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Title: The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Miller, Francis Trevelyan, 1877-1959 Lanier, Robert S. (Robert Sampson), 1880-
Subjects: United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Pictorial works United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865
Publisher: New York : Review of Reviews Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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niGHT, t*Tt, ncvrcM or nt\it^i co THE HEIGHT OF THE BATTLB-TIDE Near this gate to the local cemetery of Gettysburg there stood (hiring ttic liattle this sign: All persons found using firearms in thesegrounds will be prosecuted with the utmost rigor of the law. Many a soldier must have smile.l grimly at these words, for this gate-way became the key of the Federal line, the very center of the crudest u.se of firearms yet seen on this continent. On the first dayReynolds saw the value of Cemetery Hill in case of a retreat. Howard posted his reserves here, and Hancock greatly strengthenedthe position. One hundred and twenty Confederate gims were turned against it that last afternoon. In five minutes every man ofthe Federals had been forced to cover; for an hour and a half the shells fell fast, dealing death and laying waste the summer v.rdurein the little graveyard. Up to the very guns of the Federals on Cemetery Hill, Pickett led his devoted troops. At night of the .idit was one vast slau

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  • bookpublisher:New_York___Review_of_Reviews_Co_
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