. Young folk's history of the war for the union . s to fallback and join him at that place. To get a good understanding of the situation, let us look amoment at the map, in which the observer is supposed to bestanding on the east side of Gettysburg and looking toward thewest. The town, a borough of about three thousand inhab-itants, stands in a kind of plain among several ridges of hillsrunning nearly north and south. The ridge south of the town,which bends round somewhat like a fish-hook, is commonlycalled Cemetery Ridge, because the burial-place of the town, 1863.] AROUND GETTYSBURG. 359 Eve
. Young folk's history of the war for the union . s to fallback and join him at that place. To get a good understanding of the situation, let us look amoment at the map, in which the observer is supposed to bestanding on the east side of Gettysburg and looking toward thewest. The town, a borough of about three thousand inhab-itants, stands in a kind of plain among several ridges of hillsrunning nearly north and south. The ridge south of the town,which bends round somewhat like a fish-hook, is commonlycalled Cemetery Ridge, because the burial-place of the town, 1863.] AROUND GETTYSBURG. 359 Evergreen Cemetery, is on its crest. Several small hills risefrom it, among them Round Top and Little Round Toj^ at itssouth end, Cemetery Hill at the bend of the fish-hook, andCulps Hill near the barb or point. Half a mile west of thetown is another ridge, generally called, from the Lutheran The-ological Seminary on it, Seminary Ridge, but sometimes OakRidge. Still further west, about a mile distant, are other ridges ^^^i^; ■^-540 / ^1, •\>. Battle of Gettysburg. separated from Seminary Ridge by a little stream named Wil-loughbys Run. Many roads leading in nearly all directionsmeet at Gettysburg, so that it is much like the hub of a wheelwith many spokes. In the morning of July 1st, the Union cavalry, under Gen-eral Buford, were west of the town on the Chambersburg road,watching for Lee, when it was attacked by the advance of Hillscorps. Buford, knowing that Reynoldss corps of infantry was 360 &ETTT8BUB0. [1863. in the town, lielcl the enemy back as well as he conld. Eey-nokls came up about ten oclock and attacked the enemy, send-ing back orders for General Howard of the Eleventh Corps tocome up as soon as jDossible. He had scarcely made these ar-rangements Avhen he was mortally wounded by a shot throughthe neck. Howard arrived about noon and took command, andthe Confederates were driven back little by little, losing manyprisoners. But they were soon reinforced by more of
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