The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-14
PICKETT'S MEN
NOT TARHEELS
Nosth Cardinals Claims to Primary Wyatt or
Marr2
Mari!

gotten into line when we heard The
cracking OF rifles from the direction
OF the court house. Our captain (Marr),
| who had in the meantime been aroused,
now Joined uB and marched the COM
| jany from the front OF the church 10
fhe left OF thc SAME down and along
| the fence. where he halted us. Upon an
| increase OF the firing and an evident
| rush OF the troops toward us, we wero
| ordered to get over the fence into a
clover field. being about the centre of
the company. which was In Two ranks.
About this time Captain Narr
! gave the command Halt This was
the last word heard from him BY any
| of his command The enemy then fell
\ back toward CcHtreviile. In a short
! time Ex-Governor William Smith and
| Lieutenant Horace Wi;here arrived ana
czsayed to place the men in position
i.atsr Colonel X. S. Eweil. commandaut
OF the post, who had arrived during the
might. took charge"
During the second charge made
abou; twenty minutes later Colonel
| Ewcll was wounded in the shoulder
| Tho enemy proved to be Company Il.
Second United States Dungeons ll6
strong, under Lieutenant Tonpkins.
or the enemy several were killed, Lieu
| tenant Tompkins and number Of 9TH
era wounded and one captured. Pri-
Nuto Florcncc. whom ;hcy had cap
| tured. escaped from them 1T our !!rst
| IRE or them About o'clock in
| the morning the body of John Quincy
| AlaT. was found In the rank clover
stark and cold. His heart had been
pierced b. a mimic ball He was killed
| "h!io trying 10 keep tho ranks o. his
company FROM being broken. by a
| shot from the Iihc Of United States
| Dragon.
THIS was. believe, just ten duys
| before Watt, wao was, by tn. way,
| a NiEsinian, born OH Vcauble Street.
| iichWan6, As II am informed was
killed He. too. had volunteered like
Mari to go 10 the front and. as Major
| London states in mis- "Rccolicctions of
the War. was accompanied hy four
North Carolinians, who. he states, upon
WAIT being shot. were :nin ediateiy
called back 20 cover.
1T !s a cause for rejoicing that North
earoisna Will soon erect monument
10 the memory OF this gallant YIr-
sinian, member at the time OF the
Iarboro Ritles. who was the first to
fali al Bethel; and Virginia. [ am sure
| VIII appreciate this mark Of recognl-
lion OF the valcr Of one of her bravcst
sons. Virginia win, too. no doubt,
| mark the spot where CAPTAIN John
Quincy Mari fell. On the threshold
or MS native State guarding her honor
| mus fell this man of valor. The first
10 be laid low IN contes. which was
! 10 make OF 1t a barren waste. and DC
LUCE in the blood OF her children the
fatrest land upon which the sun ever
shono"
Whether Wyatt, who was shot in
battle On the 10th Of June. OF MurE
who was shot in battle on the 1871 OF
June, Is entitled to the distinction %
being tho itrst soldier OF the South
ern Confectionery who was shot In open
bhttie Is u question which North Caro-
nnians love TO argue. II matters lit
! lie TO Virginia, rs each OF these gull
| liant men was born within her con-
hneS- Hut do not think Virginia
could stand without protest and have
Fickett's charge at Gettysburg de-
olarcd to he North Carolina charge
| ricketts, Firgin.ans were not P.ckctt's
| North Carolinians. Senator Dixon, 10
! the contrary, Notwithstanding. / might
| mere say, II rerilcation Of the account
OF Captain Mars death Is desired. l
| refer to Joseph y. Jcnries. Hugh
hamilton, treasurer Of Fauquier: John
! y Turner, Charles Mcintosh, George
iNrmrsr. John Turner. Captain James
! NasS. w. W. Scott. State Law Librarian
and others in Northern Virginia.
judge Clark was also reported as
using the following language in the
| Interview above referred TO with ref
cusseG in North Carolina. and which
| North Carolihians claim to have settled
in their favor: Which went fartnest
TO the front 1T Gettysburg, Picketrs
| Virsinians or Pettigrew's North Caro-
Nnihns?' His language Is: "But the
proof Of how far Il line of battle went
Is where its dead and wounded these
hioody derelicts OF war. were left BIZ
the rccedir!g wave" This IS truthfully
and elonuently spoken. Both Vir-
| GINA and North Carolina should ac-
cept il. The rcceding wave left
Armlstead and some Of his men dead
or dying inside Tho cnen,y's lines; tie
recad.ng wave lct; Pctiigrew's men
| dead and dying on the outside. Which
IS farthest TO the 'front.':
The same issue Of The Ola Reliable
which contained Judge Clarke's facts
furnished Senator Dixon, also had
letter by MIR Grimes, who. I Judge
from The manner and tone he en-
pioJed in writing, was not u Con-
| fcderatc soldier. Bel!ttling the charge
OF Ptcke;t's division as did also the
! Major London. above referred to. he
goes On to state "North Carolinians
have been mostly concerned about tho
reflections on the troops from our
State made by the Virginia pnpcrs
just after the battle. and tho world
I, trumpeted false statement that Petit.
grew faltered." have not the pa
pers at hand 10 which he refers, but
have before me the reports of Of
ticers on both sides made TO their COM
manders Immediately after The battle
| and. find that this Mr.. Grimes places
himself in the position OF contradietIng
every officer who made report on
either side.
Mr.. Grimes says the statement that
Peitigrsw fultered is false. III answer
quote fret the immortal Robert L.
Lee:
General LonSstreet ordered for
I, ward the column OF attack, consist
ing Of Picketts and Hcth's divisions
in two lines, Pickett on the right.
Wilcoxs brigade marched In the rear
lof Pickrtts right TO guard that flank