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,1]; mmmm LINCOLN 3 fl m ‘ GeTTyBDURG Speecfl Photncnpm mpynum v v ' ‘ - / quzg DELIVERED ON THE BATTLEFIELD. NAOV. 19.1663). our score and seven years ago our fathers 7 brought forth on this continent a new na- tion. conceived in Libertv and dedicated to g the proposition that all men are created equal. 1. Now we are engaged-in a great civil war, testing whether - hat nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated. an long endure. me are met on a great battlefield of ; 4 hat war. we have come to dedicate a portion of that ield as a final resting place for those who here gave heir lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. ‘ iii in a larger sense we cannot dedicate. we can- ' not consecrate, we cannot hallow. this ground. Che brave men. living and dead, who struggled here have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. Che world will little note nor long. '1 remember what we say here, but it can never forget what y. they did here. It is for us, the living, rather. to be dedi- ' ' cated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so noblv advanced. :9 not have died in vain; that this nation, under God,shallz have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not per- ish from the earth. ‘ . 0T BATTlE 0f BETTYSBUBF’“ " MAB‘ BETTING THE FIGHT FIFTY YEARS AGO o) Rum-w or mvlun mun-any and Patriot Palm-mm; Culllpuny DOWNQ'S GROVE REPORTER Tho Confederate cémmander. Gener- a! R. E. Lee. reached the front In (In f At 4:!) the troops of Rarlnw and Schurx had hum wanted h} Ewoll ’lnd \\ ere rotrmtinzz to jam thvlr [cannula on Compton- Nll. and Earn-'3 ‘Ctmfoderntes were In the streets of the town at Its base. This southward “Vance brought thn enemy In the rear of the First vol-m "no westwawl on Seminary ridge. In fact, the right at. this "no «as mmnd away by the 1 «mm of Ewon'n man. 0n seeing. about 4 n. m‘. that tho moventh corps line was hplmr swam away. Doubleday gave the nrrler to n.» that With dimonlty he not his rec!- m and batteries upon Cemetery hm Mon Ewell was in possession of the stream leading up the ridge. gr from Ewen. and Gpmrnl A. Von anobr‘s dh-Istnn r~l|mhed to the crest of ('emvtm-y hm, forming the first solid line upon the heights which constituted the main Fodnral defense during the hnrrl fighting at Getty} burg m3“ 1). I. GREGG, U. 3. A., Inm- LYG CAVALBY COIIAKDER AT (mm!- ”Ml "morn! P‘mnvi- V lmflnn’ "In! “on "III furl Srimrz :lvuluvai mum and Minn-1t of the In“ H tn am "we dun, Mum! noon "mum! nun-howl llu- frI-nl In mh'nmw- u! M- 0'"le mul 1w Mum-4| rmunmml, \\‘MI« "w Hun-nth run-u mm umrrlmu Int-mm! 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(1‘9"qu (I. n. llowunl lo I brllm up Ilw l‘Ih-u-ulh «'urpn. I Iluylwldu In lmnum cllrm'lul llw do» pluymvnl of Ih-Iwrnl Jame; Wm!- Il'nrlll'u tlh‘lulnll In rnpa with ”NI!" own. wlm m-rv pmflmz In" Ann-g: I:- bv Du-I-l m rho-«It In" mmlry In .0 Ibufl mm II n-wlnwl Inn at "0"!" Mundm. I‘m-hlflm: ulw l-rlmI-Ilvr ““h u lsll'm' In"! M Mr: rnmmhud It") nuM‘ I'M Hm! Ilmul by u Fullfmlvruh- mun- ulna-WP. v'al J‘ 1". Run:- ulds. um] ('uul'ml- trams on ”Io Thin] corps. Army of Nunlu-ru \‘lrghdu. cum um ml ed by Gc-vwml A. P. Hill. The (‘unfulerum fluid h-zulvr. Umn-rul lh-ury Moth. fluid bu ‘aluvuhlml lulu" lln- lmlllo. HCVI'SHI“ !.\ LIT- TLE IIUL'RII TUI'. By Capt. GEORGE L. KILMER. Illa U. S. V. (Copyright. 1913. by Al‘rlczm Press Ann. Human] HE greul (‘oullk‘l at Gettysburg. I‘u.. begun on the 1.x! any at July. 12403. Thu first real butâ€" llv on that field was fought In» iwwn Inn-nuns of [he Fem-I'M l"ir.~t cums. Army of the l'olumxu‘. coul- umndrd by (Ben- Conhdamto Army Under Command of General Rob." E. Lac WI. March- ing Through PonnIyIvanil When It Encountered Ganeral George G. Moldo'c Forms. SOUTH MADE!) THE HBHTII Brant mm War conflict Took Place Flny Years Ago. DEGISWEFIGHTM ~AT cmvssunc E Although the heavy attacks on tho flanks of the Federal army had boon ;repulsed m1 July 2. the Confederate immmnnder propared to continue his aggressive tactics next day. He decidâ€" efl to reâ€"enl'orm Johnson's division. which had «Mm-r! and held 3 bdr- ‘ meat in rmr of the Fedora! right on oulp's um, and throw a strong cot gnmn of frmh troops azninst the en- ) guy's center. General George PL Pickett's division of Longtreet'n corps had only arm-ed during the afternoon of the preview: General Pickd‘l‘l Charge. Lee having dwidorl to put 15,000 men in a column of nssnult. Gennm! Lonn- meet was ordered tn prepare for the grand attack. Pointing to Cemetery ridge. Lee ls said to hnvn :lvflarr-d‘ ‘The onpmy is thorn. and I am going to strike Mm." Ltmmtrm responded. "It is my opininn that no 15.000 ever arrayed for battle can take that poâ€" llflon.” I Ewell. on Lee's loft. 111d not smart Ilende‘n right at (‘mnetery hlll unfll j magma-pet’s assault on the Daft at I Round 1‘01) had been rnpnlsed. John- imn's dlrlslnn mpmrml a sin-(ch of Federal hrmstworks 1m! nt dark. Enr- Iys divisirm. hnflng Gordon's hflzadn In reserve. stormed Cemetery hill with glut-1t. but was mnlsvd In a hand to i band conflict against infantry and butâ€" i eerie of the Eleventh cot-m. [.m- «Iirwtc-tl his right and Mt rim: «mummy-Inn In :tsmil llu- rluh! and left tlzmks of .“t’:‘.rlt»'~' ”run at tho- mmu timu and Hill. wmmnmlvr in tho ”mu-r. tn maln- l'l"l"':l"'. threats lgnimt the Federal n-rm-r tn pm'ell either flunk from twin: fP’thnrr‘tI‘l, lolmtmt Ittnvkml the loft flank. he'd by sum. at 4 p. m. with :1 pr.- tude of mum-y fire anhnst an nnxle formed by Rioktm' "no at the pan-h art-hard on the Emmitstmrg rmd‘ The battle meal or" field: and among m. "wk; nnd mt'lnm nnm dark. llmvz Hu- la [mull-Ir: llomul TA L \‘W an LII"? Round 1‘, l ”anon! H W. Dan-rum, I' l A,_ T'viflh vau ., non-tn] J P' Hunting, '3 R A_ I'm 'A. t (ion-1a: .M-m hmhkslay. U a A, an» «mrreqlm unwvm R Dn- s. Inmn Bum-s. a civilian tho Imam m m» roam: Lahyvlh- “that. 1‘ R A ”all" m u»- axxanll on July 1 [infant I‘ s A.. mmndn n! (M I’Hh-rrll runny on July mm by Rt-vh- o! Rowe's rnwu-any z 1 7 and I‘ Foorrinn Mm: mmmny, 0311783030 VIEWS AID OOIIANDEB ll CLOSXIO BATTLE "2 HH- Nl'u' .‘llt'klt‘ WIN nrl‘ lmllnlI-x Hw Hm- u~x fur gain" m-l Tap r Ilh Hn- Thvfll c-nr'u Sim-1123mm. Anselm Ordered. Tm- twn urmh-H wore Mmut :c mlle apart When (In- du_\ ume-ri Lee‘s formalin“ “us ;| vmu-uw. lHH's und Imnxsln-M‘s ('1 '[N nn Full i!l'-l') l’ll'L’t‘. whh-h rm»; purulk-l 10 «Flu hr; ridge. and Haw-H's h. from ul' (‘Mlniv I)!" and ('uhn's hill Hu~,'u:-:'.. 'i‘u'rlnh turns and ”(Nleer lilo-\‘vmh confront ed EWUH. ”sllu‘m'l.‘> SH'UIIII rurps and Malibu-day's First rxh-mlwl the line from ('u-nu-lery hill sunlhwall‘d l The heights lumu whlch the Army of the l'ulmnm' Wu: nrz'uyrd runslst of a well defined ridge c-xlcnnllng from the prominent vlevutlun rinse tn Get tyshnrg town L'nmru us (Tum-[cry hlll. southward u mlle uml a hull to the all" higher «lw'utluhs of Hi}: ltuunll Top and thtle Round Top. Near th~ the Round Top a rocky height known as Devll's Dun jnls out to the west. East or 1‘ mneter; hlll, at the northern termination of the rldgo, In tln- hmul- ly “maul (‘ulp‘s hm. - 1 fitter . mldulxm. Tho Fighting on July 2. During the height or the mmtest on the hit Grin-val W. S. [lumvck had reached lhc Arum Wm: mu power to let for Mmdu. Ho din-«19d the couâ€" ceutrutlon of the furu- n] on (‘emelery ridge. Shwe Lee was den-rumwd to fight. Hum-ock‘u due-Nun committed Maude to Imlxle- un that unmml Woolf 313d ‘ireeted t'li'e' udfis’i-ifilém momma-mu Ills pppqueut. General in a. name did uu‘t ar‘rfie until her mldulum “ \"Ihz urrlrrvd :vr nail"! I! Pkkott nx‘dorod .1 rofrmt. Pemmw's (flflfiinn In mid to haw: low-at 21m men and nth-nu hnmonam. nn Plokett's fight the division of Wilcox could gain no foothold. Sunnard's brigade, after a successful amok on Kemper's and Pgtflmw’k cnmmns. turned upon WH- eox. forcing Mm to retreat also. That flu: marked the hie-h “do nf the ConrmlvrnI-y Armiwmrl was shot down hesldn who mm ho Md taken. This was the onlmtnmlnn of the rharge. Gnmtt was also Rim-cl gun in amount»: mm A (‘nmrevieme mg was waved triumphantly here for a fe‘w minutes, Whom the fight flank of l‘lu-kolt's mlnmn lmme firmed by a chmzo of dlror'llnn Stannnrd‘s Vonnnm hrlgmdo rushed into the mp lmlwnvn Note" and “‘llt-ox and mumd In an nhllquo are. This flrp (‘51an Rompers ('Imfvd- Grate lurigndv to crowd toward the non- for of the mlnmn. Brim: prwvod In front Ivy mnxkelry fire at rlmo mmzo. many of Krmper's men surromlornl. othbnl rotrmml. and still owns mn- tinned to crowd tmthnr However. the brigades of General L. A Amish-ad and General R. B. Gar-non pmmi on up the rldzv in 3mm of the death deal- Mg bolts hurled at them on all sides from Hanmvk'a llne. Armlxtmd, loading the van. leaped . Me wall. waved hls sword with Ms but on it and shouted to the hundrod men who wore at his heels haunting their buttlol‘lnzs. “Give them the cold steel ho "‘ He laid hh hand upon n and hmmn m waver. They had hum non-My ahnlwn by the nnillory shofls In the first (ow hundred ynruls 01 their man-h. and the bolts hurled at rinse quarters sent them hark In mas“. p‘p “'In'n lull! u :u In "w luln- u' "N.- flrlm‘ runkh-r lawn" m mzvku {murful dummy III lhrir run-Lu _\ h. lrry «1n "0me u" Mule Rum-«l 'l‘vq- rvwhfi' "4 "um lvnuflm'hv Tm- hzfnntr) «f "mum'k'n Ilm- hml lwv-n nuunmmlul In nuuvrw- lls rll'v flrv- mm! "M O'unfnh-mnu “ff" «inw- vnnuzln m make It docum- ofl'm'mv Po-nizrvw‘i mm an (In- vxtrvmv left n! Hw- vlmrfi- Ins: ('ulflmn fim met this h'rrihlo fir.- :m In "It I‘Mrml nuts I, e um"! .- asunll on July 1 I. Haw»: :- .. ml can"! on July I. I and -;_ l'upv- 1 7 and I. (‘norflnm M Patrol-v Pu»- E The posltlon to be attacked was un- ‘der the command of Gen-ml W. S. 1 Hancock. It was occupled by the First : corps. wmmnmled by General John i Newton: the Second corral. cunlmundâ€" y ed by General John Gibbon: the Third :corps. commanded by General D. B. -'Blrney. and the Eleventh corps. comâ€" : [minded by General 0. 0. Howard. Pickett's men traversed a distance or about u mile and a half. ooumiiig from the wands \\ here they startml to the crest of tin» ridge whirl: ”my desired to “train and almost rmu-iml .is soon as Hwy (‘iltllt' In Night m'vr :l slight rldau- on the west ship at the plain the th-rni shviiu began to cut thc-m down. nlllihh' ministers were reserved (or their clusvr approach. Raked by Rifle Fire. AH filst its the xhoii lfll't‘ through their lint-:4 tho (‘uufuii-ruu-s chum-(I up the Supposing that the Feds-ml batteries had been silenced because they stopped tiring: for the moment. l’ivkolt'a (-olumn moved fur-ward. lit-{ore Picket! stnrt- ed the division of Gem-ml Wilcox of Hill‘s corps took position on the right of the charging line. . .,. um .. ._ day. The troop- vim than excipt for I M Wynn (1le name ma Indie 9.000 m. Gena-II Hm division of Genet“ Hill's corps. which had home the- brunt of the lighting on the In of July and had been severely handled. was chosen to nuppon. Pick- ett'u column on Its left flunk. I' I A,. mmmnwlr'nfl IN _ who was Illkvl my 1w” I. fluvial Ron-"Mn i H \Hl D’Mrral nuts I. 0 ”turn!