The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-09-02
NORTH CAROLINA IN THE
BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG
An Elaborate And Complete Documentary History OF
This Is To Be Prepared and Issued.

b4 prepared and issued BY the Gettys-
burg battle-ground Commission, re-
Gently appointed by the Governor un-
der the authority Of a resolution pass
cd by the last Genera Assembly. rms
decision OF the Commission was arrlv-
ed al at a recent meeting held IN TINS
city. The members OF the Commas
sion are: -.
Hon. w A Montgomery. chairman;
Hon. &. t.. watson, capt. D. ;. vac
dell. col. J. A.: Long. Capt w. T
IItiey, Col. j. Bryan Crimes, hon. \.
N. Pittman. Mr.. w. J. Peele. Mr.. NJ.
G.. s. Noble, DIR. ID. II. Hill, Mr.. K. d.
w. onnor is secretary OF the Com
sion.
At the recent meeting of the Com
mission agreed on the final draft OF its
preliminary report to the Governor OF
its actions SiTsce their appointment In
this report they say:
"In relays the members OF the Com
mission, between June ~ ana july
2. 1913. visited Gettysburg, Pa, and
the fields around the place upon
which were fought the great battles
If July /, 2, and 3, 1858. The COM
missioners had no difficulty IN ldentl-
tying the several points n positions
an those battlefelds where North Car
Dina soldiers marched and fought.
and they are satisfied after a careful
Examination and inspection OF the
grounds. Of official reports of those
battles made by officers. Union and
Confederate, and after the
aon Of witnesses who were partici-
PANTS. hat North Cardinals claims
hat her troops bore the brunt Of the
first days battle and suffered greaer
'osses i'm killed aud wounded IN the
.hree days battles than did the troops
II any other State; that on the late
evening Of July 2. they pierced and
broke the Federal infantry lines on
East Cemetery Hill and captured sew
eral pieces Of artillery; and that they
advanced as far, or farther, than any
other troops engaged in LOngstreets
assault on the afternoon of the third
days battle. are all we'll founded.
To mark by substantial tablets the
several positions OF the North Caro-
Ina troops which the Commissioner
wish To emphasize. was denied them
ny the Gettysburg National Park Com
mission under their regulations con.
corning the location Of tablets anc
proposed to be erected or
he battlefield and the inscriptions or
such tablets and monuments. Thi:
decision Of the Gettysburg Nationa
Park Commission was not made OF
the ground that North Carolina;
claims are not accurate and true. Tha
question was not considered.
The commissioners had gone T.
Gettysburg with tablets of a tempora
~ character already prepared for tn
purposes above mentioned to be SUB
stituted afterwards by more perma
lent ones Of stone or bronze. The
carried with them also other materia
and things necessary for the carry
,py out of the above mentioned reSO
luton.
There is appended the pamphle
containing the regulations unde
which the National Commissions
acted in their refusal to allow tn
North Carolina Commissioners {
erect the proposed tablets. and YOU
t;xceilency's attention is specially q
recteG to sections Is, 16. Il and Is.
The commissioners feeling thu
Justice to the North Carolina trooL
and a proper regard for the truth {
history entitle them to erect thes
markers. to make further e
forts to have them placed in prOpt
positions on the battlefield. With tn
end In view they contemplate takin
up the matter with the Federal al
thOrities and will prepare, to suppo
his request for memorials on II
ground, a full statement, accomp;
MED by maps, official reports. affid;
Wits and other evidence Of the pa
taken by North Carolina troops in II
battles around Gettysburg.
The State Commissioners invite
Hon. Walter Clark, who has dol
more to put into permanent form hi
toricat accounts of the numbers al
leeds OF our soldiers than any 9th
citizen Of the State. to Join them
Gettysburg for of consult
tion. They also employed Mr.. G.
Park as artifcer and practical help
Oh the ground.
Several members of the Commit
sion attended the Commemoration
The Fiftieth Anniversary of the ba
ties"
The Commission will collect fro
every possible source evidence to su
staptiate North Cardinals claims, a
they hope that participants in the b:
tie will put in form Of affdavits. tn,
recollectionS of the part perform
bv the respective North Carolina re
ments. and mail these to the Secreta
II the Commission. Mr.. RID. w. @
nor. at Raleigh. The Commission
hope IN this way To place North {;
olIua'S claims that her trOopS h,