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Identifier: abrahamlincolnba02newy (find matches)
Title: Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War
Year: 1887 (1880s)
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Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Generals Generals
Publisher: (New York, N.Y.) : (The Century Co.)
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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along the Emmettsburgroad, Wards brigade on the left, Grahamsat the angle, De Trobriands connecting themby a thin line. Humphreyss division was onGrahams right, near the Emmettsburg road.Carrs brigade in the front line, about theSmith house, Brewsters in second line. Bur-lings, with the exception of Sewells FifthNew Jersey Regiment, then in skirmish orderat the front, was sent to reenforce Birney. See-leys battery, at first posted on the right, wassoon after sent to the left of the Smith house,and replaced on the right by TurnbulTs fromthe Artillery Reserve. Randolph had order< dSmiths battery. Fourth New York, to therocky hill at the Devils Den: W inslows tothe Wheat-field. He had placed Clark on thecrest looking south, and his own ( E, FirstRhode Island) near the angle, facing west.The whole corps was, however, too weak forthe ground to be covered, and it was toolate for Meade to withdraw it. Sykess FifthCorps had already been ordered up and was 290 THE SECOND DAY AT GETTYSBURG.
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INSIDE EVERGREEN CEMETERY, CEMETERY HILL.EDWIN FORBES, AFTER HIS SKETCH MADE AT THE TIME.) momentarily expected. As soon as fire opened, which was just as he arrived on the ground, General Meade sentalso for Caldwells division from Cemetery Ridge, and a division of the Twelfth Corps from Culps, and soon after for terror first to one side, then to the other, tc troops from the Sixth Corps. McGilverys artil- escape the shells that were bursting over and would probablylose his battery, Ileft to seek forinfantry supports,very doubtful if Iwould find myhorse, for the stormof shell burstingover the place wai-enough to driveany animal wild.On reaching thefoot of the cliff, Ifound myself in aplight at once lu-dicrous, painful,and dangerous. Aherd of hornedcattle had beendriven into thevalley betweenDevils Den andRound Top, fromwhich they could not escape. A shell had ex-ploded in the body of one of them, tearing itto pieces; others were torn and wounded. Allwere stampeded, bellowing and rushi

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