America, picturesque and descriptive (1900) (14777158434)

Identifier: americapicturesq01cookuoft (find matches)
Title: America, picturesque and descriptive
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Cook, Joel
Subjects: United States -- Description and travel
Publisher: Philadelphia, Coates
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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o 28th, thus making a northernrace, up the curving v^illcys, with L<0 in advance,but on the longer route of the outer circle. Therewas a garrison of ten thousand men at HarpersFerry on the Potomac, and Hooker asked that theybe added to his army ; but the A\ ar Department de-clined, and Hooker immediately resigned, being suc-ceeded by General George G. ^leade, Avho thus onthe eve of the battle became the Union connnander. There are two parallel ridges bordering the ))lainon which Gettysbtug stands. The long SeminaryRidge, stretching from north to south about a milewest of the town, gets its name from the LutheranTheological Seminary standing upon it *, and theCemetery Ridge to the south of the town, whichpartly stretches up its slopes, has on its northernflat-topped hill the village cemetery, wherein theprincipal grave then was that of James Gettys, afterwhom the place was named. There is an outlyingeminence called Gulps Hill farther to the east, mak- Xittle IRount) Uop, (Bett^sburo
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. \^T IH-vt. • 1^ < i, i ■ % y ^y THE BATTLEFIELD OF GETTYSBURG. 129 ing, with the Cemetery Ridge, a formation bentaround much Hke a fish-hook, with the graveyard atthe bend and Gulps Hill at the barb, while far downat the southern end of the long straight shank, as theridge extends for two miles away, Avith an interven-ing rocky gorge called the Devils Den, there aretwo peaks, formed of tree-covered crags, known asthe Little Round Toj) and the Big Round Top.These long parallel ridges, with the intervale andthe country immediately around them, are the battle-iield, which the topographical configuration well dis-plays. It covers about twenty-five square miles, andlies mainly southwest of the town. It was on June 28th that General Meade unex-pectedly assumed command of the Union army, andhe was then near the Potomac. General Ewell withthe Confederate advance guard had gone up theCumberland Valley as far as Carlisle, and his troopersAvere threatening Ilarrisburg. Nobody had oppose