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THE STRUGGLE FOR “ROUND TOP.”
BY E. M. LAW, MAJOR-GENERAL, ('. S. A.
JVrORE lias been written concerning tlie battle of Gettysburg than anyO I other “ passage of arms ” between the Federal and Confederate troopsduring the civil war. The engagement of the 1st of July, brought on byaccident, on the part of the Confederates at least, in which two corps of theFederal army under General Reynolds were defeated and driven throughGettysburg by portions of Hill’s and Ewell’s corps, has been often and fullydescribed by the officers on both sides. Ewell’s attack on the Federal rightin the vicinity of Culp’s Hill on the 2d of July, and Longstreet’s advanceupon the Federal left on the same day, so far as relates to one division of thelatter’s command (McLaws ’s), have been detailed with equal minuteness bythose engaged. The magnificent charge of Pickett’s division on the Federalcenter on the third day has been the theme of a host of writers who deemedit an honor to have stood in the lines of blue by which that charge wasrepelled, and those who, on the other hand, thought it no less an honor tohave shared the fortunes of the torn and shattered columns of gray whichonly failed to accomplish impossibilities.
But concerning the operations of Lee’s extreme right wing, extending t°the foot of Round Top, little or nothing has been written on the Confed-
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