The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-12-14
STORY Of DEATH GEN.
RICHARD B. GARNETT
Fell in Pickett's Charge On Getiys-
buFg'S Field
AS MOUNTED He LED HIS MEN.
James w. Gays Thrilling Narrative OF
the Famous Confederate Generals
Last Homents-Ife Was Killed BY
a Grape Shot.

the Famous Confederate General 5
Last rIoments-Ife Was Killed by
a Grape Shot.
The story of the return to MI.
Jas. L. Steuart of the sword OF
ig.-Gen. Richard B. Garrett, of
the Confederate Army, to his niece,
told in the Baltimore SIN recently,
has aroused interest in the death
of General Garrett, who was killed
in Pickett's charge at Gettysburg.
General Garnett's body was never
identified and rests with unknown
Confederate dead.
Col. Winfield Peters, who was
instrumental in having General
Garnett's sword returned to the
Generals nearest kin, sends the
following article to the Baltimore
Sun:
Pickett's division at Gettysburg
consisted of the brigades of ARMS
tead, Garrett and Kemper, num-
bering fewer than 5000 rifles.
Garnett's brigade consisted Of five
skeleton regiments-the Eighth,
Eighteenth, Nineteenth, Twenty
eighth and Fifty-sixth Virginia
Regiments. In PiCkett's charge
Garnett's and Kemper's brigades
were aligned with Armistead's bri-
gade in the rear Of Garnett Sin
line, when Armistead obliqued to
the left and aligned on Garnett, so
that the division was aligned when
they carried the enemy's line and
were repulsed, frightfully deci-
mated.
The following story is told by
Mr.. James w. Clay private in
Company G, Capt. Archer Camp
bell, Eighteenth Virginia Infan-
try. of how General Garrett met
his death.
General Garrett was killed
while leading his brigade in Pick
ett's charge across tae field and
up the slope between the two con
tending battle lines. Immediate
1y after the great artillery duel,
during which many Of the enemy 5
guns were silenced, orders came
for the general advance of Pickett 5
division, but it was not until we
had covered nearly the entire dis
lance between the two lines that
the General received his death
wound.
Il was struck down by a frag-
ment of shell about 100 yards from
the clump of trees near the farth-
est point reached by our brigade,
now indicated by a bronze tablet
Semi conscious, my blood nearly
binding me, l stumbled and fell
among some rock and severely in
juring my knee and preventing
further locomotioa. The last l
saw of General Garrett he was
astride his big black charger in
the forefront of the charge and
near the stone wall, just beyond
which is marked the farthest point
reached by the Southern troops.
The few that were left of our bri-
gade advanced to this point.
General Garrett was CALAMITY
waving his hat and cheering the
men on to renewed efforts against
the enemy, l remember that he
wore black felt hat with a silver
cord. His sword hung at his side.
After falling among the rocks l
lost sight of him. Captain Camp
bell, retiring from the front with
a broken arm, came to me. Dur
ing the next IS minutes the con
tending forces were engaged in a
life and death struggle, our men
desperately using the butts oftheir
rifles, during all of which I could
detect our regimental colors to the
farthest point reached.
"At this time a number of the
Federals threw down their arms
and started across the field to our