The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-10-15
Wilmington Messenger, |

Carollnlan living a. Cisco, Texas. IL
was Captain of Company F., Twenty
sixth North Carolina, that lost NOR
men in battle than any of the 800,
regiments on both sides in the war. |
was part OF Pet,igre IS immortal Bri
gade that has been SO misrepresenteo
and slandered by Northern and Vlr
glnian writer's. 1t lost more men-a
br;gade remember-,han Pckett's
entire Diuision lost You hear elern
ally Of Pickett, but when Pettigrew i:
mentioned i. IS with Misrepresentation
and positive falsehood. Pollard be
gun the cruel and ungra,eful work OF
detraction and falsehood.
Capt. Tut,le has sent to the Bich-
mond Times highly instructive letter.
He gives we'll known facts, but they
are not known to Virginian writer's
upon Gettysburg. Capt. Tu,,le con-
hines his account to the operations Of
his own splendid company. He gives
the following as to its fighting on the
fateful day ''upon the CORY field in
front of Gettysburg and its gun
crowned Cemetery Hill-July, 1868"
1t is record that is immortal. |, has,
perhaps, parallel in the great wars
between France and England, bu, in
no war on this Continent. Capt. Tuttle
writes:
1.-The Company went into action
with eighty-eight muskets and three
commissioned Otficers-the Captain and
two Observation-Disclosures in all ninety
one men. 1t is, indeed, fateful field
for Company F. for iu the engagement
that followed every officer and every
man of the rank and file was either
killed or wounded. Thrty-one, more
than third-were killed and died from
wounds received. There were in the
Company three sets of twins, of whom
five were killed and mortally wounded.
There were also in the Company six
teen men of the same family connection
by the name of Ccifey.
"Again, and afterwards, at the bat
tie of BristOw Station, the Company
went into the engagement with thirty
four men and officers, of whom in few
brief moments thirty-two were killed
or wounded. Six or seven were left
dead On that scene of carnage"
The particulars and statistics of the
entire Twentysixth regiment ought to
have been given. They have been often
published. We have not them at hand
or We would reproduce them. OF 500
men more than 100 perhaps were killed
or wounded in the great battle. Capt.
Tuttle says:
The first Colonel of the Twenty
sixth regiment was the late and lamen-
ted L. B. Vance, from Buncombe
county, n. G.. The brigade comman-
der at Gettysburg was the Hon. James
j. Pettigrew, who surrendered his life
for the Sunny South at Falling Waters,
on the retreat. His birthplace, believe
was Tyrrell county, n. c."
Col. Henry Burgwyn, who comman.
ded the Twenty sixth at Gettysburg
Was very young but most gallant sol
dier and gave up his life upon the field
OF conflict. We were glad TO see thai
the Richmond 2izoes was moved TO
say editorially:
There was no State in the Conied
eracy that had right to be prouder oI
her record than North Carolina has OF
hers. We believe it to be fact that
she furnished the cause more soldiers
and she contributed more to support
the armies than any other State.
And there were 40 soldiers in tho
Confederate army that were steadicl
| and more to be relied upon than the
North CarOliniaus. That was the way
10 which they were regarded during the
| war, and time has only confirmed the
Judgment of the day" .
That is the trankesi, truest state
| ment that ever emana'ed from a Vlr.
ginlan writer. Let lis add what We
| have stated III )re than three tunes in
the last quarter Of Crn NY in lhe
public prints Of the State. In 1866
| the oldest member uf ,hc Petersburg
| bar, Mr.. Wallace, at his home said tC
the late Rev. DR.. Thomas II. .,rilcharc
aud this writer, that he asked his wife:
kinsman, Gen. A. p. Hill, wha, sol
diers would he raj her command. Hi.
reply va: Norm Carpllnians, saying
that they were as brave as any aut
more obedicnt to auth,rlty, and were
therefore, more reliable, were bette
soldiers He said further ore tha
Gen. w. d. Pendrr's brigade was lit
best in the army, and that Pender va
the bes, officer of his grade. He wa
afterwards Major General end com
manded a Division. Gen Lee said t
Maj. James A. Foo,e, the day the re
port Of Gen. Pender's death was re
ceiyed in camp-"He never held hi
proper rank; he ough, 10 have beel
one of my Corps Comma nders." Sc
Gen. Lees fine tribute to Gen Pende
in his address TO the army. L, ough
to be engraved upon ,ha, monumen
lha, one day a grateful people ma,
erect to the admirable, most modes
soldier.
North Corolina voted in 1860 abou
; 1I2,5oo whites. 1t sen, to the grea
war IN four years all of 10000 mer
The Roster in three volumes give
more. Of these more than 1000 die
in the service. OF them over 1880
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any other State in the South can sho