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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 37. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Review of the Gettysburg campaign. (search)
promontory called Culps Hill. The Federal line on its right wing, thus faced northward to the town, with a bend to the east. Its extension along Cemetery Heights and Round Top faced to the west. The Confederate forces occupying the outer line, were spread over a greater distance, and from the Cashtown road southward, occupied what is known as Seminary Ridge, a little less than a mile distant from and generally parallel to the Cemetery Ridge. Longstreet faced Round Top, and part of Cemetery Ridge; Hill continued the line from the left of Longstreet, and Ewell held the town, sweeping round the base of Cemetery Hill, and ending on the left in front of Culps Hill. There is a mass of concurring testimony from a number of officers of high standing in the army, and some of whom participated in a conference, held by General Lee during the night of the 1st, that the attack should be made by Longstreet at sunrise the next morning, or at least as early as possible on the enemy's left.
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 37. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), General Armistead's portrait presented. (search)
Of the charge made by Pettigrew and Pickett on Cemetery Ridge, I do not propose to speak at length. On the cthe field of battle. A thousand yards away lay Cemetery Ridge, curving around on the left to Culp's Hill, andposition, awaiting our assault. Between us and Cemetery Ridge was a field as open as this floor, not a tree, hundered over our heads at the enemy's guns on Cemetery Ridge. And so we marched vaulted with fire. As we to strike, then in line of battle, the guns on Cemetery Ridge blazing in our faces, and every regiment of Armnnon on Round-Top volleyed and thundered. From Cemetery Ridge grapeshot and canister tore through our ranks. defeat. Just ahead, bristling with cannon, was Cemetery Ridge. Just beyond it Hancock, a foeman worthy of higranite obelisk marks the spot where he fell on Cemetery Ridge. The sword which dropped from his dying grasp husiasm to tell how the noble Armistead fell on Cemetery Ridge by the wheels of the enemy's cannon. And so,