The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-10-20

been no greater outrage PerPetratel
against brave men than that which has
pursued General P~ettigrews command "
such as Swlnton IN Seribners
Magazine. McCabe, Pollard and Others
who ought 10 have known better. and
ought 10 have been governed by a higher
sense OF justice, truth and courtesy T.
the Hateful charge PetugreW's own North
Carolina brigade lost-k-tlcd, 80: wound
ed e15: total, 1905. Brockenboroughe
brigade was from Eirginia-lt lost p
killed; wounded, 123: total, Us. II wa5
in Heths Division. Ii has been accused
Of behaving badly, and that i was he
only one Of the brigade- in the Division
that failed 70 do it full duty, Hethe
Division belonged to a. P. Hills Corps.
General Fender had two North Carolina
b-igades IN bis Division. Here Is the
loss they sustained:
Killed. Wound. Total
Scales y. G.. brigade 49, 322 al
Lanes \. c. brigade 4 as $50
Nov. let Us turn to Pickett'- famous IL
vision and see how it suffered compared
With others. We give the figures:
KilId. Wound. Total.
Gernett's Va. brigade = 80 4o-
Armistead's Va. do s. $50 AS
Kemper's Va. do $ 356 Ill
Grand totals ......224 114o 1861
II will be seen that the fifteen reg
ments composing that division had but
224 killed. IN PettigreWs brigade O.
North Carolinians there we're but four
regiments. How many were killed? /
answer $50. So fifteen regiments OF
Pickett's division lost but 81 more mer
killed than Pettigrew's brigade OF North
CGrolinIans lost. composed Of tour reg.
nlents. Add 55th North Carolina. aud
there were 229 killed IN five North Caro-
Ina regiments-or five more were killed
than were killed in Pickett.s = regl-
ments OF magnificent Tirginians." All
this Is very curious, to say the least, and
considering how much Misrepresentation
has been made.
But let u examine vet further: Eir-
ginia had eight brigades and tire regi-
rent4; Georgia had eight brigades; North
Carolina had seven brlgades and three re-
giments. Now if North Carolina troops
did not do much hard fighting and be.
haved a. badly as yankee and Virginia
writers have represented. Of course sae
did not lose half as many troops as either
Virginia or Georgia, for coWardly or in
! fcrIor troops rarely get up to the fire lire
where men bleed and die. But what ar
the facts? The tables Of Capt. Bond, that
were published IN the Norfolk ElrginIaH
in 1873, show that { brigades and 3 re
ginents of the mIsrepresente1 North Car
/ olinians lacked but five or ten OF having
as many killed at Gettysburg IS the Is
brigades and regiments OF Georgians am
IIlginians combined. And yet the slam
derers have said that the North Caro-
linians could not stand the fire. Out wish
such insults and ISLANDERS.
AS long as the world stands these
figures will give the lie direct TO all state
ments that would detract from the mag
nifcent fighting qualities Ct the North
Carolina soldiers at Gettysburg.
l add the casualties in other Nor5h
Carolina brigades:
Killed. Wound. Total.
Ramseur.s \. G. Brig. % is l54
Daniels y. c. Brig....135 643 778
Iverson's \. G. Brig...111 344 455
Hcke's y. G, Brig. 30 300 237
Let ne quote a few opinions written
long ago. The 18th New Jersey regiment
was opposite the left Of Pettigrew's North
Carolina Brigade. In a volume entitled
New Jersey and the Rebellion" page
500, 305, is this testimony from a Northern
eye witness:
But at last. as they crossed the EN-
IItIl~DuIS Itdl. Only one nllGTG1 wards
tIom our immovable Inc. a storm Of fire
and lead burst right in their faces. vol-
leg after volley shifting their serried
ranks. At the same instant. cnfladiac
fires. from hall a score OF creets, swept
over end among them. Then, at last,
their stern lines Wavered: then. crumblei
and broken, gave way. But again, in one
fierce, ~ccnvulsIve effort, they returned to
tho charge, but again were swept away.
Ike the merest chaff, and now, disheart-
ened and beaten. finally withdrew, leav
ing Us victors at al points on the field. =
This surely was highly credible. We
doubt if the magnificent Virginians'
could have done better.
Another Northern writer who saw tbs
charge at Gettysburg, and saw the Nortn
Carollnlans and the others, wrote an &C.
count II that most conservative and fair
OF New England newspapers, the Spring
field (Mass) Republican. It was Can't
Fiske, Of 18th Connecticut. It's date
was July 4th, 1853. I copy but a small
Fart. He was to the left of Archer,
Virginia Brigade which was the right OF
Heth's Division. He wrote:
In three magnificent lines Of battle
preceded by q line Of s~kirmi,hers, the re
bells charged across the valley and UP TIC
slope, a. the crest Of which our single
IiGc Of troops lay hin a stone fence
ready to receive them. IN most gallant
style they came on. I don't believe
troops ever made a frmer CT most per
%sistent charge under such a mu-derous
IRE. But it was too much for human
valor to accomplish
Ny recollection is that in Genera
Bachelors superb and most elaborat.
map Of the battlefield of Gettysburg dead
North Carolinians are MARRIED farther II
the Federal lines than any other Confed
crates. | have used freely the figures arc
citations Of my friend, Capt. Bond. who
has done a noble work in behalf of Nortt
Carolina and tho truth OF history.
THEODORE BRYANT K~INGSBJRY
Wilmington, y. c, Oct. Is, 1908.
SAVES TWO FROM DEATH.