The Distance Cannon Can Be Heard

During the late Battle at Gettysburg it is a remarkable fact that the cannonading was heard at Greensburg, Pennsylvania, a distance on an air line of one hundred and twenty-five miles. On Friday, the third inst., two gentlemen of town drove out a few miles south east of here, and calling at a farm house the owner inquired what the news was from the battle. The former said that there was a great battle going on as he had heard the cannon the evening before and that morning. Driving a mile or two further they stopped at another farm house where they stayed for dinner, and here learned that the firing had been heard all the early part of the night and all that morning of the third. When listening, these gentlemen could then distinctly hear it, the sounds being sharp, and at times being so frequent that it was impossible to count the discharges. On laying down on the ground they could distinctly feel the jarring.

The Goodhue Volunteer (Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minn.) 29 Jul 1863

Obviously, the Goodhue editor failed to give the name of the paper that ran the original item.