The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-18


18th n. Co.,. 16 SO Sc
22d n. G. ..... 20 SO SO
34th N. Co.. 16 AZ 81
Ssth N Co.. 81 So 70
Totals ....102 323 425
Captured. 10.
Recapitulation:
Wounded ................... .671
total ................... .Sl4
Captured, 40.
Picketts three brigades lost killed
and wounded 1856. Pettigrew's Bril-
gade alone lost. killed and wounded,
l.1o5, making only 281 less than Pick
etts' three brigades lost in killed and
wounded.
These are the war records versus
those you quote. viz:
wounded. 1.l52. Total. 1856 (page
329). Petttgrew's four brigades: killed,
All; wounded. 1899. Total. 2,310 (page
$3.50.
The Adenda contains reports of Of
ficers, which includes those captured.
picketts three brigades: killed. 224;
wounded, LAO; captured, 1.499. Total.
1865. Pettigrew's four brigades: killed.
al; wounded. 1899; captured. 517 To-
tai. 2.s27 Trimble's two brigades:
killed. "a; wounded. Gil; captured. 11o.
Total. 924.
These figures disprove those Mr..
Niche quotes, namely:
SIX brigades-Heth and Trimble-
killed and wounded, 1,411. captured,
15l. Total. Zip. Three brigades-
Plckett Skilled and wounded. 1.43S.
captured. 1899. Total. 1887.
The total number of killed and
In irt, ~
regiments was 1856. The total number
OF killed and wounded OF the five North
Carolina regiments in Heth's (com-
inanded By Pettigrew) was 1903, maxi
Ing sixty-three more of Picketts ff-
Teen Virginia regiments than in five OF
Pettigre"s North Carolina regiments.
Captain W. Il. Bond. who was sup
posed to be flortally wounded at Get
tysburg. has made quite study of
that battle. and has unearthed many
facts generally unknown to the pub
lie. and disproved many falsehoods of
historians and others about the North
Carolinians. Tennesseeans Mississip-
plans and the Aiabamans in Long
streets assault. Pickett and his men
have enjoyed so long the erroneous
Impression OF having fought the battle
that IL Is hard for some OF them to
realize that other soldiers were en-
titled to as much credit and fought
lay dormant many years, but has again
risen. and II hurts them fearfully. What
troops did Pickett's men curse and
call towards after the battle? They
were their equals or peers who had
more killed and wounded than they
and advanced as far or farther. some
going into the Angle. others TO the high
Rock Wall: some killed. wounded in
SIDE the lines. and some in the rear of
the Yankees on the extreme left.
Captain Niche misQuoted Captain
Bond when he said this captain ut
ters not one word of praise OF any
Nirginian, not even his commander-in-
chief General r.. f. Lee" etc. On page
81 Pickett or Pettigrew? he will find
the following: Now II must not be
inferred from anything in this paper
that there has been any intention to
reflect on all Virginia infantry-far
from IT." The three regiments from
Stuarts mixed brigade and Mahon's
brigade were good troops. Perhaps
there we're others equally good"
MIR. Easley says, In his second ar
t!cle: Il could give you a long article
filled with quotations in regard to him
self. but you would require fireproof
paper If You published 1t, SO / re-
frain." I welcome the truth in re-
gard to myself. Buncomb has no sup
port in fact. and never proved any
thing. Unlike MIR. Easley, l did not
quote from memory. but from the War
Records TO which 1 have access. Corse's
brigade was not considered in the
casualties or charge at Gettysburg, and
no casualties are recorded.
I quote below extract from the Will
mington IN. CO. Messenger, August 10,
1897. as follows:
Remington, Fauquier County. Va
Dear Sir.-It has been settled by
officers of the United States Army that
h<.fh Dntf DtNI-z
TO high water mark; that is. equally
far In the charge at Gettysburg. The
Federal government has caused per-
manent marks to be placed at different
points on the field with great care.
The charge should ever be called The
charge of Pickett's and Pettigrew' s
men,
Yours respectfully,
"CHAS. S. vENABLE"
P. S.-"General Pettigrew was every
inch soldier and a very great loss
10 the grand ola army of Northern
Virginia &c. S. ""
Please note that he does not say a
word about General Pickett
Captain w. r. Bond says: There
was remark made by General -,
which I neglected at the time to in
quire into, but which I have thought
OF several times since He said, 'if
iettigrew had lived he would have
preferred charges against Pickett, and
had him appear before a court mar
tial.'"
Mr.. Easley need lost no sleep. as the
Third North Carolina Regiment who
won laurels by hard fighting and good
service without my having to claim
those of her Virginia or other COM
rades. I do not know where General
Young got his figures. but Mr. EasIey
will find the above figures from the
War Records of all those engaged In
LonGstreet's assault and figure for
himself Every soldier knows that a
general of a division or any COM
mand, should be in close touch with
and encourage his troops by his pres
ence and not so far in the rear as to
have them excluded by the smoke of
battle. Compare this. with General
TriInble who lost leg. 1 believe was
captured and sent to Johnson's Island
nrts2n. Also with General Pettigrew.
who, according to Colonel Benehan
Cameron in the Confederate Veteran
March, 1913, who quotes "IIon William
Biddle Shepard, an aide-de camp on
the staff OF General ]. Johnston Petit
grew, who served this distinguished
commander in many battles. including
CettyShnrp Ha 81 etc