Show i F FA J J f Ake A I iThe Fifty Years Ago I I Gettysburg and Vicksburg Vicksburg Federals Federals and Confederates Meet at Gettysburg Outpost Gettysburg Outpost Skirmishing Brings on ona a Battle Lasting Three Days Days Confederates Confederates Win on July 1 Federals I Federals Take Refuge on Cemetery Ridge r Confederate Assaults Repulsed sed on July 2 Little 2 Little Round Top Saved by Timely Heroism Heroism Picketts Pickett's Picketts Charge Greeted With Shot and Shell Shell Repulse Repulse of the 4 Column and Retreat of Lee Vicksburg Lee Vicksburg Surrenders By nY C U L. ULME Lite Lute US U.S. V. V EARLY o ob od tb morning of ot 1011 E 1 J fifty years year ngo Corporal Hodge of ot the Ninth New Sew York wa In III char charge e of ot tho Federal t picket outpost on the Chamber Cham Cham- ben ber burg pike just west of ot the town towo of ot Gettysburg Having been ordered not noti notto i to fire upon II uny Oh one who might approach ap op t his hla post from the tbt v. v t t ho be allowed al nl t. t ff l. l 5 5 towed lowed l wod some somo strange stran 1 men meu I I. ft t close enough h to Ore fire on the without challenge or warning He lie tired back L and this exchange of picket shots shota Is la generally accepted OH as the tho signal of tho f gt groat oat battle battIe The strangers were Confederate soldiers sol diers belonging to the tho division dl of ot General Gun Gen eral Henry eth The pickets were werf W t yi yr y r i t- t i 1 a. a 1 y r N a r. r t t Copy Copyright nth t by the Review of ot Reviews cump company nyI ny i F LEADENS rEADI It AT UJ I v. v Sea General ted W V a u I Hancock USA U S A A. hg iii 11 ia lu 10 J right bl right F. F G c r Barlow v. U t s b A. A General U. U B. B U. U t S. S A. A ral ra John i ClIbbon U. U S. S A. A 1 j the outposts of ot the Federal cavalry dl dl- n rt- rt vision led by General GeDral John Buford jg f Heth had hud orders to go o to Gettysburg J 5 Buford Burord had no d orders but on 00 5 i f general principles R got In the enemy's it way ay tr Buford stationed six Mix cannon on tho the Chambersburg burl pike and with lines of ot troopers ra on the right and left of or the they i y Runs guns restated resisted Meth for for two hours sent Archers Archer's brigade to turn turu turny y Bufords Buford's left and lOll Davis Davis' to turn his right Meanwhile General J. J I F F. Hey Hey- 1 Sr leader lender of ot the Federal u advance if brought up the tho First corps and placed fy V Cutters Cutlers brigade on the road rond with to Halls Hails battery buttery 11 oJ r f r The Battle on In Earnest z While making dl dispositions to tOe oppose g the advance of ot Archer and Davis Reynolds Rey- Rey Rey- Rey Reynolds J was killed lcd The Thc Iron brigade i. i captured nearly nil all nil of Archery Archers commend com com- 5 mend maud and Davis was checked h by Cut Cut- 5 ler with the tho aid of men meo of the thc Iron brigade The fight light so Informally open open- i t ed had gone too far to stop Ileth r was so m re enforced b by renders lenders division di U. vision and General O. O 0 0 O. Howard r tt ft broll brought ht up tho the Eleventh Ele Federal I corps f When Howard drew near the scene of lighting fighting he saw a fresh column of or Confederates Con Con- v federates marching toward the town to i of or Gettysburg from th the north Their march would take them between Key Key- nods nods' men nod the town lown He lIe sent the divisions of of or General F F. C. C Barlow and lt G General A A. A R out nut on onla la f p th the plains pining north of ot the town to resist t this new enemy the enemy nt the corps of or General V. V It n. S. S Dwell iV r S The Tle battle progressed fitfully on the j k wt t. t of Gett Gettysburg until Ewell began 0 nn an attack on the lilt north the mil middie middie mid mid- die of or th the afternoon General U H. H E. E 5 1 Lee Leo had bod reached r the tilt field fiehl and under tinder h. h his direction th the converging ron lines line fl of or of'S f 5 Ewell on the north and A A. A P PHill I l 3 Hill on the tilt west lt I drove tIro the back step II by step to the 7 j now known to In fame ns n Cemetery rv r IlI t wh where re nt nightfall found 1 them m a rein rein- j k nant only of or the On fine battalions of or the x morning f- f The Heights of Destiny r v Barly Garty on the morning of July fitly 2 Gen Con Geniv iv oral eral t Lee a to III the till belfry of a n seminary which stood In III the center of or the of the previous day tift ji jit it west t of 01 Gettysburg rf him and to tn tile th northward of the th town he hem m W sew Ih the dr debris rt of the Federal era I First r tl h 1 Eleventh R cor corps which had bud been heen Ai S. S cogged and nOll driven to ft refuge on tho the bU hill y fA Guided h by General W W. S. S Hancock who had 11 bed rea t. t the tn 00 U bU the r fighting WON was undecided Oil ou the previous pre lIre a JOUR on th the Federal S Seined Sei Third tad nud Twelfth cor corps had ll marched UK upon n the tbt ridge rid Thus Iee saw tift hero before him him n II whipped 1 but hut not n conquered enemy r The l' l ridge was waa p tanked with troops I buo 4 4 i r c i il V The 1110 F Federal oder l position conforming to tobe the Ih be lay ar of ot the ground formed a n letter Jetter J 1 along the tilt ridge On the IH south uth the J of Hound Jound Top and Little Hound Untied T Top Tep end and on oa the north Cemetery Ml hll Id u p hit hill mark the extremIties of or th the ridge On the tbt lit 1st Ewell's Ewells f wen 1 naos fon fought ht It its way to the bas lase ee lt d f nips bill hill VeUR J line was con con- around tile the hitI base of Cemetery Ill I'll wi-i. wi t tint to the right of Ewell f r the KlOpe Jl of th the main main p. e lay luy Hills nm corps I the till nJ night ht of or t two fresh divisions division of ot the corps of Hen General ral James Jameli tt l the front Ix Long Iong ng- ng tr et t d de IJ his hi troops troop under tinder General Gen eral erti I L. L Mcl fWd and General J J. B. B flood with the t f d dge t between I Cemetery hilt hill and Round und Top While Longstreet was deploying his hl the Third I Federal cons a Commanded by II General I D. D l E wa was was' thrust t forward for for ward like n a blunt WI wedge J 14 Into the west and northwest t of nr Roundtop Top op The F te of Little Bound Top Sickles Sickles' advance nd delayed deployment but hut about 4 p. p Ill iu in Hoods Hood's brigades attacked near Ii RoundTop Round Top and Iud Mol tw struck General D D. B B. finney's s division In kles' SIf-kles' line where it Jt formed nn III uncle angle near Iwar the Uh road Hoods Hood's men meu UH lay In I n II signal hanl i Little tI rud Top TO r 1 r t ur a ed I po In J tile the tb key to tn to UN K h But Bat Batt It WM was a narrow j t j ten climbed to n II spur pur of the i iride I ride near at it hand blind sod Dd shot hot down doWD one 1 after another a her Captain Hazlett tt and 1 Colonel Korke who bo h fl ha l bro brought bt op up the brat defenders nd mid and both pt and nd Weed i 11 hIas 1 ii wa wu checked d at K R K r Sep op qt Itaw attack d Btroy d W es' tine Hoe I completely ad DI night fort bt the II Fe Fed Fed l j d-j again 1110 in the h h l r of the ridge e. e troop assaulted C Cemetery ry bill billand I f and aDd were Weft driven eD off oft after afler a band band to to I hand struggle But on Gulps Gulp's bill hill Job I sons son's dl division of Ewells Ewell's corps cap cap- a stretch of Federal breastworks Retreat or Fight During Daring the night bt of ot the 24 d councils wee we held in both camps to determine the pulley policy for the next day Lees Lee generals general had bad little faith In the at attempt attempt tempt to carry fin the bright beights by storm Lee thou thought ht otherwise and Rod ordered a renter attack In UC dc's camp the question came ame bluntly before the corps corp commanders commander whether to retreat t or or 6 tight fight ht The faultiness of the position was wn discussed ed and admitted but the majority pr present voted Toted to stay I rind and d fight It ont ont General George e E. E Picketts Pickett's division of Longstreet's Ion corps was sel selected ded to bear bAAr the brunt of the attack on the FE Federal Center renter It was fresh and muster mug rous- ter about men General Pettigrew's Petti- Petti grews grew's and General Penders Pender's divisions dl supported Pickett's Picketts column on the left flank thank and General Wilcox's division on the rIhl daht There were t men In the column when it started across the plain skirting the ridge e on the west lit Pickett Greeted and Shell Eighty Federal guns AUns had bad been posted on m the till ridge e to meet the attack lck and had range 1 on the Confederates during a march of Ir over 1 a II mile As A fast as 89 shot and shell tort tore gaps In n the tho ranks the dauntless 8 Virginians Tenn und and Carolinians closed up lIP and pressed forward In solid ond front General John Gibbon whose line Une rC received the direct t attack of column ordered his bis men to hold their fire tire until the assail 3 ants came close lending heading brigade ade under General Gen eral end Kemper was broken and hurled d db b bark back cI but the of or Armistead and Garnett pr pressed sed forward valiantly Armistead and Garnett Garnett were wre both killed kill ed In the OIl Tines lines of the Philadelphia bri bri- r de dc rind the bold advance IId of If General Vermonters gave n the finishIng finish finish- Ing blow to the charge har It was a II hopeless hope less cause and Pickett ordered a n retreat retreat re re- treat In time to save RIVe part of ot his corn com m a ad In three days duys men bad fallen and the casualties were about equally distributed in III Federal and Confederate corn commands mands Pickett almost succeeded Eded In lhnn changing ln the result at Gettysburg from that of or a n Confederate repulse toa to toa toa a Confederate triumph For the thc failure failure fail fail- ure Lee Jee shouldered the tho blame Grant Takes Takes Take's Vicksburg f Fifty years n ago o July 4 Lee Leo abandoned abandon abandon- ed his bis lines HUPS In front of Meades Meade's army armyon on the heights beights around Gettysburg To Tor Tor- Torrents rents ur nf rain fell felland std prevented Ire the I Federals from giving JI a parting pl shot idiot In th the west st the skies were wre bright and nt at Helena the Federal f forces r tH a despe d desperate ate Confederate lI assault which had been sprung for the purpose e of relieving relieving re re- re- re ln lieving th the pressure on Vicksburg Telegraphy was In Its Infancy In 1803 nod the assailants assailants' of Helena didn't t know that while they were wasting u tir lives to succor comrades at nt ICI burg that great stronghold hold had hod lit been to General to U. 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