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When, after the first and second days' fighting, the news of the Federal repulses reached them, their hearts sank. WHEN AFTER THE FIRST AND SECOND DAY'S FIGHTING THE NEWS OF THE FEDERAL REPULSES REACHED THEM THEIR HEARTS SANK
of Lee's generals actually congratulated him upon a final victory. But the battle was not ended. The Federals had their backs to the wall, and the dogged determination which is the strength and glory of the Yankee character showed itself at last. Again and again the best troops of the Confederate army dashed up the slope of the low hill, only to break against the stubborn bands of men who could die but would not be defeated. And when at length the rebels made one more terrible rush, they were met, hurled back, broken, beaten, and scattered, and the battle was over. That night, the Fourth of July, the anniversary of the Declaration of American Independence, there went up a shout through the North and East that must have reached to heaven. Just outside the town of Richmond, in Virginia, was a huge prison. Here some hundreds of Northern officers, prisoners of war, were held in captivity. They had heard of the struggle going on at Gettysburg, and they knew how much depended on that battle. AND IT IS SAID THAT SOME OF LEE'S GENERALS ACTUALLY CONGRATULATED HIM UPON A FINAL VICTORY BUT THE BATTLE WAS NOT ENDED THE FEDERALS HAD THEIR BACKS TO THE WALL AND THE DOGGED DETERMINATION WHICH IS THE STRENGTH AND GLORY OF THE YANKEE CHARACTER SHOWED ITSELF AT LAST AGAIN AND AGAIN THE BEST TROOPS OF THE CONFEDERATE ARMY DASHED UP THE SLOPE OF THE LOW HILL ONLY TO BREAK AGAINST THE STUBBORN BANDS OF MEN WHO COULD DIE BUT WOULD NOT BE DEFEATED AND WHEN AT LENGTH THE REBELS MADE ONE MORE TERRIBLE RUSH THEY WERE MET HURLED BACK BROKEN BEATEN AND SCATTERED AND THE BATTLE WAS OVER THAT NIGHT THE FOURTH OF JULY THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE DECLARATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE THERE WENT UP A SHOUT THROUGH THE NORTH AND EAST THAT MUST HAVE REACHED TO HEAVEN JUST OUTSIDE THE TOWN OF RICHMOND IN VIRGINIA WAS A HUGE PRISON HERE SOME HUNDREDS OF NORTHERN OFFICERS PRISONERS OF WAR WERE HELD IN CAPTIVITY THEY HAD HEARD OF THE STRUGGLE GOING ON AT GETTYSBURG AND THEY KNEW HOW MUCH DEPENDED ON THAT BATTLE
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