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on-helr ted, y in sm** nil-rmv* ippiprecede inessflaui*, in*oraeno bp certain, possible, whether the,ejfcmy occupied the high i hills in their fronts ,and In what lorce; but the decision of Generals .Lee and Lonfcairtet was sgainstit, and th*‘asMulUrg column was ordered to move.forward. _rltls-nfffct'nor’genereny^hdwn, endwhich it may not be impropei^o^tit'e In ibis connection, that in all „ his famousd!an)c movements Gen. Jack3on was careful “to examine the ground and :to learn'the exact pdaition of thh enemy,'and hence hlablowa were _a|w*ys.well ainlFd'andTerrible in efleclT^Buch, ,tbo, is Gen. Lee's practice; tbnViif the present case It was brobably anpposed^that an .immediate: attack before the enemy could get into position, would more than counterbalance the disadvantages resulting from inexact knowledge of the ground.But four o'clock had arrived, and the first gun from Henry's battalion cf artillery announced that the assault had commenced on the. extreme right. Cabell'aT^ttallon, of McLawa' division, opened next, and in a few minutes the artillery fire became general along^our entire line. The splendid division* of Hood and Mo-Laws swept on to the charge in admirable style. An officer who wt% present said it'was worth ten years of ordinary life to witness the Banner in which McLaws' division rushed, across the field and -assaulted jthe\almost impregnable position in frontl It was' soon discovered that the enemy was in strong fores upon the moun-tAin-spurs on theTight, Md Thatlt*was impos-slble to turn his position and :get in his rear, without passing, around the mou tains, which was Impracticable ; but it was then too late to pause, and conward the column moved in the lace of a terrible fire of musketry and converging/batteries. If the position*could not*be turned, the only alternative left was to dislodge the . foe by hard - blows. These blows were given freely } be was-pushed from the wooded mountain. and his line bent back-until if rested upon the nigh rocky hill or eminence. Indeed, his Bne alluionf Lbngstreet'a frisnt was* driven back with Immense-toss.: battery, after battery was silenced: or carried by storm, and a large number of flags taken and abeut 1,800 prisoners captured, chief v by McLawa'division. It Is estlpuftp. thdt Wofford's Georgia brigade alonptJiCCClUIJg l*uab Db iTAOlVOlU 1*uj ***0 rm.xx.ix i*x *rangement of his humerous and admirably served artillery, and the want, of previous knowledge on .our pan ef the precise nature of the ground, they found it impracticable to bold the poei Iona or bring off many of the gnns they had taken. Law’s brigade, of Hood’s division, carried one of the .batteries on the mountain, and turned the guns upon the enemy; but being raked by a cruel fire from other positions, he found it necoFEury, finally to abandon It. For the most part, hcwever, Long-street maintained the ground he Lad won on the right, until late next day, when he voluntarily withdrew from it to his original line. Our own loen was very heavy, especially in Hood's and Mc’Lawa' divisions, and Wrlcht's and Wilcox’s brigades of Anterson's division.Tins THI3D DAT’s BATTLX.GenaralT-cedid not re£ew the attack next day—Friday, the 3d—until ten o’clock, ■when he opened isoon the enemy from all part a of his linn with over a hundred and forty grins. The enemy responded' promptly and vigorously, tiling a great deal of round shot, his supply of -shetl, It may be, having •been - exhausted. So heavy an artUlery fire was probably never had before. Our guns were well served, as was shown by the ground around the Federal-bat* tefT? •I'w-Tdtrwaa cov .red with dead men and horns At a quarter te three o’clock., and after ike artillery had prepared the w»y, Pickett* s Virgin5?, iivislon, Longstreet’s corps, which had only arrived the night before, was ordered to assault Cemetery EIL, which was considered thekt-yto the enemy’s whole position Be was supported by Hetb’a division, coinmard.d. bVPeitigrsw, (Hetb having , been wounded in the first day’s Mght,) and Wilcox’* brigade, or Aoderssn’s division—both belonging, to Hill’s, corps'. Pickett’s charge wai made in excellent order and.gallant style, .and *he succeeded in •wresting a portion of tbe hlfl.apd.^hd;4gars inr that quarter from the epeni$; fat the rufli»4tng' dres which wore brought' t© beao-.uporMm, and the lallnre of P«Uiurew{to j et up »:mul tail eouslj wijh himself, rendered it Etc£?»aT«jr him twretfip with greatJd»s.*Of hla brigadiers,* Gtmtw'ftar**H' was pWpdt end left-on'thc'fieldf
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Savannah Republican
Savannah, Georgia, US
Sun, Jul 19, 1863
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