. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . , leaping the fence and waving his cap on hissword-point, rushed forward, followed by about a hundred of his men. Up to the, very 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. For a brief 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, co
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . , leaping the fence and waving his cap on hissword-point, rushed forward, followed by about a hundred of his men. Up to the, very 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. For a brief 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 GENERAL L. A. ARMISTEAD,
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