. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . Charge of PickettsMen. When the Confederate artilleryopened at one oclock on the afternoon ofJuly 3d, Meade and his staff were drivenfrom their headquarters on Cemetery could Uve exposed on that hill-side, swept by cannon that were beingworked as fast as human hands could workthem. It was the beginning of Lees lasteffort to wrest victory from the odds thatwere against him. Longstreet, on tlicmorning of the ;!d, had earnestly advisedagainst renewing the battle against theGettysburg heights. But Lee saw that inthis mome
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . Charge of PickettsMen. When the Confederate artilleryopened at one oclock on the afternoon ofJuly 3d, Meade and his staff were drivenfrom their headquarters on Cemetery could Uve exposed on that hill-side, swept by cannon that were beingworked as fast as human hands could workthem. It was the beginning of Lees lasteffort to wrest victory from the odds thatwere against him. Longstreet, on tlicmorning of the ;!d, had earnestly advisedagainst renewing the battle against theGettysburg heights. But Lee saw that inthis moment the fate of the South liung inthe balance; that if the .\rmv of NorthernVirginia did not win, it would never againbecome the aggressor. Picketts division, as yet not engaged, was the force Lee designated for theassault; every man was a ^irginian, forming a veritable TenthLegion in valor. Auxiliary divisions swelled the charging coliminto 15,000. In the middle of the afternoon the Federal guns ceasedfiring. The time for the cliarge had come. Twice Pickett. PICKETT—TIIKOF GET asked of Longstreet if he sliould goforward. Longstnct merely bowed inanswer. Sir, I sliall lead my divisionforward, said Pickett at last, andthe heavy-hearted Longstreet bowed hisliead. As the splendid column swept out ofthe woods and across the plain the Federalguns reopened with redoubled fury. For amile Pickett and his men kept on, facing a(Icadlv grrrting of round shot, canister,and the bullets of Hancocks resolute infan-try. It was magnificent—but every oneof Picketts brigade cf)mmanders wentdouii and their men Irll by scores andhundreds around them. A hundred led byArmistead, waving his cap on his sword-point, actually broke through and captureda battery, Armistead falling beside a was but for a moment. Longstreet had been right when hesaid: There never was a body of fifteen thousand men who couldmake that attack successfully. Ik-fore the converging Federalsthe thinned ranks of Confedera
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