. Sword and pen : or, Ventures and adventures of Willard Glazier in war and literature ... . rderous discharge of grape and canister,which mowed the grass and men all around him asthough a scythe had been swung just above his pros-trate form. During the terrific cannonade and subsequentcharges, our ammunition and other trains had beenparked in rear of Round Top, which gave them splen-did shelter. Partly to possess this train, but mainlyto secure this commanding position, General Long-street sent two strong divisions of infantry, with heavyartillery, to turn our flank, and drive us from thisgro
. Sword and pen : or, Ventures and adventures of Willard Glazier in war and literature ... . rderous discharge of grape and canister,which mowed the grass and men all around him asthough a scythe had been swung just above his pros-trate form. During the terrific cannonade and subsequentcharges, our ammunition and other trains had beenparked in rear of Round Top, which gave them splen-did shelter. Partly to possess this train, but mainlyto secure this commanding position, General Long-street sent two strong divisions of infantry, with heavyartillery, to turn our flank, and drive us from thisground. Kilpatrick, with his division, which had beenstrengthened by Merritts regulars, was watching thispoint and waiting for an opportunity to strike the came at last. Emerging from the woods in frontof him came a strong battle-line, followed by others. To the young Farnsworth was committed the taskof meeting infantry with cavalry in an open the Fifth New York in support of Eldersbattery, which was exposed to a galling fire, but mado > H H i—i ho H H m1QC CO aw Q. SKS***1 v.**6*; i*^^^ <(**** BATTLES FOR THE UNION. 333 reply with characteristic rapidity, precision and slaugh-ter, Farnsworth quickly ordered the First Virginia, theFirst Vermont, and Eighteenth Pennsylvania in lineof battle, and galloped away and charged upon theflank of the advancing columns. The attach wassharp, brief and successful, though attended with greatslaughter. But the rebels were driven upon theirmain lines, and the flank movement was the cavalry added another dearly earned laurelto its chaplet of honor—dearly earned, because manyof their bravest champions fell upon that bloody field. * • * • • « Thus ended the battle of Gettysburg—the bloodyturning-point of the rebellion—the bloody baptism ofthe redeemed republic. Nearly twenty thousand menfrom the Union ranks had been killed and wounded,and a larger number of the rebels, making the enor-mous agg
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