. Gettysburg; the story of the battle of Gettysburg and the field, described as it is on the fiftieth anniversary, 1863-1913 . d as promptly as ex-pected. Within a short time Sickles had received awound which resulted in the loss of a leg, and his corps,now under Birney, had been forced back all along the line. Kershaw had pushed Ward back almost to LittleRound Top, but could not go further for Sykes menoccupied the wooded hills on his right. By this timethey were ready for action and soon the fighting becamegeneral amongst the rocks and trees at the foot of LittleRound Top. In the meantime. G
. Gettysburg; the story of the battle of Gettysburg and the field, described as it is on the fiftieth anniversary, 1863-1913 . d as promptly as ex-pected. Within a short time Sickles had received awound which resulted in the loss of a leg, and his corps,now under Birney, had been forced back all along the line. Kershaw had pushed Ward back almost to LittleRound Top, but could not go further for Sykes menoccupied the wooded hills on his right. By this timethey were ready for action and soon the fighting becamegeneral amongst the rocks and trees at the foot of LittleRound Top. In the meantime. General Warren, the EngineerOfficer of the army, had gone up on Little Round Topto watch the fight. He saw that this eminence was theobjective point of the Confederate attack, and at oncehurried to the lines of the Fifth Corps and, on his ownresponsibility, detached Vincents Brigade and orderedit to occupy Little Round Top. Cannon were hauled up the steep slopes, and en-trenchments were hurriedly thrown up. On came theConfederate forces, clear to the foot of the eminence,where Vincents men met them in a bayonet charge. 28. 44th New York, on Little Round Top General Barnes sent a battery and the 140th NewYork to their aid and formed the balance of his divisionto present a firm front to the charge. Time after timethe Confederates stormed the Union position, only tobe driven back. The story of the fight of Chamberlains 20th Maineat the stone wall near the foot of Little Round Top,when a third of the command were lost and all theammunition expended, is too well known to need repeat-ing. At the Peach Orchard, Graham was still holdingon in the face of a fire from two sides, Kershaw on thewest, and Barksdale on the north. He struggled againstthe tremendous odds of the conflict, but was finally over-come by the Mississippians under Barksdale, whocaptured the position, but lost their General, who wasmortally wounded in the final charge. Soon the fighting extended to the Wheatfield,where
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