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angle between Gibbon and Caldwell. General Newton, having been assignedto the command of the First Corps, vice Reynolds, was now in charge of theridge held by Caldwell. Compactly arranged on its crest was McGilvery’sartillery, forty-one guns, consisting of his own batteries, reenforced by othersfrom the Artillery Reserve. Well to the right, in front of Hays and Gibbon,^as the artillery of the Second Corps under its chief, Captain Hazard.Woodruff’s battery was in front of Ziegler’s Grove; on his left, in succession,Arnold’s Rhode Island, Cushing’s United States, Brown’s Rhode Island , andforty’s New York . In the fight of the preceding day the two last-namedbatteries had been to the front and suffered severely. Lieutenant T. Fredbrown was severely wounded, and his command devolved on LieutenantPerrin. So great had been the loss in men and horses that they were now offour guns each, reducing the total number in the corps to twenty-six.Daniels’s battery of horse artillery, four guns, was at the angle. Cowan’s 1stNew York battery, six rifles, was placed on the left of Rorty’s soon after thecannonade commenced. In addition, some of the guns on Cemetery Hill, andPittenhouse’s on Little Round Top, could be brought to bear, but these were°ffset by batteries similarly placed on the flanks of the enemy, so that on theSecond Corps line, within the space of a mile, were 77 guns to oppose nearly150. They were on an open crest plainly visible from all parts of the oppositebne. Between 10 and 11 a. m., everything looking favorable at Culp’s Hill,^ crossed over to Cemetery Ridge, to see what might be going on at otherPoints. Here a magnificent display greeted my eyes. Our whole front for