Looking up the valley towards Gettysburg, the hills on either side were capped with crowns of flame and smoke, as 300 guns, about equally divided between the two ridges, vomited their iron hail upon each other."
Når man så op gennem dalen mod Gettysburg var bakkerne på begge sider kronet af ild og røg da 300 kanoner nogenlunde ligeligt fordelt på begge sider udspyede deres regn af jern på hinanden."