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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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for large artillery commands that 1was immediately promoted from captainbrigadier-general and transferred to the ifantry. Hazlett was killed whilst bendhover his former chief, to receive his last mesage, and Lieutenant Rittenhouse efficient THE SECOND DAY AT GETTYSBURG. commanded die battery during the remainderof the battle. The enemy, however, clung to the woodsand rocks at the base of Round Top, carriedDevils Den and its woods, and captured threeof Smiths guns, who, however, effectively de-prived the enemy of their use by carrying offall the implements. The breaking; in of the Peach Orchard angle 293 lows battery was withdrawn, it was closelypressed by Humphriess Twenty-first .Missis-sippi, the only Confederate regiment whichsucceeded in crossing the run. His men hadentered the battery and fought hand-to-handwith the cannoneers; one was killed whilsttrying to spike a gun, and another knockeddown with a handspike whilst endeavoring todrag off a prisoner. Of the four battery-officers
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CONFEDERATE SKIRMISHERS AT THE FOOT OF CULP S HILL. exposed the flanks of the batteries on its crests,which retired firing, in order to cover the re-treat of the infantry. Many guns of differentbatteries had to be abandoned because of thedestruction of their horses and men; many werehauled off by hand; all the batteries lost heavily.Bigelows Ninth Massachusetts made a standclose by the Trostle house in the comer of thefield through which he had retired fighting withprolonges fixed. Although already much cutup, he was directed by McGilvery to hold thatpoint at all hazards until a line of artillerycould be formed in front of the wood beyondPlum Run; that is, on what we have calledthe Plum Run line. This line was formedby collectin g the serviceable batteries, and frag-ments of batteries, that were brought off, withwhich, and Dows Maine battery fresh from thereserve, the pursuit was checked. Finally sometwenty-five guns formed a solid mass, whichunsupported by infantry held this part of

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