History of the Second Army Corps in the Army of the Potomac
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Early's assault upon the eastern face of Cemetery Hill having failed, Rodes' and Pender's, against the western face, was abandoned. At General Howard's earnest re- quest, Carroll's brigade v/as allowed to remain on that part of the line where it had rendered such excellent service. THE THIRD DAY. So ended the great second day at Gettysburg. In general the prevailing spirit of the army was high and martial. At a council of war held soon after nightfall, at which all the corps commanders were pre...sent, it was unanimously resolved to abide the fortune of the coming day in the position which the army then occupied. The 3d day of July broke in splendor. But before 288 THE SECOND ARMY CORPS. the soothing, solemnizing beauty of that delicious land- scape was revealed by the first rays of the sun, the clamor of human strife broke forth, and rose and swelled to fury along the wooded and rocky slopes of Gulp's Hill. The troops of the Twelfth Corps, returning from the left, had found Johnson's Confederate division in their works overlooking the Baltimore road ; and, supported by de- tachments from the Sixth Corps, only waited for light to advance and drive the intruders out.
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