ARTILLERY FIGHTING AT GETTYSBURG,

CONFEDERATES WAITING FOR THE ENJ) OF THE ARTILLERY DUEL,

mg-A

Vi?.

mm

W£SS

' : rVr

There was a great deal to do meanwhile. Our sound horses were to he feda nd watered, those killed and disabled were to be replaced from the wagon-tiams, ammunition must be replenished, and the ground examined and posi-tions of batteries rectified. But a splendid moon made all comparatively® as y, and greatly assisted, too, in the care of the wounded, many of whom,both our own and the enemy’s, lay about among our batteries nearly all^ght. About 1 o’clock I made a little bed of fence-rails, as preferable to theti'arrjpled ground in the Peach Orchard, and got two hours’ sleep. At 3 IP e gan to put the batteries in position again and was joined by the Wash-la gton Artillery, which had been in reserve the day before. As daylightCam e I found I had placed about twenty guns so that the enemy’s batteries011 Cemetery Hill enfiladed the line, and I had a panic, almost, for fear thee *ierny would discover my blunder and open before I could rectify it. Theyc °uld not, perhaps, see down into the valley as early as I could see them,all was right before they opened. They never could have resisted the®ttiptation to such pot-shooting. Apparently to feel us, they fired a fewand hit one or two men and some horses; but we did not respond,Ranting to save our ammunition for the real work, and we were grateful toeru for their moderation, our ground being very unfavorable as regarded

ti'clter.

Early in the morning General Lee came around, and I was then told that weei ' e to assault Cemetery Hill, which lay rather to our left. This necessitatedgood many changes of our positions, which the enemy did not altogetherapprove of, and they took occasional shots at us, though we shifted about, as

v °n in. 24