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  1. The rain came and with it cool air and refreshment both from wind and rain. No one could tell what the enemy were doing. 6:13 PM Jul 4th from Tweet Master
  2. Gettysburg was turned into a vast hospital, and impromptu ones were made at a dozen places on the field. 5:58 PM Jul 4th from Tweet Master
  3. All the day was spent in feeding and resting the men. 5:43 PM Jul 4th from Tweet Master
  4. The Federal army was terribly crippled and sadly in want of rest, and no advance was made. 7:13 AM Jul 4th from Tweet Master
  5. General Meade expected another attack; but, instead of making it, the enemy retreated further. 6:58 AM Jul 4th from Tweet Master
  6. The dead in the streets of Gettysburg are being buried, and the wounded on the field are being collected and carried to the rear. 2:58 AM Jul 4th from Tweet Master
  7. Though the enemy resisted some time, they finally retreated from the hill and abandoned the seminary. The Federal troops did not chase them. 5:43 PM Jul 3rd from Tweet Master
  8. Gen. Meade's troops were placed in order, and charged down the hill and into the town. 5:13 PM Jul 3rd from Tweet Master
  9. Leaving dead and wounded behind them, the enemy's forces slowly retreated upon their own hill and into their woods again. 3:13 PM Jul 3rd from Tweet Master
  10. As they mounted the low bank in front of the rifle-pits, the Federal soldiers retreated, turning and firing as they went along. 11:28 AM Jul 3rd from Tweet Master
  11. It was a hand-to-hand conflict. Every man fought by himself and for himself. 11:28 AM Jul 3rd from Tweet Master
  12. All were shouting, and screaming, and swearing, clashing their arms and firing their pieces. The fight was terrible. 11:28 AM Jul 3rd from Tweet Master
  13. From the woods of short, scrubby timber and the rocks near the seminary there rose a yell. 11:13 AM Jul 3rd from Tweet Master
  14. General Lee permitted General Longstreet to send his grand division on a charge upon the cemetery. 10:58 AM Jul 3rd from Tweet Master
  15. He withdrew all of his sharpshooters and infantry from Gettysburg. The deserted town lay there a very tempting bait... 6:28 AM Jul 3rd from Tweet Master
  16. but General Meade's men hid quietly behind the fences and trees, and banks upon the hills. 6:28 AM Jul 3rd from Tweet Master
  17. Enough dead bodies lay in the fields and streets to give him warning of what happened to poor Reynolds two days before. 6:28 AM Jul 3rd from Tweet Master
  18. General Lee did not desire to make the attack. He saw the superiority of the Federal position, and wished to entice them out of it. 6:13 AM Jul 3rd from Tweet Master
  19. General Meade had serious intentions of retreating, but learning that the enemy could receive no reinforcements made him decide to remain. 5:13 PM Jul 2nd from Tweet Master
  20. Both sides fight with great ferocity, and neither can drive the other out of position. 4:52 PM Jul 2nd from web