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THE THIRD DAY AT GETTYSBURG .

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PICKETT’S CHARGE, II.—TIIE MAIN COLLISION TO THE RIGHT OF THE “CLUMP OF TREES.”

FROM THE CYCLORAMA OF GETTYSBURG.

In this hand-to-hand conflict General Armistead, of Pickett’s Division, was killed, and General Webh,

of Gibbon’s Division, was wounded.

farm-buildings, a few hundred yards distant. Hampton and Fitzhugh L eewere on his left, covered by the wood, Jenkins and Chambliss on theright, along the ridge. Half a mile east on a low parallel ridge, thesouthern part of which bending west toward Cress’s Ridge furnished excel-lent positions for artillery, was the Federal cavalry brigade of McIntosh, whonow sent a force toward Rummel’s, from which a strong body of skirmisherswas thrown to meet them, and the battery opened. McIntosh now demandedreenforcements, and Gregg, then near the Baltimore pike, brought hu* 1Custer’s brigade and Pennington’s and Randol’s batteries. The artillery soondrove the Confederates out of Rummel’s, and compelled Jackson’s Virgin* 3,battery to leave the ridge. Both sides brought up reenforcements and thebattle swayed from side to side of the interval. Finally the Federals wei epressed back, and Lee and Hampton, emerging from the wood, charged,sword in hand, facing a destructive artillery fire — for the falling back of thecavalry had uncovered our batteries. The assailants were met by Custei sand such other mounted squadrons as could be thrown in; a melee ensued, mwhich Hampton was severely wounded and the charge repulsed. Breathed Sand McGregor’s Confederate batteries had replaced Jackson’s, a shaipartillery duel took place, and at nightfall each side held substantially h®original ground. Both sides claim to have held the Rummel house. I 11advantage was decidedly with the Federals, who had foiled Stuart’s l>h lllS '