. Gettysburg, the pivotal battle of the Civil War . P Xfl > Q O o OP^ GETTYSBURG Wheatfield and were advancing toward the crest ofCemetery Ridge. But Laws had not yet abandoned his design onLittle Round Top; and Bennings brigade ofGeorgians having reinforced the Alabamans, theytried again to carry the hill of boulders. GeneralWeed with the third brigade of the second divisionof the Fifth was then ordered to reinforce and holdLittle Round Top. Colonel ORorke, with theOne Hundred and Fortieth New York Infantry,was the first to reach the firing line in support ofVincents brigade, and a hand-to
. Gettysburg, the pivotal battle of the Civil War . P Xfl > Q O o OP^ GETTYSBURG Wheatfield and were advancing toward the crest ofCemetery Ridge. But Laws had not yet abandoned his design onLittle Round Top; and Bennings brigade ofGeorgians having reinforced the Alabamans, theytried again to carry the hill of boulders. GeneralWeed with the third brigade of the second divisionof the Fifth was then ordered to reinforce and holdLittle Round Top. Colonel ORorke, with theOne Hundred and Fortieth New York Infantry,was the first to reach the firing line in support ofVincents brigade, and a hand-to-hand conflict ragedagain on the slippery rocks and declivities. Byorder of Weed, Hazletts battery (D of the FifthU. S. Artillery) was by hand and with ropesdragged to the summit; but the Confederate sharp-shooters, located behind the boulders of Devils Den,picked off the Union artillerymen so rapidly as torender their guns of little or no service for a Weed was mortally wounded; and whileHazlett was leaning over him, receiving his dy
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