Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-12-13

ander Colonel Daniels, Nsra u;,.
after tho battles around Richr,ond
.~o ne" regiments, the Fiftv.forr,l, ali.
Eiity-seVenth North Carolina. wa,. "'.!
johannesburg and the Virginia o.
airy had hcen increased by new feo,ra,,,s
,' ni.e Ine North carolina cavalry had bae1,
.ncIeaseu certainty to one, and perhans :"
TWO ltglile1is. After the battle Of Fred
Walkers division. of two ~
Carolina brigades, was sent Sonth. eud -
Chancellorsviile, notwithstanding The "a
sence of Picket.'s Virginia djyisioD 81 S.'r
iolk ana TWO virginia regiments sent int
Northwestern Virginia, tiiele were twan."
six Virginia regiments and two ba,t.Itn:y
Of infantry present, While North CarnI;.1a
had tweLh y-1our regiments and two cow
panies OF the same arm at that battle
lhere were there certainly two Nortb Cor
oilha cavalry regiments, but the dispropor.
tion between the Virginia and North Cars.
INA cavalry, as we'll as artillery. gin cns
tinued, while the Virginia Organization vs.
all arms in Western and South Testar,.
Virginia had Increased
After Charlottesville three North ,.,.o
lima brlgades Of infantry were brouobt -
the army, one in exchange for a Geo,oi"
brigade sent South, and two TO comnot@s
the organization Of the army into thnaa
corps. AS we We're moving iuto Penpsy,.
Vania twO'regiments Of North Carolina c;e.
airy arrived, but were hot at Gettysburg.
AT GETTYSBURG
there were seven brigades of VIRGINIA in,
fautIy, and two others, the greater mart IF
which were ViGginlans-one of Pickett,s
bIigades having been left in Virginia,
There were al that battle eight North
Carolina brigades and two regiments Of
another It is very probable that, by
reason Of the absence CT one Of Pick ett's
brigades and the strength of the nawly re-
cruited brigades brought from North Caro-
I lima just before the campaign opened, the
North Carolina infantry then outnumbered
that OF Virginia present at the battle, but
this was greatly overbalanced by The ex.
! cess OF Virginia cavalry and artillery. and
! it is an indisputable fact that more Virgin,
! taus than North CarOlinians were left on
! thai field. During ali the foregoing time
! besides the Virginia troops i'm Western Viz
| ginia, there was Wise's Virginia brigade
near Richmond.
| III the campaign Of 1864, from the
KAPIDAN TO COLI, HAHRoR,
there were eight Virginia brigades Of Ia .
fantry and two others, nearly ali Virgin.
ians, bur Picke:t's four hrigades did Nc,
reach tile army until near Hanover June
ton. In the Same campaign there were,
eight North Carolina bligades Az,
two regiments Cf infantry, one ct
which hrigades, (Hoke's) reached ,h,.
army a. the same time with Pickett. There
were then four Virginia brigadcs OF cayally
and one North Carolina brigade 81 IT,.
sam1 arm with tile army. willie The excess
; Of Virginia over North Carolina artillery
and III fact. over all others, ~as very great
In addition, there was Wise's brigade. rca,
Richmond, three Vir1ieia hrigadcs @,
infantry and four brigahCs q cavalry il
the
VALLEY AND soCTHWESTEES yIkGihI.
1t is tr7lo some North Carolina troop
had been brought into the State 10 nee
Buffers army, but these wero at leas
countcrbalanced byWise's Virginia brig
a lie and the three infantry Lriga des unde
breckenridge In the Valley and SouLl
western Virginia, 10 say nothing Il u.
cavalry In the Same districts.
Some misapprchcEsion Ia regard To H.
I number Of
VIRGINIA TROOPS IN TIE FILI.n
may have risen from the fac, that such
largo proportion Of these troops wer
cavalry and artillery; but the foregoing
facts arc sufficient TO show how unfountet
: is the statement that NJ 18th Carolina hat
, more troops in the field in Virginia thai
the latter State had on her own soil.
j may possibly have been that at some time
= when new brigadcs Of infantry, just re
g cruited under the Conscript la8, arrived
! from North Carolina, that State coul,
! show more infantry for duty in the ARM
of Northern Virginia than Virginia coul.
show OF the same army, but the Firgini.
brigadcS and regiments always outnum
bored those Of North Carolina even In ths
! army, and The Virginia regiments had a
) | some time been az full as those of Nortl
Carolina, but had been reduced by th
> ordeal through which the latter had after
wards 10 90.
J The preponderancc Of the Virginia car
airy over al others arose, i'll great inca
: sure, from tie fact that the men had {.
: keep themselves mounted AT their owl
> costs, and that was very difficult thin.
for men from the States south Of Virginia
, t. do.
The loss of our official returns renders !
impossible 70 give the exact statement 0
, tho number Of troops from each State tina
: served in Virginia, but the foregoing dat:
, will enable auy candid man to settle IL
. question against the accuracy OF Genera
Hoods estimate.
If North Carolina was able to furuiSl
. her troops better than tie Virginia troop
, | were furnished, III some respects, II MUS
, be RENE mbe1ed that Virginia furnished tn
- | greater part Of the horses, provisions an.
! ! forage Tor he army serving IN her borders
+ ! aud that all her ports were Lermctrcall
: sealed up, while nearly Der Whole territor]
Was devastated.
: Let North Carolina receive all til. credi
she is entitled toad sha is entitled &
much--blt let 1t not be at tic expense o
her sister States; and 1 would add, let tn
, public Of North Carolina and all the Con
federate States emulate the self-sacrficu
: spirit and devotion Of those who bore a!
!, honorable part IN the war.
, In making the foregoing correction q
: the error into which General Hood has fai
" len, / must take OCCASION To disclaiIn a
:, intention Of being disrespectfrl TO bin, all
to express my high appre citation Of bis SO,
vices and character.
L bad intended to notice the rcnlarka bl
statement by General Humphreys, l.. 4
A, In regard TO the relative strengtl
l and losses at Gettysburg, but IL.
Q friend, Colonel Allan, of Lexington
, has done the work in a very salts
i, factory manner. l have merely TO aGt
! that if, in tho condition Of things existing
f in june, 1863, the Confederate govern
e meLt was enabled to throw into the tiel.
D for the invasion Of tho second State in th'
a Union, in point Of wealth and population
2 an army of 81 600 men-as General Hum
ph.eys makes it--anI send G portion 0
that army TO the banks Of the Susquc
hanna, north Of Washington and Bait!
more, and tho United States goyernnlen
was allie to raise an army Of
ONLY EIGHTT-FoUE THOUSAND 1IET
to defend the "Keystone Stae' Of Tx
Union and the Federal Capitol, simple
> calculation in tho r1llns OF three viii show