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panywiresoutD.isionwasandthatPost-turesitney « at of a rc isen-Here we were, the biigad - in col umn by regiments in the center ot the ist division, and army corps, which was to hold the low part of the line between Zeigler’s grove, on the right, and the 3rd corps, on the left, whichWfirstStatlt;thatoakmakextended to Little Round Top. j !°r '1 haverould s ar*d* an jably Id inreach rlySouth it by urday ipleteN. Y.4 the eeded rched* 0 intopackarmyThe and Dele ware regimen \ 0! t he j brigade was in front. About three t^e rods in the rear was the 64th. I)i. tj)lt;H rfctly behind us came the 53rd and 145th Pa Vols. and 27th Conn. Vols. nol at equal distance apart.All day long from 7 a. tn. to 5 p. desi m. the brigade remained inactive— |pjra the guns being stacked in front of p each regiment—the men sitting or |jontying down behind the guns, munch-1 m0E ing hardtack, listening to the cannon- Ln(j adc and conttsts of the skirmishers 0f c about the Peach Orchard to the leftand front, watching the shells of the j enemy fired directly at our position. aIMj The brigade lost many men in killed { and wounded, all however, out of the \\yethree rear regiments. All the shells ,n|eseemed to go over us or else s’riktng the ground in front of the and Dele- to | ware, would ricochet and bound com- sar pletely over that organization and the anc 64th, falling and bursting in the||an midst of the two Pennsylvania and | the Connecticut regiments, scattering j death and wounds among their men. ^ Strechers were in constant demand for during those long .hours, in three lines in our rear, but not a man of I lufthe 64th, or and Delaware was injured. Twice Gen. Hancock rode with his staff along our rear assuring us that I y0' the 2nd corps would not be engaged | CQr unless it was actua'ly necessary.(To be contiuued next week.)waianc
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Cattaraugus Times
Cattaraugus, New York, US
Fri, Jul 23, 1909
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