Show GEN SICKLES AT gettysburg of it th tho conflict of f tho the third cp corpt lit rr oen n version of this conflict is part particularly I 1 interesting at this time A reporter met liim him tit at liia his comfortable home recently and found tile veteran seated at a BOO year parold par old moorish deck pres presented entea to him while he was minister to spain yes mid gen sickles in answer to I 1 lie reporters ili query tery tile the only III vo go k ell of this battle in a public sense as in WA when I 1 igafo gavia testimony ony before the congressional com commit mittet teo charged etli avith inquiring into tile conduct 0 f the war but my duty then wits was to only such questions as aa the corn com milho put to tome onie o nie me the part that the third corps corpa took in fit that battle can only IK understood by those who either were thero at the ehno or hai baie examined the position tion sin bince e e I 1 am abare aw aro of the great Allio of 0 criticism that liaa has been directed towards rne for not pr prolonging ailie 1 alic imo of the troops troop who hail ai been on and near cemetery hill and h I 1 went n out on the heights and st located an advantage 0 us position where I 1 could quickly de detect ct every movement that longstreet Longst maile made tile fait fact of 0 till matter ji j there was waa no noord order rr of 0 battle nor nr wim was thero theio tile preparation for 1 0 that day when longstreet Lon estreet morits idaile lila formation fornia tion ind and wung ilia his troops troop on to my left thero there wa 64 nothing fox for nie me to do but attack it II easily have haie licud my own against all an equal force bu but I 1 to langino that I 1 could checkor or beat back the right win n ing g of tile confederate army anny tile overwhelming force brought to bear against me made my line untenable nabla rind nn JI called for realizing tint df defeat e at of ray my corps meant tile flanking of ti alie ie army and tile interposition of the enemy between the army and lie capital I 1 called upon 0 ila Uan cock who M ho had been kind und and cordial to me and ho he sent itic me regiment after regiment tile gallant weed of the fifth corps came caine 0 to o my aid poor oen aen S 11 II weed who wa was i hilled alint same saino afternoon oon on oil little round top and on whose hoap breast If hazlett azlett who was in corn com wand of weeds old artillery battery and who was also shot bya by 1 sharpshooter fell while lio lie was deanin lenning g over to hear bear hit chiefs lying I 1 words worda and poor jihor zook ol 01 tit the second corps who fell in in tile wheat flohil hold 1 lj liter 1 r in to warrens ap peala for 0 r I 1 licup II 11 from round top I 1 lit let hiru hiril have weed for I 1 was confident that with the help I 1 then had and with rein fo from ilia theli fth corps corpa which responded respond eJ tin on hour after I 1 called ahm wu we could u at least hold theofleld the flefil I 1 lost ill col over 4 men general Is in it true then that gen 3 meauli was vas dissatisfied with Biti thin 7 thero had been tt a sort of 0 cour council icil of war var that morning and all the corps corn com machers had been requested to attend oen gen meade sent seat for me I 1 declined to go because I 1 was convinced I 1 would have i trouble with the enemy before I 1 could return finally a positive order came from aen gen meade I 1 mounted my horse kentuck y hunter li unter and galloped to head headquarters quart ers to gen boado I 1 imparted my apprehensions of an attack and asked him to ic oc company me wad ind inspect toy my line ila iio mode light at 0 rn my 1 feire and declared that I 1 was wa always imagining thit that I 1 was about to be attacked however lie direct directed edGen gen rant ilia his chief of artillery aitU Iery to look into and gen hunt approved it even while w hile gen acido was waa ridiculing my shuns tile tho booming of guns on the left denoted that the fun had begun although tho three days strife at gettysburg ik IE termed liia ona battle thero there were v ere actually three conflicts reynolds fight on tin first day my fight on tile the second day ou oil the tha left and the third day tho the list last ex gasp tho the hopeless charge by bick c we gallant fellows on oil the center ip ie pulsed by II Il ancock la in regarding tile the battle of gettysburg people are apt to dwell upon the third days light flight bertuso it puts puta nil an end to the bli business siness I 1 he heavier work a anil nit days la Is opt to be 10 overlooked at the end ot of tile tho second day leo lind had but ono one fresh freal divit lon picketts while we had tile the sixth and twelfth corps coida tea lee was waa out of 0 ammunition gen gra 01 a ham who w ho was wounded and taken prisoner told tol 1 me ino that the confederates had but few round of 0 ammunition left and were v era exceedingly demoralized rind and broken u up A hen a rumor was spread unions among them that hat the yanks were going to charge thre wua was always alay a stampede Blam wo we had the ilia choice of position we ne hid had repelled two attacks on our light aud and left end nu I 1 our left though at ap pare AtIk the weal at part of our front WM was in reality vity the tha strongest front from ilia nature oft ot tho 0 krouzil 1 besides vi a could a ting aing ing in in ol 01 u c ither cither the I 1 alie f lold iad t ha t had not ilia third corps corpa broken the back of long streets eta corps on oil tho the second there never would won lil have bein a third day at G getts attys burg barg TO rl i interview In terio |