144 Norra Carortina Troops, 1861-’65.

open plain subjected to such a terrible fire, with no hope of
protection and without power to resist. But each brave
spirit in Pettigrew’s command recognized the necessity of
immolation if need be, and offered himself a willing sacrifice ;
and so closing up the great gaps in its ranks, the lines on the
left continued to face the furious storm and silently moved
on upon the deadly batteries.

At length having made two-thirds of the distance, and
being only three hundred yards away, Pickett’s troops with
Garnett in front, Kemper on the right, but somewhat in rear,
and Armistead a hundred yards behind, turned towards the
point they were to assail. On Garnett’s left was Archer’s
Brigade, under Colonel Fry, whose numbers had been largely
reduced in the first day’s fight—and which had moved
directly forward as the brigade of direction. Close joined
with it were Pettigrew’s North Carolinians under Colonel
Marshall, Pettigrew himself being in command of the divis-
ion; and further on were Davis’ Mississippians and Brock-
enborough’s Virginia Brigade, all well aligned, while a hun-
dred and fifty yards behind Trimble led Lane’s and Seales’
Brigades, the latter under Colonel Lowrance, Scales having
been severely wounded two days before.

Although the right had not suffered greatly during its
shorter progress up the valley and being somewhat protected
by favoring ridges, heavy loss had been inflicted on the center
and on the left, which were fearfully cut up during their long
and exposed march. But thongh sorely distressed on front
and flank, with ranks largely depleted, the left brigades main-
tained their original alignment and still pursued their on-
ward course.

As the attacking column, now much narrowed, moved up
the slope that formed a natural glacis to the enemy’s works,
the batteries opened still more rapidly with grape and canis-
ter, and the front line of the enemy that lay in advance, to-
gether with the second line at the stone wall, poured into the
Confederate column volley after volley of musketry—sending
out a perfect sheet of lead and iron—a storm of murderous
fire. The ranks of the first Confederate line, in the immediate
front of Hays’ artillery, were mowed down as grass by the

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The first positions of the Confederate brigades are shown on the left
and then two subsequent intermediate positions, while the final posi-
tion attained is marked: by the thin line in front of the stone wall and

within Gibbon’s line on the south of it.
Webb’s position in the angle is marked W. Hall’s and Harrow’s bri-

gades continued the Federal line towards Stannard’s brigade.

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