. The Civil War through the camera : hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times, together with Elson's new history . , leaping the fence and waving his cap on hissword-point, rushed forward, followed by about a hundred of his men. Up to thevery crest they fought the Federals back, and Armistead. shouting, Give them thecold steel, boys! seized one of the guns. For a moment the Confederate flag wavedtriumphantly over the Federal battery. Forabrief interval the fight raged fiercelyat close quarters. Armistead was shot down beside the gun he had taken, and hismen were driven b
. The Civil War through the camera : hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times, together with Elson's new history . , leaping the fence and waving his cap on hissword-point, rushed forward, followed by about a hundred of his men. Up to thevery crest they fought the Federals back, and Armistead. shouting, Give them thecold steel, boys! seized one of the guns. For a moment the Confederate flag wavedtriumphantly over the Federal battery. Forabrief interval the fight raged fiercelyat close quarters. Armistead was shot down beside the gun he had taken, and hismen were driven back. Pickett, as he looked around the top of the ridge he hadgained, could see his men fighting all about with clubbed muskets and even flag-staffs against the troops that were rushing in upon them from all sides. Flesh andblood could not hold the heights against such terrible odds, and with a heart full ofanguish Pickett ordered a retreat. The despairing Longstreet, watching fromSeminary Ridge, saw through the smoke the shattered remnants drift sullenlydown the slope and knew that Picketts glorious but costly charge was ended. --^. GENERAL L. A. ARMISTEAD, # cin777rtf/////////mm rttyslmnj * July1863 -^ V. corps emerged in grand columns from the wooded crest ofSeminary Ridge under the command of General Pickett onthe right and General Pettigrew on the left. Longstreet hadplanned the attack with a view to passing around Round Top,and gaining it by flank and reverse attack, but Lee, when hecame upon the scene a few moments after the final orders hadbeen given, directed the advance to be made straight towardthe Federal main position on Cemetery Ridge. The charge was one of the most daring in warfare. Thedistance to the Federal lines was a mile. For half the distancethe troojis marched gayly, with flying banners and glitteringbayonets. Then came the burst of Federal cannon, and theConfederate ranks were torn with exploding shells. Petti-grews columns began to waver, but the
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