Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3.
Henry Coppee , LL.D., Ed.

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[651] house; but, leaving only some detatchments on the ridge, he has brought back the bulk of his forces to the western slope and to the woods, which afford them some shelter. Longstreet's left holds the orchard; Wofford, at the centre, has re-entered the wood situated west of the wheat-field which he had abandoned the evening of the previous day; the right joins the Millerstown road, resting on the Emmettsburg road, and extending along the east bank of Plum Run in front of the Round Tops, at the foot of which Robertson and Law have passed the night. The Confederates thus occupy the line along which the Third Federal corps had formed the day before. At daybreak Colonel Alexander places the six reserve batteries of the First corps along the Emmettsburg road; the rest of the artillery of this corps is presently posted in their vicinity by Colonel Walton, forming a slight concave line of seventy-five pieces of artillery from the orchard to the point which commands the road east of the Codori house, arming all the ridge from which Humphreys was dislodged the day before, at a distance of from nine hundred to thirteen hundred yards from the enemy's line. The batteries of Major Henry to the right of the orchard cross their fire with that of the rest of the line; those of Alexander are ranged above this position, at the summit of the slope running down to the Trostle house; on his left, and somewhat in the rear, is located the Washington Artillery, with Dearing's and Cabell's battalions. This artillery, thus placed ahead of the infantry, is, according to Lee's instruction, to batter the enemy's position which he proposes to attack. In the mean while, all the troops that are to participate in the attack take position back of the ridge, so that the Federals cannot see them distinctly. Wilcox has been drawn up in line of battle since daybreak, about one hundred and fifty yards west of the road, above the house of H. Spangler. Pickett plants himself behind Wilcox in the strip of ground which separates Warfield Ridge from that of Seminary Hill. Kemper's and Garnett's brigades are deployed, the former immediately behind the ridge, which is crowned by artillery; the latter on its left. Armistead posts himself at first still more to the left, but he is soon obliged to abandon this position, which is too much exposed to the fire of the Federal artillery, and to take shelter behind the other two