburg [electronic resource] . SIXTEENTH REGIMENT ENGAGED. 43 It was about four oclock in the afternoon when the Six-teenth Maine was ordered to advance (a) It obeyed at once,and took position in line of battle facing the MummasburgRoad. On the left and rear of its position the long lines ofHills brigades, so often repulsed during the day, were advanc-ing for their final and successful effort, reinforced by the freshone of Raniseur. And as the soldiers of the Sixteenth anx-iously scanned the low ground which stretches for a mile northand east of the Mummasburg Road, they saw a heavy columnof Ewells infantry move across their front to deploy againstthem. But when they turned from the spectacle of the hostsadvancing against them and looked anxiously to the rear,whence support and encouragement should be expected, theysaw only the retiring columns of their companions in arms. Itis remembered to the lasting glory of the officers and enlistedmen of the Sixteenth that in this bitter moment not one ofthem wavered. The two
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