. . e mingled with the dread pageant-ry of war. It was thegrandest panorama that ever spread out beforeas. At night we could seethe camp-tires of the twoarmies, gleaming andtwinkling for miles in everydirection. Colonel Harkerthought it would beplan to have a little artilleryoil the ridge with which towake up the Johnnies inthe morning. There wasno such word as wimpossi-ble in the army vocabu-lary, and he directed Colo-nel Dunlap to see whatcould do with his Kentuck-laus. At dusk the ThirdKentucky, leaving its armsstacked, descended
. . e mingled with the dread pageant-ry of war. It was thegrandest panorama that ever spread out beforeas. At night we could seethe camp-tires of the twoarmies, gleaming andtwinkling for miles in everydirection. Colonel Harkerthought it would beplan to have a little artilleryoil the ridge with which towake up the Johnnies inthe morning. There wasno such word as wimpossi-ble in the army vocabu-lary, and he directed Colo-nel Dunlap to see whatcould do with his Kentuck-laus. At dusk the ThirdKentucky, leaving its armsstacked, descended the ridgeand two cannon wereplaced at their disposal. Two ropes, a hundred feet long, werefastened to each piece, and these were seized by the men, while-others took hold of the wheels. At the word they started with ayell that woke the echoes far and near. It is scarcely credible,but within an hour those dogs of war were at the top. It wasonly accomplished after infinite tugging and toiling. ColonelHarker laughed heartily as he warmly congratulated Colonel Dun. ASA M. TRIM f FIRST l , SIXTY-FIFTH. 516 THKY GRATIFIED THEIR CURIOSITY. [May, lap> on his success. Well give those fellows a surprise in themorning ! he said. The night passed without incident. We were in line of bat-tle at three oclock in the morning. At early dawn Colonel Har-ker lold the artillerists to toss a few shells among the rebels. Noattempt had been made to drag caissons up the ridge. A supplyof ammunition had been carried up in the arms of the effect of the shots was instantaneous. Evidently the rebelshad not dreamed that artillery could be planted upon that Loftysummit, and the bursting of shells about their ears threw theminto a panic. We could plainly see them scurrying around toget out of range. A few of their guns opened in reply, buttheir missiles did not reach us. That morning Commissary-sergeant William H. Farber andJohn W. Leidigh, of Company C, Sixty-fourth, thoug
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