. Army life : a private's reminiscences of the Civil War . d of the corps. It was a fearfulstruggle. Hills corps of the rebel army on the oneside, and the First corps, much the inferior in num-bers, upon the other. General Howard arrives with the Eleventh rebels also receive reinforcements. Back andforth the contending lines press each other untillate in the afternoon, when the Union troops areoverpowered, and are hurled, bleeding and mangled,through the streets of Gettysburgh, and up the slopesof Cemetery Ridge. General Hancock arrives at thismoment from the headquarters of General
. Army life : a private's reminiscences of the Civil War . d of the corps. It was a fearfulstruggle. Hills corps of the rebel army on the oneside, and the First corps, much the inferior in num-bers, upon the other. General Howard arrives with the Eleventh rebels also receive reinforcements. Back andforth the contending lines press each other untillate in the afternoon, when the Union troops areoverpowered, and are hurled, bleeding and mangled,through the streets of Gettysburgh, and up the slopesof Cemetery Ridge. General Hancock arrives at thismoment from the headquarters of General Meade,and assumes the command, and in concert withGeneral Howard, selected the line of battle. Thevillage is filled with the highly elated rebels, wholoudly boast that they can easily whip the Yankeeson the morrow. Things look a little desperate on Cemetery and thousands of his gallant men havefallen, but their courage saved the position for theUnion army, and on that hill our line of battle isbeing formed under the supervision of our brave. UNIONCOUtlDtRMt BATTLK OF GETTYSBURGH. KE]yiINISCEKCES OF THE WAR. 103 generals,—Howard the one-armed hero, Hancockthe brilliant leader, Dan Sickles the irresistiblecommander of the Third corps, and brave Slocumof the Twelfth. Sjkes and Sedgwick with theirrespective corps will put in an appearance on themorrow. At midnight General Meade arrives andassumes command of the entire line. It is evidentat a glance that the old army of the Potomac ison deck, and that if General Lee expects to winGettjsburgh by fighting a few brigades of raw mili-tia, he is very much mistaken. The ridge on whichour line of battle is being formed somewhat resem-bles a horseshoe in shape. Cemetery Hill, facing thenorthwest, is the point nearest Gettysburgh andLees headquarters, and that point we will call thetoe calk of the horseshoe. To the left and rear isRound Top, which represents one heel calk, whileWolfs Hill to the right and rear represents theo
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