July 5: Hearing that her family is safe in town, it is decided that Tillie should remain at the Weikert place for a few days after the battle. Tillie and some friends climb to the crest of Little Round Top and surveythe battlefield below...
"By this time the Union dead had been principally carried off the field, and those that remained were Confederates.
"As we stood upon those mighty boulders, and looked down into the chasms between, we beheld the dead lying there just as they had in the struggle. From the summit of Little Round Top, surrounded by the wrecks of battle, we gazed upon the vally of death beneath. The view spread out before us was terrible to contemplate! It was an awful spectacle! Dead soldiers, bloated horses, shattered cannon and cassions, thousands of small arms [weapons]. In fact everything belonging to army equipments was there in one confused incredible mass."
Thus the conclusion of Tillie's story. Hope you all enjoyed it!
9 comments:
that is really cool.
I guess you could say its "cool." I think its sad, actually. And rather gruesome. But I know what you mean. It IS a cool story.
That was so cool of you to put this up for us all to read!! I enjoyed it!
And thanks for letting me borrow the books, I've already gone thru half of the first one ;)
Hey - I don't know if you guys saw the comments on some of my previous posts - by someone posting as "Hush"? Now I'm bursting with curiosity - you know me. So...???
sorry. can't help you there. I have no clue.
Grrrr! I wanna find out!
I'm on blogging vacation for a little while, guys. Be afraid Emily, Ben, and Anna. I'll have lots of PICTURES after Shawnee tomorow. Be VERY afraid.
^ Oops. Add another "r" to "tomorrow."
That is O.K. Im totally with you on the "Hush" thing...*GGGGGAAAA*
Come on person fess up!!
Reb - I am guessing you are Vivian?
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