The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-01

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supports, Hoods and McLaw's divisions,
which had been expected to advance In
support OF the charging column, did not
move, and were too remote to offer any
assistance The consequence was that
Pickett was left entirely unsupported.
Throu h Sh1t ano SneI.
yet tho gallant virginnns marched
steadily forward. through the storm Of
never been surpassed. As they ap-
preached the ridgc their lines were tom
by lnsessant volleys 81 m,l1sketry. as by
rage, tho brave fellows broke into tile
dcuble-quick, and with an Irresistible
charge burst into the Federal lines ana
drove everything before them toward the
works and planting their standards OH
the captured guns with shouts OF VIC
tory,
Whilst nearly ali Of the Federal re-
almost as enthusiastic terms as the Con-
federate,. Yet only two oriithree Of them
designate. by name the troops who weI 9
oa WoSs ess whe ossy
no doubt on this point, General Han
When the eneny's line had nearly
fea1hsd the stone wall,s'led by General
General webb, who commanded the
brigade Immediately In front OF Pickett,
says avs; ~, ~,
ty-tirst Pennsylvania Volunteers. GEN.
erai Armistead passed over the fence
with probably over, hundred of his
command. and with several battle flags. :
&c. s3.,g;
A Northerner's, Report.
Genera, Henry !. Hunt,swho command
"The enemy advanced masniftcently,
tors sshioush ST rank. from s.s the G trons
our our. t can.ster III and;snusketry w er
opened / upon. them. IT. oeeasoned disor.,
der. but still they advanced CALAMITY
until they. reached the stone vail, behind
Thsh rH9ps ha snseed
in passing the wall and 2 entering our
lines. causing great destruction of life,
especially among the. batteries" q
Tie osner reports sho Elys what enemy envy
IT viii thus BE seen that every one
OF the official ,rcpOrts7 abuth diederal and
Confederate (withtethe- sxceYtionz of that
not composed ,of Caroliniansls Whit b re-
fer to the troops who enteted the eneny.s
works. point Enthusiastically. 10 those ol
plckctt's vfrginians. This, Is the positive
tive is almost as strong:-twhich is. TINT
none OF ,the official reports from the
tItcers Commanding the North Caro-
Ina troops. make any such claim for
~ have been made, ii fthe facts had
warranted it. Not only Is this true; but
General Lane. in his letter published long
after the. war In the Southern Histnri-
and, perhaps. JUSTIFY Of the little. credit
given the North Carolina troops for their
conduct in, this charge. makes no such
CLAIM tor them Indeed Gaptan n
General OF Penuers division. who was
In the charge. in his address published
IL Vol. North Carolina Regiments,
SorfS G h sa 4doS. at aS aSss tbs
farthest and remained the longest" says
at page 162:
Her ism in Vain.
Some of Pettigrew's North Carolinians
advanced to the wall itself, doing all that
splendid valor and heroic endurance could
DO to dlslodge the enemy, but their hero
And only very few o. the many post
bellum witnesses, quoted from, BY him
claim any more than the ofhcia repods
@ IL tS s as ysss az ts sp s s
cial reports prepared at the tmo. we can
/ not do better than to quote from. what
f General Lane said In the ARTICLE In the
fore referred to. He says, spe l-ing Of
his own report of the battle OF Gettya.
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after the battle. more valuable his
torical document than the many recent
articles written from memory, which Is at
all times treacherous, and as every Con-
as rega DIS the Incidents. &c., OF our he
rcic struggle for indepepdence." And
then goes on to give instances OF the uni.
reliability Of these writings from men,
We have heretofore said we could tind
no official report of this battle from Cen
.ernl Pickett. The following letter eS-
plains why this report was not published,
and, we think, tells its own story" It
will be found in Series Vol. XXVII.
J. Part III. Page 1915, Reb. Rec. and Is as
/. Gen. Geo. u, Pickett, Commanding. &C.:
'General-You and your men havo crown
cd yourselves with glory; but we have
the enemy to fight, and must carefully,
az this critical moment. guard against
dissensions which the reflections In your
report would create. Will. therefore.
suggest that you destroy both copy ana
original, substituting one contined IL
casualties merely. hope all will yet
be we'll.
"R. IN. LEE,
sHGenernl" ,
We make no comments on this latter.
and I surely rely 1t Is not necessary 70 sugsest
why Il was written by General Lee.
~ Reflect nd y
+ We do not intend to be ,misunderstood;
We have not done 80. and do not intend
to reflect In any way on any or tho North
Carolina troops, On the contrary, we
think, considering the, fact thHt they, weio
engaged and sustained heavy losses IN the
first days battle. and we're thus deprived
OF many ot the r brigade, reEimental ard
company officers, they behaved with sig
nal Eallantry; hut our contention, and our