The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-09-09
C1ROLINIdNs Ar "EIIiSbCh0'
The Story OF Pettigrew's Men and Their
HEROIC charge.
Sham z. O. y. c.. Sept. 6. 1884.

| .r.f 81
! HteA thaS ~ pictett's. This is a
| the Works except -, e,,-.bar 10 Re-
| MISTAKE, ds VII 49, - - t,ae oriei-
| Tore the assam W. -. ebof,iJ he. rut
| nally intended that ll.nv't sHt-'L - a r.,
! IN the 'front.' me w. -, - che,neei
/ Laws as supper ". I"i' 80 ,'iJ ~ s6ars
a. lylsa,i vgS 49, from his right. So
! iio"l anu $500 5,-,si',, t,.os selected
I ittuSIrn lii'h't divisfon They
| with part OF Iei-ti 9d.r ,,nI stated
! Were pIdceq III ~ ,n.,str...t had SUP
| 'peAeIdI LTT dttu IiJ,fstor h.d recil-
J rosN4 0'Se ncru a. dat,s nght. but
! peIdtel from tit HlHv "'y - - o.
they were terribly llls.aSsH ',.bS.a froo,'4
/ onel NenaDle OF Lee stan. ~ $50
! were very much cut up. IL was lttenued
! tha; Petllgrew should be placed III rear
Of Pickett and Peniers divisions. ms
! division front, thife deep NJ ~ t,lls 80
/ IN view ana 10 MAKE tAr aH9@"' s 'll1,c..s,
! iul, LOnbstreet Aad AleAa.Gt.I - NJ
! tratc his guns IN Pi-hett rom. / d." ne
/ result was every cdiI!Jh ~ 80 70 -
! tne enemy 81 ll1ie Nut.n iDn',. e..
/ assall were all disihodIitrI A't ""e 49,.
| At the last moment fttu7ieW VA" ~
! in the front liue instead on the redE oi
! was made ana by whose orders IL n"5
| never been explained. Longstreet formed
/ q plan of assault similar 10 VIC
! original plan three weeks Iater az
! cMcamauaa, except instead 81 AEis.g"
| front he had brig tde 'front.', am, tilI.ln,
/ seven deep. IL WAS the nrst time, drriiis
! needless 10 say tuat IL W. b" ,i,a1es
! when Lougstreet massed those hils"tS9
/ many deep, ana sent theiH @F.-'"1 H. ,'
! Federal line, and crushel IL III -
| sledSe hammer crushihs IN it-,t.H 80 "A
/ street TOOK flckett anu 49,. FsieraI
| peculiar, clunlp 9l ue.S ~ e i,r1itnr
| me. ana of1eIed MN a. &c 10, IN h.
! 90 that clump Out lhsitdu VI 1O..7 -
! Obnquei 10 the left. every sep ne u'caS
| ed 10 the ieIt, coiariuen"s - rn.rnv s
! ln Two huhdieh yalt' - a. bis right
/ works there was a woe kdP Oh ~ 80, 80.
! Hdd PICKETT kept stIdi-nl "'t -
/ would have struck TUG point oI ~ III"
/ shoe instead OF llchtl'f D'I it,,.'i,l,,
| forced TO lne leIJ ~ ~, ~ bors.al,o2
/ Jutled guy III InJ ".'tt rattl.-re,y reached
! eit ana me Iehl vi J. ,.''.7. .b.. e,i,.s
/ tlla polMt ol " mon go. tLs h1ree,hoe
! time. men lnry Fli".n '"' i ~,
| Csc enemy fell back to tae secoII, i''t t,l
! tnat ls, the stidlEhl me /" ~ - ~
! stone wall, 10 Isht anu u. - 81. va
| sccans-aud some OF Picketts men en-
! tered the WORKS at the projecting VA.
! The Tcnnessceans were uAIri oloii.l9
Moore and sheppard. ihe Itller tNo
! General Armisteai was nHrt hth
! AImistead reached the point ol the hOts-
! shoe be found some oi nis men mo- ,,
! thrown themselves neI...i ,iig s "'m III III
| not reach the second, OF Su'iSHt mn
! therefore, the Federal army was hol cay
i'm two, as you sliLti ri. n'y .,' ti'f b,.I,-
troops 10 that point me ilSAt OF J.. -
ctts line never irhrn"i iI- 7l'I'" ~ t'i,
COR the vermont bfsaIr Aal lAL'"u ll9''
| into The gap on the risnt an4 iniiialrI
! rce1iiei ana fell upon the Grouni ann
held up their hands lu token of slrrfu-
der Had Pickett gone on in ystrtl-ht me.
as ne was ordered. he would nave struck
been mo- gap on bis right. When G~aeral
| Wilcox started De- Wen. on iu straitnt