Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 394
ll along the ridges,and shells in the air formed circles of fire abovethe heads of the combatants ; then came the whiz,the explosion, the crash, the disaster among the j887.] THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG. 863 ient,— an angle from which thedefenders can fire in either di-rection. When he reached… … Longstreet was cannoneers; for on both sides theinfantry was covered as much aspossible from the enemy, but thegunners must remain exposed. The object of the Confeder-ates was to silence the Unionbatteries, so that when theirinfantry advanced, they wouldfind less to encounter. But thisthe Union…
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