. Gen. Robert Edward Lee; soldier, citizen, and Christian patriot. sceneof blood, mortal suffering and death, the sharp rattle of the mus-ketry died away into asound like the measuredbeating of muffled drums,the hoarse grumbling ofthe destructive artillery, difficult music for mento face, faded into a meregrowd, and a gentle breezedrove away the pall ofsmoke that had hid be-neath it a picture of humanmisery sufficient to quailthe stoutest heart. Thesublime horror of this scenestood forth in all its ghastlyhideousness; but, thankHeaven ! there came a ces-sation here in the work ofcarnage and de
. Gen. Robert Edward Lee; soldier, citizen, and Christian patriot. sceneof blood, mortal suffering and death, the sharp rattle of the mus-ketry died away into asound like the measuredbeating of muffled drums,the hoarse grumbling ofthe destructive artillery, difficult music for mento face, faded into a meregrowd, and a gentle breezedrove away the pall ofsmoke that had hid be-neath it a picture of humanmisery sufficient to quailthe stoutest heart. Thesublime horror of this scenestood forth in all its ghastlyhideousness; but, thankHeaven ! there came a ces-sation here in the work ofcarnage and death. Further effort at thispoint was worse than the Confederates hadgained the peach orchardand forced the Union lineback some three-quarters of a mile, and inflicted great loss uponthe troops engaged, the great object had not been the morning dawned it was truly a second Gibraltar, for itwas covered with a perfect network of breastworks, and from itssummit frowned down upon the troops in the plain below twelvethirty-pound Parrot THE LOST CAUSE. SOLDIER, CITIZEN AND CHRISTIAN PATRIOT. 283 Scarcely had the tumult of battle euded on our right whenEwell renewed it on our left. Here, again, some excuse was to bemade for delay; and it was said that an adverse wind had preventedEwell from hearing the sound of Longstreets guns, and thereforehe did not attack, as had been contemplated. Hill, too, hadremained inactive, with the exception of the brigades of Andersonsdivision, which were covering Longstreets left. I have never heardany reason assigned for this. Late in the afternoon, when Longstreets divisions had finishedtheir dreadful days work, Ewell opened fire with his batteries onthe Federal position on Gulps Hill. Having discovered that anattempt on the north and east sides of the hill was impracticable,Johnston plunged his battalions into the vortex of Rock Creek andessayed to turn the Federal position by the southeast. His dis-positions were compl
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