Quiner Scrapbooks: Correspondence of the Wisconsin Volunteers, 1861-1865, Volume 8

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came first, on thc double-<|uick. Thoir mus¬ kets at lho "right-shouWor-shift." 'lx)iig- etrect's came as the support, at tho usual dia- tance, wilh war cries and a savage insolcncd ai yet untutored by defeat. They rushed in perfect ordor acroas tho open field up to tho vory nuxzles of the guna, wlucb.tore.Ifmes through them as thev camo.        ;.. /(<-i»i'
16x20, which Oen. .Moado had luauo His tieaa- qU)*rt©l^,'15ryw([^aVtecl'8tiiff qffic<'rt\, iud tired roportfcra,' Thti-e was hot wanting lo the 'P0«:4d\ilii'<?e3 of the acene the ainging ofa t>ipd, which had liTiohtln a' peacK true within the tiny .Tard of tbs  whitewashed' cotjlagc.
.. I.T        SHKLI.l.VU    nv TUK K.NKMV.     '
In llio niidst of itn warljllng,' a shelf'acr^aqi. od oyer tho hOuso, iiistaiitly /allowed; by an¬ other, and i,u a momtuit tlic air wis full of till' mo.st coiHiilc.te artillery prclud,c <o an in- fknlry battle that wija cvvr exhibited. KVerv size and forniofdholl known to British and to American gunnery, ahrickod, whirled, moaned, whistled and wrathfully lluttc;rcd over,our ground. As many a.i sir Iti a accr ond, constantly two ia a second, iLjuratiug .md s'croaiuing over aud ai:ouud tlfc lioad- quartori^, Inado a very Ivcll of fire that iimsKCd thc oldest  ofiiciirs. -j I'j'W -''
FKARrttL trKKCT 0\'  IUB  |'If»{  
, The^ burst hi tho yard-r-b'uyst po.xf Iw'tH.o
fpnce oti both aidoa, garnished .as'usulil ^Ith
Iflie   hilohcd   liorilos   of aida  uud-ortijatJiee!
The fastoried artlntala roared and plunged with
terror.    Thon one fell, then another'—sixteon
laid dead and mangled before thc fit* ocAsod,
still  fiistoned by tlicir halters;   wlii<-h ^avo
the  unprcssiop of being wickadly tled'up to
die painfully. ' These brute viotfias of a cm-
'd'war    touched all.,hcart3.     Througli tlic
midst of natprip of screaming and e^plpding
shells, ah' ItmbnTaiicc'"driven by  its fitch*ied
cooduptor at'ftifl apeed, prosButod to all of
us tho luarvqUoi^^^spiMJlj^le^p^jH lioraogolug
¦f:i|fl<!ly''6H" tnreo lega.'   A binder  o^io h.id
bi««irt'Bho^bff.at the hoek,      ' !'
''   A aholl tore up tho littlo atcp./;>f;thG! Uead-
i^tiftrtorV: collage, and  ripped  bag's of oat.i
as with a kuife.    Another soon: carried olf
ouQ  of  its pillars.     Soou a spherical case i . _
burst noar tho open d-5or—another tjppod j Ewell, solemnly sworn to and carefully pre
through tho low garret.    Tho rei.-ainiiig pil-*l>-*-«d, liad failed..  The robela  had rwtrcat-
lar went almost iinraodiately to tho howl of <¦ ed t« their lines, and opched anew the storm
a fixed phot that Wbitworth muat have niaile. f of shell and ^hot from their liiD guna.    Thoao
Diirln-^ this firo the   horflca at twenty and \ ^bo   remained at the  riddled headqoartohi
thlnylfe'etaistaul wero receiving tbeir death, I will never fi^rgct the  croueliing, and dodg-
knd soldiers in Fodt^ral bluo  wore  torn tofi»K. »«n<l running, of the Butternuts-colored
captives w^..m thoy got under thia, their frienda ¦ fire. It was appslliiig to as good soldiera ^ veil as thcy were.   • ; ..
What reniaina to say of tho fight V It strag¬ gled surlily onthe ihiddio of the horseshoe on tho West, grew big and nugry on the hcol-at the IJoofhweirt, lasted there unltll H o'clock in lho evening, when tho fighting Uth corpa wont joyously  by ab i  i-omfoixp,-
TKRKinc  KIfiHTI.NO.
But thcy met meu who wero tieir equals in spirit and their superiors in tenacity'. There never waa bettor fightiug aluce Tli'cr- mopyjjo than waa done yesterday by our in¬ fantry aud artillery. The rebels were over our dofcnces. Thoy had cleaned cannoniCrs and hor.>iea from one of tho guus, and wdre whirling it around to use upon us. Tho bay¬ onet drove them back. But so hard prcsaed WHS thia bravo infantry that at one tiniC, from tho cxhauatioii of their oianiunition, overy battory upon tho principal crest of at- 1 tack waa silent, except Cowen'a. i
. EXCKLUSNT SKRVICX BY ARTlLLRKT.
Ilia ?orvico of grape and oauiater was aw- fld. It enabled our line, outnumbered two to one, firat to beat back I.,ong8treot, and then to charge upon him, and take a great number of his njen, and himself, prisoners. Strange sight! So terrible waa oiii musketry and artillery fire, that when Armidtcad'a bri¬ gade was ojiocked in its charge, and stood reeling, all its men dropped tbeir muskets and crawled ou their hands and koees uoder- ucaUi tho stream of shot till oloso »» p»i^i troops, wbcro they made signs of surrender¬ ing, Tboy passed through our ranks scarce¬ ly noticed, and slowly wont down the slope to the road in thc rear.
TUK   CHAROS    TAlLSi
Before they got there "ihe grand chargo of'
pieces urtbo,road and died with thu peculiar yoilfi that blend'the'oxtortcd cry 6f pain with horror and despair; f>Jot an orderly—not aa ambiJiinoc—not a straggler was'to be seen upon the plaiii 's^vept'by this feujp^at of or- chfatral death thirty mluulca after it com- meticcd,   ' .       ;
"\'Verc not quo hundred and twenty pieces of artillery, trying to cut from the fiold'overy battory we had inpo.'»ition 16 lesiat their pur¬ posed infantry attack, and to sweep away the slight defences' behind ^Wcb bur Infau- ti7wcre W.alling? J^orty fiunutes, fift^ min¬ utes; eounted'on watches that raut6li 'fo' languidly.' Shells- through the two Jower rooms. A shell iuto ^o oliimney that dar¬ ingly did net explode. Sheila Sn the yard. Tho air-thicker pud fuller and more doafeu- ing with the • howling and whlrriftg Of the?o infernal missiles. The chief-of-staff struck, Seth Williams, loved and reapcctcd through the army, separated from instaut death by two inelioa of apace vertically measured. Ati aide bored with a fragment of irou through the bone of tho arm. Another, cut with an exploded piece. And tho lime measured on the sluggish watches was One,bout,,^iwl fif¬ teen minutes.     . ^\,„. j| I    .
TUE  WrijtTRT  CnAROINO ' *" "
At two 0 ciocJt,.!'. M., ivongstrcets WI19W corps advanced from the Aet>eT dentrcagainat our centre. The enemy's forcei wore hurlc^ upon our position by columns ;in. masa, aUJ * also in linesof battle. Our cantro waa hold by (ien. j|[tanoock, with tho noble old 2d'ar, mX.tQjyM, aided by Geu. Doub(cda^,'8 ,^ffif;, ion of tho lst corps, ;       "    _.. ,.,^,
¦ *¦    -tTifftif^iC' JIrtili.kuy   r^Rii.
Tho rebels first opened a lorriflc artillery ,bombardiBcat to domorolizo oar meu, and, theu moved their forced with gr^at inipotuo^-' ity upon our position. Uaucdck received the attack with great firinncsSj and after a furipu^ battle, laatjiig until five.o'olook, thc Qnerpy w,ore drifcii from the jeld, Long- Street's corps being aliftost ahiribpatcd.
,'    ,      ,'       TIU; SCKNK OK STRirK.
The battle waa a' most niagniificcnl apoe-' taclo. It waa fought on au opoji plain, jpat South of Gettysburg, with not ,a tree to In¬ terrupt tho View. The ,fcburago pf our men was povfiietty stibliMe, " ' :¦ •(/i->iI?t v
••'"¦   --     "i-rttiJ-ici+itiiV'it'KifiiJ^irr    n-l-ifl^iii
Xt'five P. M. what was left of tht^'etionf}-' rctroutcd ia utter couf\iMon leaving dOKPrtS of flags, and Gen. Hancock estimated at least .''i.OdO killed wounded on thu'field.
TUK H.iTrr,r i.-oirrt(n'nv HANCOCK.     <»/«•:
The battle was fotight by Geu. Hancock with splendid valor. Ho won iinporialviblc bouor, .^id Gen. -Meade thanked him in 'the nanio of tlw army aud lho countr}^. he waft wounded iu the tliigli but rouiaiiie'd on the field,
Tho niimbcr of priaonera taken {is ostlma* -led at ;i,(K)0, including At least tw(4 brlgadier-
Mierala—.\ riniatead of Georgia, a^id aiu)ther
.jhi-ld SI
the rebel infantry was charging didly they  did this work—-the  higheat and acvercst teat of the stuff   that  soldiers are made of    Hili'a division, in liuo  of battlw
—both wiounded.
• ¦   ' THK :^ROM»«B.-
Tho conduct of our vetofans wa^ perfoc^tly raagaiticout. Moro than twenty l^attlo flags wvro .tak>;i by our troopa. N'carly every regi uicn t has one. Tbo I'Jth MaaH.ichusottji captured lour. The repulse waa ao diaas- Irons to thoenaiuy, that Longatretet's corps* 'is pcKfCtly used up. G<;ii. Gibbon was wounded in the ahOoIder. Gon, \^ebb »*iW wounded and remained on tlio field. Col'. IIainuioll,-oi",tho;ttftlh A'ow York, wteft tOijuid^ .dodj^tkoarw,, ,, .. . .       ' /       ..", '33.
.,,..,,,   .,,  ,,^l}^irJ/2UT,.»EN»Wim;'<    M.„i..,ii-io.
At "-.iVcn o'olock last evening Gon,'MemltT' yrdereil the 'Ad corps,  eiipported hy tho «fH, to attack the enemy's right, which   waa doij^e,
v.*    'iivwv«y    M* iua««     <B.aHa&t«<iflaaE«x .1''        ««•        •..»*.•¦..• .«¦*       ¦ « 'b
lhe fire. ' '    , .
A   SAO   RKMIMSCK.V^B',      ' '     ' ''
r Ic-ivo detaihj to my, excollout friend and associate Mn Ilcury. My pen is liea*y\.r—' Oh, you dead, who at Gettysburg have bap¬ tised with your blood thu second birth uf freedom in America, how you : aro to be en¬ vied, I rl.>»e from a grave whoso wot clay I havo paSaionatoly kiased, and I look up and tico Christ spanning tbia battle-field with bia feet Ond rcaohljig fr..tornal   and ^lo vm^Jjlf,
lip   to, hoo von.    Ilia right   hand opens  tne' , 1 .1    u  .»i »u
galea of Paradiae--with   his left ho beckons  This brigade c-.mmenced tbe battle on tbe
to these mutilated, bloody, swollen''forms'tb  1st inst.    We   bad  to  march  five miles.
,   ,,• ,        -   - ¦      ,     .   1  . .11   '       ii i/v/i»i.w»v;«   X.41X-,  titvillj  a  lluilK   iriliou     Wl
mont through the  wood, bridit, K}|ft,pofree^,and the battle lasted until dark, when a cood pots ou   the fire. • | ..,     ,.   „   .,       UeaJ of ground had boon  gained.
<S Duriiig ihe day KwolPi* corps kept up a. desultory attack upoii Slocum on the right'' but was rojiiilacd. j /  .i/i '.f"!
I     Our  cavalry is   to-dav  playing j upou,tb«iaa«u»v'siiaak and rear. - private Letter From tlie Iron Brigiide.
IlBADQrARTKBS Second Brioadb,       )
FiBoT Division, First Army Corfs, J-
Oettysbpro, July 5,1863.    )
Dear Brother.—I am all safe yet.—
aacend. . j
THE QXClSIVi; JJATTtE OV   tRTOAY. '        '   '
Mr.  L. L. Crounse fbmlshes tbe following details of thc decisive engagement of Friday,
Then thero was a lull, and  WC kneir tH'^t-Unjj^rd.toc^^.ird.^^^^^^^ ^   ^
o rebel infantry was charging.    Aud splen-   ...,^"?i''f„„t-''^*l.^,*^"f :„^*f„.TC
day nfcornoon, resulting in a magnificent suc¬ cess to the national arms. '
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^pil.tidi'RKST's AI)VAN<1& ,
and were thrown immediately forward in¬ to the fight without support. We were exposed to a very heavy artillery fire, and were scarcely on thc field belore my borse was killed by a abell. This diviaion only, was engaged, and tbis brigade was on the extreme right of the line. We came in at -^ a double-quick, and found ourselves witb-