The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-20
BRAVE CAROL|N|AN
FELL AT GETTYSBURG
How Colonel Henry King Bur-
gwyn Lost His
Life.

Fl RALEIGH, N. G.. May 13,-The presence
at Raleigh. N. G.. OF Colonel William
Fl. S. Burgwyn OF Northampton county,
who delivered the memorial address May
10, called attention to the fate Of his
brother, Colonel Henry King Burgwyn
tho gallant young commander Of the
Twenty-sixth North Carolina Infantry,
who lost his life at Gettysburg 1t hap
pened that among the Confederate vet
Grams who attended the Memorial Day OK
ercises was William NJ. Cheek, Of Lund-
Icy, Chatham county, who was private
In Company r Of the Twenty sixth Regt-
ment, and who saw Colonel Burgwyn
when tho latter was shot, Mr.. Cheek
said: 1T was In the frat days fight at
Gettysburg, Our regiment had been form.
ed In limo Of hattie and advanced a con-
siderable distance towards the Federal
lines Our colors were very prominent in
the center. Time after time they wero
shot down by tEs hot fire of Infantry and
artillery. and In all they fell fifteen times,
sometimes the staff being broken and
sometimes a color-bearer being shot
down.
'The color-sergeant was killed quite
early In the advance and then private
OF II company took the nag. TIe was,
shot once, but rose and went on, saying
Come on, boysl' and as the words left
his lips was again shot down, when the
flag was taken by Captain McCreary, who
WIS killed a msnlent or two later. Then
Colonel Burgwyn himself took the colors
and as We were advancing over the brow
OF a. little hill and he was few feet
In advance of the center of tho regl-
mcnt, no was shot rs he partly turned
to give an ORDER n bullet passing through
his abdomen He fell backwards, the
regiment continuing its advance, Lieu
tenant Colonel John r. Lane taking COM
mand and at tho same time taking the
flag from Colonel Burgwyn, In mo-
ment, It seemed, he was shot, and then
Captain w, s, Brewer, of my company,
took tho flag and carried It through the
remainder OF the advance, Major John
Jones having then assumed command NJ
the regiment. Our regiment was re-
called and retired. was knocked down
BY tho explosion OF shell, which in
jured my eyoslght somewhat, hut soon
rose and as myself and some comrades
went back saw Colonel BurEwyn being
carried off the field by two soldiers,
named Ellington and Station, who were
using one of their blankets for that pur-
pose.
colonel RursYyn asked me. whom 'he
recognized as being ,nember OF his
command to help carry him Oft the field,
and | at once gave my aid. We carried
whcre o,r line If hattie Md been form.
ed, ana M wa we're thus moving him n
lieutenant Of some south Carolina regi-
ment came IN and took hold Of tho
blanket to help us, Colonel Burgwyn did
not seem to suffer much. but asked the
lieutenant to pour some water OIL his
ground while the water was no,lred from
canteens upon him. His coat was taken
or ana stoopod to take his watch,
which was held around his neck by a
| silk cord As did so the South Caro-,
| Ina lieutenant seized the watch, broke
| the cord nut tho watch In his pocket
| and started of with it, T demanded the
watch telling the once, that he should
moi thus take away the watch of nv
colonel and that would kin him as sure
as ,owder would burn, with these words