. Gettysburg and Lincoln; . eet succeeded in gettingpossession of and holding the desired ground. * Itwas a severe struggle. Bimeys division of theThird Corps bore the brunt of Longstreets two hours the conflict was a desperate one onboth sides. The Confederates made the attackcovered by a cloud of skirmishers. Again andagain Bimey sent for reinforcements. His linesswayed to and fro while the battle raged, and hisregiments were moved constantly on the doublequick from one part of the line to another, in orderto meet the furious onslaughts of the enemy. Bir-ney held the Peach Orchard
. Gettysburg and Lincoln; . eet succeeded in gettingpossession of and holding the desired ground. * Itwas a severe struggle. Bimeys division of theThird Corps bore the brunt of Longstreets two hours the conflict was a desperate one onboth sides. The Confederates made the attackcovered by a cloud of skirmishers. Again andagain Bimey sent for reinforcements. His linesswayed to and fro while the battle raged, and hisregiments were moved constantly on the doublequick from one part of the line to another, in orderto meet the furious onslaughts of the enemy. Bir-ney held the Peach Orchard until nearly dusk,when he fell back to the next ridge. Sickles wa*?severely wounded about six oclock—one of hislegs was shot away—and Bimey succeeded to thecommand of the corps. North of the Peach Orchard, Humphreys divi-sion of the Second Corps held the line along the Em-mittsburg road. Here about four oclock, he wasattacked by McLaws, and when at length the sali-ent was broken the whole attention of the enemy at fsdr. Cj a; PU o -(-> Pht; o r^ H B ^ -c ^ ^ 0 -^ f^ <D ^ -M n OJ m Q c <+-. ^ o m Oj ^, ^ ^ li 3 oo Gettysburg. The Second Day 41 this point being directed to him, he was compelledto fall back to the higher ground on the was done in good order, but Humphreys losseswere heavy. The fortune of war, he saysrarely places troops under more trying circum-stances than those in which my division founditself on this day. When Longstreet commenced his attack, theright of his line overlapped Sickless front by twobrigades, and these moved round so as to threatenLittle Round Top. While the conflict was raging,Meade sent General Warren to the left for anexamination of the ground. Reaching LittleRound Top, he found it occupied as a Union signalstation. There were no troops there. From thatrocky hilltop, looking out over the field which thesummit disclosed, Warren saw that the long lineof woods on the west side of the Emmittsburg roadfurnished an opportunity
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