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amount, for every gun in the army, in order to meet such emergencies. 1was, therefore, able to assure General Meade that there would be enoughammunition for the battle, but none for idle cannonades, the besetting sin ofsome of our commanders. He was much relieved, and expressed his satis-faction. Now, had he had at this time any intention of withdrawing thearmy, the first thing to get rid of would have been this Artillery Reserve andits large trains, which were then blocking the roads in our rear; and hewould surely have told me of it.
Still, with the exception of occasional cannonading, and some skirmishingnear the Peach Orchard, the quiet remained unbroken, although Lee had^r. -----determined upon an
early attack on ourleft. lie says in his de-tailed report that oui'line extended “ uponthe high ground alongthe Einmitsburg road,
[Cemetery] in rear,which was also occu-pied”; and in a previ-ous “outline” report hesays: “ In front of Gen-eral Longstreet the en-emy held a position [thesalient angle at thePeach Orchard ] fromwhich, if he could bedriven, it was thoughtour artillery could beused to advantage inassailing the more elevated ground beyond, and thus enable us to gain th®crest of the ridge.” It would appear from this that General Lee mistook th®few troops on the Peach Orchard ridge in the morning for our main line, nn athat by taking it and sweeping up the Emmitsburg road Tinder cover of lb®batteries, he expected to “ roll np ” our lines to Cemetery Hill. That wornbe an “ oblique order of battle,” in which the attacking line, formed obliquelyto its opponent, marches directly forward, constantly breaking in the end 0his enemy’s line and gaining his rear. General Longstreet was ordered 1°form the divisions of Hood and McLaws on Anderson’s right, so as to envelopour left and drive it in. These divisions were oidy three miles off at day
UNION BREASTWORKS ON LITTLE ROUNI> TOP —BIG ROUND TOPTHE DISTANCE. PROM WAR-TIME PHOTOGRAPHS.