The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-21

Editor OF The Times Dispatch: s
sr,-"N16ns parturii nascitur i mus 1ul
pointed by the Historical Society 81
North Carolina. have at length broughe
forth their report-and what Is lt-mostE
titon and reiteration Of the, monstrouss
rretenses with which they have yexed
our ears for twenty-five years
reports OF the general officers OF the Army
Of Northern Virginia, made at various
times and published long ago.
They refuse TO accept the facts ana hg-
ures as stated In the "Oncial Records
OF the Union and Confederate Armies,
published by the United States Govern Ss as!,I,,
Sminuteness. and as accurate and i'm
rartIai as can ever be made. and they
substitute for these, authentic docu.
i Of their nc own ' soldiers. which are alto
gether exparfe and without q semblancet
OF authority.
llshed in recent years a magnificent work
in five large volumes. untitled Histories
Of the Several esimen,s and Battalion q,
Licutenan t-Colonel Walter Clark. q the
seventeth Regiment. now chief justice OF
the Supreme Court. J believe and promi-
nent before the PUPILS n many
soldiers the State deserves and should
receive our unqualified admiration and
SHOULD be an ngsnt siate %
North Carolina has boosted loudly for
many years OF her achievements In the
has rst
S Solu me .s Nort t caroiisians for, four
long years carved 1t the lort ~ ne
nets" Could assumption and presumption
further CO. Yes; only one step fartherh
declare tina, North Garolnla1s er weTe
Il he COnfederacy--all others were only
auxillaries and mercennrics
For many years she "a mas cd prTfa nn
lodgment for the legend-in ,neWspapers,f
In books ln public halls and possibly NJ
burg last q At Aptsr1 are MIS-
tak tei al ali think, in ali these pretensions
MARI YES kled IN skifm da1
of June, 1861, It is a mere evasion and
subterfuge TO say. that II was not
pitched battle, such as the battle !, g, Of
Wyatt, q member Of North Carolina
regiment, was killed, and it 50 happenss
t HI', Wyatt Ky was a virginian' born y, in
AZ g gettysburg, General Armistead was
killed with his hand on q captured can
non. trying with the ala Of Others TO-
many other Virginia soldiers met the
same fate orxwcre captured al the time.
while no North Carolininns ever reac hed
tuh SPo'AS " St'''L" ~ o'SSt SS'1o'o'' !" 49,
the enemy. 5
There are many claimants to the honor
of having fired the last gun at Apo
1t is is almost certain that the Freder-
icksburg artillery fired the last cannon
shot. Officers of General w, II. Il. Lees
cavalry have claimed that regiment
Of that division delivered the last vol
hut these are matters Of minor import
,ance, which may well be left In tho un-g
certa inty which ohscllreS theIn-and our
North Carolina friends are welcome 20
contemplation of them,
The grnveness OF our complaint IN the
ieXlravagnnt claim, which they mako ut
having Furnished To the Confederate
armies more soldiers than any other
state--and they have ASSERTED, and reiter-
ntod this claim on every possible accession
for thirty years, more or less.
We have always helieYAd that they were
mistaken. but II Is only within the, last
few years that al have. been able TO
secure the real facts--and these have been
'a,lswernblo report made by the History
Committee of the Grand Camp Or W.T.
gina at meeting IN October 1909 y,
None SO blind ms those who Will nat
SEQ, and when convinced against our Will,
VIC are of the same opinion STILL
+ Wise man once invented maxim
! which has. come down TO our own time,
Those who live in glass houses should
not throw stones, The house Of our
North Carolina friends is Of very Thin
glass. indeed.
.aA 4lespectfully .,.is :, \. ,,.,, !, !. !. RI