...hot vent-field. Between the black of the burnt powder and the crimson streaks from his bloody head, Packard looked like a demon from below ! Up and down...struck; the musketry crashing on three sides of us; bullets hissing, humming and whistling everywhere; cannon roaring; all crash on crash and peal on peal,...

...there were only the corporal and two drivers fetching ammunition. The water in the bucket was like ink. Up and down the line men reeling and falling; splinters...struck; the musketry crashing on three sides of us; bullets hissing, humming and whistling everywhere; cannon roaring; all crash on crash and peal on peal,...

...troops. Augustus Buell belonged to a Union artillery unit. He described the sights and sounds of battle: "Up and down the line men reeling and falling; splinters...throwing up great clouds of dust where they struck." Cemetery Hill By afternoon, General Lee had reached Herr Ridge and was watching the battle. He had...

...Stewart of the 4th US Artillery remembered the situation as follows. "Up and down the line, men were reeling and falling; splinters flying from wheels...yelling, shells bursting, shot shrieking overhead; bullets whistling everywhere. Smoke, dust, blood, wreck and carnage — indescribable." the first place,...