Three Months in the Southern States: April-June, 1863J. Bradburn (successor to M. Doolady), 1864 - 309 páginas This book contains the experiences and travels of the author, a British Army officer and a notable witness to the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. He spent three months (from 2 April until 16 July 1863) in North America, travelling through parts of the Confederate States of America and the Union. |
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Three Months in the Southern States: April-June, 1863 Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle Vista completa - 1864 |
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Página 269 - Never mind, General, all this has been my fault — it is I that have lost this fight, and you must help me out of it in the best way you can.
Página 268 - ... to the rear. His face, which is always placid and cheerful, did not show signs of the slightest disappointment, care, or annoyance ; and he was addressing to every soldier he met a few words of encouragement, such as, " All this will come right in the end : we'll talk it over afterwards ; but, in the mean time, all good men must rally. We want all good and true men just now,
Página 263 - ... crowning the opposite ridges — was at least a mile — quite open, gently undulating, and exposed to artillery the whole distance. This was the ground which had to be crossed in to-day's attack. Pickett's division, which had just come up, was to bear the brunt in Longstreet's attack, together with IIeth and Pettigrew in Hill's corps.
Página 269 - It is difficult to exaggerate the critical state of affairs as they appeared about this time. If the enemy or their general had shown any enterprise, there is no saying what might have happened. General Lee and his officers were evidently fully impressed with a sense of the situation...
Página 264 - Gettysburg, we found that we had got into a heavy cross-fire; shells both Federal and Confederate passing over our heads with great frequency. At length two shrapnel shells burst quite close to us, and a ball from one of them hit the officer who was conducting us. We then turned round and changed our views with regard to the cupola— the fire of one side being bad enough, but preferable to that of both sides. A small boy of twelve years was riding with us at the time: this urchin took a diabolical...
Página 267 - Staff being engaged in a similar manner further to the rear. His face, which is always placid and cheerful, did not show signs of the slightest disappointment, care, or annoyance ; and he was addressing to every soldier he met a few words of encouragement, such as, " All this will come right in the end : we'll talk it over afterwards ; but, in the mean time, all good men must rally.
Página 260 - So soon as the firing began, General Lee joined Hill just below our tree, and he remained there nearly all the time, looking through his field-glass — sometimes talking to Hill and sometimes to Colonel Long of his Staff. But generally he sat quite alone on the stump of a tree. What I remarked especially was, that daring the whole time the voL.
Página 267 - I remember seeing a General (Pettigrew, I think it was) come up to him, and report that ' he was unable to bring his men up again." Longstreet turned upon him and replied, with some sarcasm, ' Very well ; never mind, then, General j just let them remain where they are ; the enemy's going to advance, and will spare you the trouble.
Página 237 - He is never far from General Lee, who relies very much upon his judgment. By the soldiers he is invariably spoken of as "the best fighter in the whole army.
Página 258 - M'Laws's and Hood's — Pickett being still in the rear. As the whole morning was evidently to be occupied in disposing the troops for the attack, I rode to the extreme right with Colonel Manning and Major Walton, where we ate quantities of cherries, and got a feed of corn for our horses. We also bathed in a small stream, but not without some trepidation on my part, for we were almost beyond the lines, and were exposed to the enemy's cavalry.