. Gen. Robert Edward Lee; soldier, citizen, and Christian patriot. ? calculated upon, and we watched the development with thekeen interest of men who know that upon the accomplishment oftheir ends depends all that is of life and hope to them. From my position on Seminary Ridge I watched the awfulwork. As I recall the scene now, it required an almost stoicalphilosophy to hope for anything beyond the total annihilation ofall concerned in the terrible struggle. The commanding positionoccupied by the Federal guns on Cemetery Hill, and the elevatedground which gradually slopes away from it on both
. Gen. Robert Edward Lee; soldier, citizen, and Christian patriot. ? calculated upon, and we watched the development with thekeen interest of men who know that upon the accomplishment oftheir ends depends all that is of life and hope to them. From my position on Seminary Ridge I watched the awfulwork. As I recall the scene now, it required an almost stoicalphilosophy to hope for anything beyond the total annihilation ofall concerned in the terrible struggle. The commanding positionoccupied by the Federal guns on Cemetery Hill, and the elevatedground which gradually slopes away from it on both sides, enabled. SOLDIER, CITIZEN AND CHRISTIAN PATRIOT. 291 them to do the more efifective work. Their shot and shell toreruthlessly through our lines, making many horrid gaps. AlongSeminary Ridge was a thick growth of saplings, among which stoodsturdy trees, and many of them fell before the leaden rain as ifthey had been assailed by a tornado. There was no thought offlinching along our line from the galling fire we were flee to the rear meant almost as certain death as to stand boldlyto the guns. The Federal shot and shell flew around us and overour heads into the country back of us at least two miles, and toseek safety by skulking to the rear was to invite an ignominiousdeath. I take a natural pride in saying that our troops exhibitedno timidity in facing the frightful ordeal to which they were beingsubjected-. Man to man they stood, shoulder to shoulder at theguns as if each felt himself the bulwark of the Confederacys hopes,and was determined to stand ready to beat back every hostile
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