A history of the United States for schools . i two The battlecorps of the Union army, under Reynolds and burg!uiyHoward, encountered the Confederate van, -3. Ambrose Powell Hill, a little to the north of Get-tysburg. A severe battle ensued, in which Reynoldswas killed, and after another Confederate corps, underEvvell, had arrived on the scene, the Federals weredriven back through the town, but their antagonists didnot pursue them. The Federals were present!) rein-forced by Hancocks corps, and took their stand alongthe crest of Cemetery Ridge, a chain of small hills justsouth of Getty
A history of the United States for schools . i two The battlecorps of the Union army, under Reynolds and burg!uiyHoward, encountered the Confederate van, -3. Ambrose Powell Hill, a little to the north of Get-tysburg. A severe battle ensued, in which Reynoldswas killed, and after another Confederate corps, underEvvell, had arrived on the scene, the Federals weredriven back through the town, but their antagonists didnot pursue them. The Federals were present!) rein-forced by Hancocks corps, and took their stand alongthe crest of Cemetery Ridge, a chain of small hills justsouth of Gettysburg. It was a position of formidablestrength, and Meade brought up the rest of the army tosecure it. On July 2 the gallant Army of the Potomac was en- 414 THE FEDERAL UNION. Ch. XV. camped along Cemetery Ridge, and Lees army con-fronted it in a concave line extending along SeminaryRidge and past the town of Gettysburg to Rock Longstreet, with the Confederate right wing,attacked the projecting angle^ formed by Sickless corps. BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG. in front of the hills called Round Top and Little RoundTop. If Longstreet could have won these hills, theUnion army might have been driven from the ridge and ^ In military language such a projecting angle is called a salient. Itis a weak formation, because there is a point in front from which theenemys fire can enfilade or rake both its sides. In spite of this defect,the salient has its uses. §148. SLAVERY AND SECESSION. 415 defeated. After a desperate tight, the Sickles anglewas driven in, but the Federals held the Round Tophills securely. At the other end of the hne there wasalso severe fighting; Ewell tried to capture Gulps Hilland gain the Baltimore road; he secured a foothold on
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