. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . RIOT PUB. CO. AFTER THE BATTLE—ROUND TOP, SOUTHERN END OF THE FEDERAL LINE From these rocks of Round Top, asseen from Little Round Top, echoedthe cannonading at Gettysburg—theheaviest ever heard on this continent,and seldom equaled anywhere. Fortwo miles the Confederate line wasplanted thick with cannon. GeneralHancocks official account gives aclear notion of this part of the battle:From 11 until 1 there wasan ominous stillness. About 1 oclock,apparently by
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . RIOT PUB. CO. AFTER THE BATTLE—ROUND TOP, SOUTHERN END OF THE FEDERAL LINE From these rocks of Round Top, asseen from Little Round Top, echoedthe cannonading at Gettysburg—theheaviest ever heard on this continent,and seldom equaled anywhere. Fortwo miles the Confederate line wasplanted thick with cannon. GeneralHancocks official account gives aclear notion of this part of the battle:From 11 until 1 there wasan ominous stillness. About 1 oclock,apparently by a given signal, theenemy opened upon our front withthe heaviest artillery fire I have everknown. Their pins were in positionat an average distance of about 1,400yards from my line, and ran in a semi-circle from the town of Gettysburg toa point opposite Round Top Moun-tain. Their number is variously es-timated at from one hundred and fif-. ABNER DOUBLEDAY DEFENDER OP CEMETERY RIDGE, THE NORTHERNOF MEADES LINE teen to one hundred and fifty. Theair was filled with projectiles, therebeing scarcely an instant but that sev-eral were seen bursting at once. Noirregularity of ground afforded muchprotection, and the plain in rear of theline of battle was soon swept of every-thing movable. The infantry troopsmaintained their position with gnatsteadiness, covering themselves asbest they might by the temporary buttrifling defenses they hail erected andthe accidents of the ground. Scarcelya straggler was seen, but all waitedHi. cessation of the fierce cannonade,knowing well what it artillery of the corps, imperfectlysupplied with ammunition, replied tothe enemy most gallantly, maintainingthe unequal contest inamanner that re-flected the highest honor on this arm.
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