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By CAPTAIN §. A. ASHE, A. A. G., PENpER’s BriganE, 9°"

eater’) as I - Oen 9 Fissornes R UM! TOI: JHB! ib v
(Khe ahird; day: of ithe’. struggle:tbetween> the: contending
armiesnear Gettyshurg .opéned:cléar’ and -cloudless.; The
Jaily:sun:Heamed down on the! battlefield of the previous day
majestically serene++throwing into bold, relief the outlines of
the ppietunésix od) o [143 He'qinD 7 iq 84
so Stanling.on Cemetery Hill, a mile south of ithe little town
of Gettysburg, one saw the range continue,to the southward,
now: jutting-out into: the valley-to. the west; and: then seceding
im-strong. Cirves eastward; now. falling with even slopes:‘and
then: swelliigh again: in: gracefwl contour++but further away
breaking.:into! precipitous: promontories whose! rocky knobs
wére veritable, Round Lops:.andfitly:associated, with Devil's
Beénshiay borband farsvoe val ied? owbis boonavbe as jtsia
Almost parallel:and about»a mile, away to the-west could
be.-traceil thebcourse: of Seminary: Ridge) gently: ‘risihig ftom
the tntbrvening valley anid still covered: with! a growthof origi
imal:forest: trees: |‘ Mlong; thé slope: are: feces inclosing! fields
withspatehes ‘of:ivood:liere.and:there and a little swale down
the: valley ivhére it marrows'as:the: ridge ‘throws out aspur tb

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coComing fromthe! towm is ithe ‘Emmettshburg. Pike» which
after passing thd summit: of Cemetery! Hill swerves ‘off along
ddowértandodivergent ridge that :trends:(across the! valleys
Over ooking: the pike lis-a. btéme wall following: aléng the, wpe
per slope of Wémetéryo Ridge and:ednforming! genérally’ te
the dine: of sits!crest; but, ata point-same #ix hundred ‘yards
away where the hill grows! bolder: ard: jutd well outiintol the
valley, this walh makes-a‘right: ‘angle: andscombs straight to-
wards thé-pikej{andthem again! follows the: crest, ‘which soow