The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-20
The r1GCR|Gnburg Declaration,
BY JOSEPH PEARSON CAIDWELIA
BY JOSEPH PEARSON CALDWELL.

from what they say. but from what
know. No grander people Of men and
women ever existed than those Of Vir-
ginia in the sixties. 1t would take a
great deal longer article to barely re-
fer to my experiences Of these noble
people during these four years than i
can afford time for. They need, no
attempt It, However. I cannot refrain
from justifying, Ito my mind) some ct
the statements referred to:
/. First at Bethel" What I suppose
the North Carolina writer intended to
claim was: first in numbers, first in
work done. first in results. The First
North Carolina iBetliel Regment). with
liant Richmond Howitzers did all that
was done at Bethel. 1t was practically
a North Carolina fight. and I think
North Carolina was first at Bethel
2. AS to the surrender at Appomattox.
was at the surrender There were three
as from any other State: in fact, they
We're the only troops that showed any
organization amounting to anything.
take 1t that these same writers gem
eralized in the same way in reference to
the last at AppomnttoS" They meant
that North Carolina was there more for
chilly. more conspicuously, and more for
Chickamauga. the Justified pride OF the
writer at the gallant conduct Of the
North Carolina troops at these engage
ments. not meaning to dtsparage what
others did, I think is sufficient excuse
for the language quoted General j. b.
Fry has tabulated the following Con-
federate losses from the muster rolls
in the Bureau of Confederate Archives
at Washington:
North Carolina. killed in the war .14.522
North Carolina, died OF wounds 1851
North Carolina, total loss from all
causes ......-... ............ 40. go
South Carolina. killed In the war. 9,1s7
South Carolina, died OF Wounds, 1855
South Carolina, total loss from all
causes .,......,. IL, 6S2
Georgia, killed in the war.l..... 4, $50
Georgia, died from wounds. ......... 10
Georgia, total loss from all causes. 1854
Mississippi. killed In the war..... 5.so7
Mississippi. died Of wounds. 2651
Mississippi, total loss from all
causes ..........'.... .,.,..,-......,. las,
Virginia, killed in the war. &. 55,32S
Virginia died of wounds. o5ly
Virginia total loss from all causes IA 7al
North Carolina lost nearly as many
In killed and who died OF wounds as
Georgia. Mississippi and Virginia all
three. and her. total loss from all causes
was more than all these three. These
five States We're the heaviest losers Of
the thirteen engaged In, the war. Ac-
cording to this. North Carolina lost over
n third of all killed in battle on the
Southern side In the war. IT may be
said also that she Ind practically less in
volvcd financially than South Carolina,
Alabama, Georgia. Mississippi Louisi-
ana or Texas: fighting for the principle
OF state rights and sympathy for her
sister States.
In regard to North Carolina In the
quota OF officers. I have no doubt that
President Davis acted conscientlously.
and probably no other man could have
done better than he did. but his injus-
tice to North Carolina commenced at
Bethel, when the grand and noble FILL
was superseded by Magruder. This same
injustice was kent up throughout the
wat, and created IN intense feeling
among the North Carolina troops. w, B.
Lowranci. Lowrance, Columbia. s. c.. In
the Confederate Veteran,