Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1862-07-09
From the Petersburg Express.]
GEN. j. JOHNSTON PETTIGREW.

LEAsBrRG, June 81, 1862.
Denr Express 1t is the good or evil fortune of
very few persons to have written concerning them
while living precisely that which could be written
if they were d; ad This tremendous war has
cured such favorS to few of our noble and gallant
soldiers. Among the is Gen. j. Johnston Petit
grew, over whose supposed early but glorious death
so many tears have been she'd and upon whose many
great virtues and intellectual gifts many eulo-
gums have been pronounced. Thousands in this
State rejoice that he is still alive, although badly
wounded; and thousands will pray to Almighty
God that his life may be spared and his health re-
stored. But my object now is not to pay tribute
to his splendid mental endowmcnts or to his accom-
plishments and abilities as soldier hut to correct
error that the Richmond papers, as well as the
YaEkeeeS, have fallen into. Gen. PettiSrew is
native of, and was educated in NORTH Carolina-
His father formerly represented this State in the U.
S. Congress, and he was born in Tyrrc!l county,
After he had graduated at our University, he re-
moved to Charleston, where he resided until the
commencement Of hostIlities, when he returned TO
the State of his nativity and Affections to tender his
services, and if need be, his life, in her defence
When he was appointed Brigadhr General, he was
commanding as Colonel North Carolina regiment.
The writer of this has not seen him since he left
Chapel HILL lie born probably in 1928, and
not in 1880, as stated by the Charleston Courier.
lie was consequently 10 when he was graduated in
1917. At that time nc was OF spare, active and
bthe figure, about feet inches in height and
weighing some 1870 pounds. His features del
icatey and finely chiseled, and the expression of
his face was extremely intellectual and pre- posses
sing The conformation of his head was admirable,
and in it beamed bright and beautiful an eye as
man ever looked into 10 show you something Of
his antecedents-to give you some idea of the high
name he won while yet boy in years, quote the
following from an account of the last Commence
ment at the University Of North Carolina, furnished
the Raleigh Standard. Says the correspondent
ESPECIALLY touching the timely reference
that President Swain made at the close Of the
cises to the student life of the brave, the accom-
plishcd, the gallant. the admired the beloved Petit.
grew the best scholar that has erer gone forth from
the halls Of the Tnirersity Long may the Uni
versity live to send forth such lawyers statesmen
and Generals"
To this wish the true manhood of North Carolina
will give hearty response. The Old North State
though somewhat modest and unpretending, is new.
er,heless proud of her children, and unwilling that
any other maternity than her own should be be-
slowed upon her offspring.
By the way, the Wing, in right cordial, clever
compliment paid the old State the other day, and
which you copied, omitted Bethel in enumcrating
the battles in which the sons of North Carolina had
borne themselves as men, Ovcr this side of the
line, zoe think that Gen. D. H. Hills old Regiment,
the lst N. C. Volunteers, won the fight. We think,
however also that the omission not intention
al. All praise to the Wing for its kindness and
candor. In some haste,
Yours, E3EN ITTERBIDE