The National tribune., 1901-10-17

ficers and men. 1900. 1t is more probable
that the number was $500. If they had
the former nttrhbpr their percentage of
killed and wouhded was nearly 2S; if the
latter, not quite Is On the first day the
North Carolina Brigade lost 80 and ON the
third 60 per cent The brave, the mag
niicent'' when they had experienced
loss of - killed to the regiment, became
sick of lighting, as the number surrendered
shows. One regiment of the towards"
the 42d Miss, only after il had met with
a loss of so Killed and a proportionate
number of wouitded,' concluded that it was
about time to- rejoin their friends. An
other fegiment3of the towards, the 18th
\. c., only after it had had more men
killed and wounded than any one of the
200 Union and Confederate regiments
ever had. came to the same conclusion.
The five North Carolina regiments of this
division had five more men killed than
bicketts II.
THE HIGH WATER MARK"
To continue: I'm few brief moments
more the left of Armistead's Brigade, led
by himself, on foot, had passed beyond the
stone wall, and We're among the guns of
the enemy, posted in rear of it. Gen.
Garnet had before then been instantly
killed, and Gen. Kemper had been Sc
brigades had become amalgamated with
Armistead's."
How can anyone see any organization
to boast of hcrei Our line of battle was
not parallel to the flights, and the left
Of the diminished line reached the flights
first The right of the line never reached
them. The men of the right, however,
were near enough to see Gen. Armistead
shot down near a captured gun as he was
H-Irtfr .ahn u 10 and
they could see men surrendering them
selves as prisoners. Just then a detach-
ment of Federal infantry came out, flank
ing our right, and shouted to us to sur
render. There was nothing else to do, ex-
cept to take the chance-which was an
extremely good one-of being killed on
the retreat back over the hill. But a few,
myself among the number, rightly con-
Guided that the energy was weary of car
mage, determined to run the risk of get
ting back to the Confederate line. Our
was not fired upon
If the division had equaled Col Wood
in gallantry, it would not have surren-
dered more sound men than it had lost in
killed and wounded, as by taking some risk
the most of those captured might have
escaped as he did. The Colonel concludes
When the retreat commenced on the
night of the Fourth of July, the nearly
800 men who had been confined in the va
rious brigade guard houses were released
from confinement, and they and their
guard permitted to return to duty in the
ranks, and many detailed men were treat
ed III the same way. On the morning of
the 9Th Of July, the report of the divi-
sion showed not quite ], 100 present.
Eleven hundred from 1850 leaves 3,400,
and that was the number of casualties suf-
fered by Pickett's little division at Get
tysburg."
| have known individuals who took
pride in poverty and disease. The sur
render of soldiers in battle was often I'M
avoidable, but / have Bever known a body
of troops other than Pitckett's, who prided
themselves upon that misfortune.
Gen. Pemberton or Marshal Bazaine
may have done so. If they did. their coun-
trymen did not agree with them, and it is
well for the fame of Gen. Lee and his
army that the belief that the road to
honor lay in that direction was not very
prevalent. Piekett's Division has been
which pierced the center of the Union
army. To be in accord with the COMPARE
son, it was always represented as being
smaller than it really was.
Col. Wood. at the conclusion of his ar
ticle, puts it's strength at $500 officers
and men. This last would agree with
Gen. LonGstreet's estimate of 1900 effec-
tives. Knowing as do the average per
brigade of JacksOns veterans-one-half of
the army-and that they had been accus-
toned to fight two days for every one day
fought by Longstreft's men, l think it
probable that Pickett's Brigades must
have averaged nearly, If not quite, 1000
But | will place the strength of the di-
vision at $500 / have heard that 800
were surrendered. Official records say
that 1864 were killed and wounded.
According to Col. Wood, leaving out the
300 guard-hOuse men, 800 appeared for
duty on the morning of the 9th. These
three numbers together make 1904, which
taken from $500, leaves 1,S36. and this
was the number of men which the brave
little division had to run away.
They ran and ran and kept running till
the high waters in the Potomac stopped
them. As they ran they shouted that
they were all dead men; that Pettigrew
lad failed to support them, and that their
noble division had been swept away"
The Outcry they made was soon heard all
over Virginia, and its echo is still heard
N the North.
Ito be continued.)