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No eye in that dreary building was closed that night in sleep. The morning of the fourth day rose. They waited in fear, and strange rumours reached them. Some one brought word that their brethren were again defeated, and tears of shame and sorrow ran down many a worn face. NO EYE IN THAT DREARY BUILDING WAS CLOSED THAT NIGHT IN SLEEP THE MORNING OF THE FOURTH DAY ROSE THEY WAITED IN FEAR AND STRANGE RUMORS REACHED THEM SOME ONE BROUGHT WORD THAT THEIR BRETHREN WERE AGAIN DEFEATED AND TEARS OF SHAME AND SORROW RAN DOWN MANY A WORN FACE
on 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. When, after the first and second days' fighting, the news of the Federal repulses reached them, their hearts sank. Eagerly yet anxiously they waited for the morrow.  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 WHEN AFTER THE FIRST AND SECOND DAY'S FIGHTING THE NEWS OF THE FEDERAL REPULSES REACHED THEM THEIR HEARTS SANK EAGERLY YET ANXIOUSLY THEY WAITED FOR THE MORROW
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