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| 80 ms army was located a, nlacos
varying from three and one-half u
twenty five miles from the town OF
gettysburg. and the army OF General
Meade from five and one-half To
/ thirty miles away, each OF said armies
being on various and different roads
/ leading 10 that town. then ouietlv.
resting beneath It's beautiful mountain
heights and scenery, but which was
not, however, the objective point of
either army, no plans being formed
until July !. when General CANDLES
Brigade OF Federal cavalry ana Cen
cral Hcth's Division OF HITS Corps
unexpectedly met on the Chambersburc
! Plke. about one and onc-half miles
from the town. Pickctts Division did
/ not arrive from Chambersburg until
the evening of July ., and this bring :;
your committee to the report OF facts
occurring from this time on 10 the
! cloae OF that wonderful display of
hcroisnl and bravery.
Your committee neither desires nor
intends TO Indulge in or rerr To any
thing With any Acrimonious purpose
nut VIII simply report facts as they
are disclosed by indisputablc history.
and by the living testimony Of par
Elephants in said battle and in so do
toric facts given by writer's represent
Ing each side of the momcntous oucs-
ton involved In the great issue at the
time. as we'll as other facts stated by
participants in that great battle
And along the line of that great
thought, some one, referring TO that
great contest and issue involved in
that great battle has said:
since. In the course of human events
and to manifest and to maintain the
construction and constitutional rights
and the legal and proper enjoyment
and uses Of personal liberty and in
dividual privileges 1t became ncccs-
sary Tor the South and Virginia to
meet the issues of war cast upon
them, and they. like Napier declared
as to Napoleon, in defending mot only
/ Francc) our constitutional rights and
privileges against aggression, but de-
mocracy against arristocracy. equal
rights against privileged OPPRESSION {"
-Hcadlcy's Napoleon. Vol l.
And in order to aid your commit
I tee, they have obtained statements of
| facts from participants in said battle
Results of July l and need not be
rcstated here. except to recall the fact.
that on the night of July General
Lee did not call upon his chief enci
neer about passing the Heights of
Gcttysburg--his Great St BERNARD
but IN refusing to accced to the wishes
OF General Longstrect, replied to him
and said:
NO, gentlemen, I have been rein
forced tonight by Pickett's Division OF
Nirginians, who have just arrived from,
Chambersburg, and who have not been
engaged In battle, hut are eager for
The fray. 1 have also been reinforced
by Stuarts cavalry, and tomorrow I
propose to cut General Meades army i'm
Two, half way between Cemetery Hill
and Round Top--the angle near the
umbrella shaped trees, and use General
Meaues army up by detail, and l am
going to do 1t In this way: / will mass
F., Picketts Division in tho woods in
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before a. ". the head OF my division
reached seminary Ridge. where General
Lee was IN person Sec Colonel ". II.
Iaslol General Lee page Is7 sun
rises ~ t:3, on July 2
General Lee. in his report. puts the
point %, this camp at Marsh Creek.
four miles from Gettysb,trg. Marsh
Creek and Wlloughby: Run ref"r To
c con h",t'c cainp ste. these Two streams
they left the camp after eunrise ma.
could not have been at Gettysburty Lj.
sunrise -
ca nr, Hf Sa ,,1.1 WHIT Yho cer,sinI<.
Lee and the Southern onfed.-nc,- .;
punai.sncu ~ 1871 says: 1T was after
sunrise when his Longstrccte) divi-
slons hogan the march from Wil!ouph-
~ Run Ewciis trains caused some
ue!aN o'clock was about the hour
mat sa" the FIRST Of Longsirect's bri :
ffnues' under kershaw, OF McGaws's
inNision' arrive at Seminary Ridge.
where lie. was waiting"
Aehin on page 800. lie says: when
SSlcLa"s drew n.gi! At o'clock lie
HOT arc Lee bending over the map.
ershaws Brigade led the column and
iiood's men brought up the rear
",;nod IN" lotion Of paSe &ol he says:
MS stan TO Lees position shortly aft,r
dayhr9ak July g" He further saws.
NY division SOON commenced fling
lhto an open field near me- The inors.
dehnii" statements OF McI-aw VS. and &c.
shaw settle the hour OF the arrival 81
LGnestrcets troops as o'clock
~. hite made his deductions from
rcp1rts OF generals made at the close
OF INC campaign, and not from letters
written years afterwards, and this
method appears 10 me 10 have the
Stanton. Va. ~ = y i'hH'
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Committees Report on General Pickett, and
His Command and Participation in the
Battle Of Gettys burg, July 3 1863

~ meeting OF this association
held on November u, 1918 j. Ryland
EppSt vice president presiding; Char
les I. Loehr, secretary. the committee
appointed By the association submit
ted the following report, which. on mo-
iion. was approved:
We. tho undersigned COMMITTEES APP
pointed by meeting Of Confcderatc
Veterans at Pickctt's Camp Hall. Octo-
Der 10 1919. who participated In tho
hattie OF gettysburg, July 3. 1863, and
other veterans attending said meeting
for the purpose OF ascertaining and re-
PORTING the facts bearing upon the
presence and participation Of General
George T.. Pickett In said battle, ana
the part taken therein by him beg
leave To submit the following report
and papers. The facts herein submitted
and reported, being obtained from actual
participants In said battle, and from
historians, both North and South, who
have given the facts Of said battle as
obtained by said historians. 50 that
these facts may be known and app:e-
ciated by the sons OF veterans OF our
state and also the country at large:
First. Historians have said that ma
tons are best measured by their
martial energy. Whatsoever civic
achievements may have contributed to
their glory, the final reckoning must
be, In the eyes of the world. with
their ability to conquer-or at the least
to successfully to defend :. 1t was
through and by battles that patriotism
became fcrvent, thought OF indepen-
dencc coherent and preparation for
united institutions complete."-Wright
& Boyds Official War Records
In some instances our greater gen
cral, Robert j.. Leo, was comparable
TO the great Napoleon. General Lee.
when inspired by the call of duty,
nj I,
and determination. So with Napoleon,
when he had determined to restore the
fortunes of France. il became ncccs-
sary for him, with his army, In cross
ing the icy and snow capped Alps, in
passing the Great ST. Bernard. to
inquire OF his skilful engineer. Mare
scott, and to ask. rs 1t possible
to pass?" asked Napoleon. abruptly.
The reply was, The thing is barely
possible" Very well, let us proceed"
said Napoleon Ills army. horse. foot
and cannon proceeded over the icy
ridges of rock and eternal snow, where
to slip foot was death.-Frosts His
tory.
Below VIC will sec and make the
.VInparison
Up to a few days before July l.
1863. such Federal generals as Pope,
fanks. Burnside. Hooker. Mcdowell
and others Of SUCH and OF their best
calibre, with their thousands and
thousands OF tho best equipped sol
liery, both horse. foot and cannon, had
been called upon to confront this
splendid Virginia general and Chris
tan hero, Robert Z. Lee. and they. and
each of them. like the mist before the
morning sun, passed away before tho
splen6or if his genius. and the patriot
ism and courage of his men!
In the early days of June. 1863. Cen
cral Robert L. Lee broke camp on vir-
Winia soil for his campaign across the
Potomac, and in tho evening OF June
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u.s. s4Ntw Glnleg pigpatr6 ;i
6 enc cKE t0EtUJRRTI
IN ~ Audit the state
Moore, Now Auditor OF tho state
of Virginia.
ColoncI George TnyIor. lrII-Iznc.

ColoncI George Taylor, ITII-I19o.
frequently see in Your columns
statements relating TO the geneaiogy
OF Taylor families. Being myself a
descendant Of one OF The Taylor fami-
lies, ! read all OF these articles. and
have reached the conclusion that the
ccgnomen Taylor seems to he as uni
vcrsa ana to cover as many different
families rs could ever Toe claimed by
the Jones. Smiths and the Browns all
good people.
one Of your correspondents Las re-
Gently asked what relationship ii any.
existed between George Taylor of
Hanover County, and George Taylor.
OF Orange County. So far as | am
informed. or have ever heard any of
my ancestry say, there is no relation
ship.
For the information of the Taylors
descended from George Taylor, of
Orange, publish this article ANY
OF the male descendants OF amy Of the
sons OF George Taylor are eligible to
membership. should they desire it. in
the Society OF the Cincinnati in the
state OF Virginia. | have been So
!icited to send my application for
membership. the secretary of tho So
cicty stating i'll his letter To mc: I'VE
are very anxious 10 have them ali
tmeaning the descendants of these
Taylor brothGrs) represented in mo
virginia society; also to membership
in the Society Of the Sons al Vic Rcvo-
luton; and any OF the female do
sccndants arc eligible 10 membership
in the Society of tho Daughters OF
the Revolution.
My grandmothcr Matilda Rachel
Taylor. WAS the daughter OF Dr. charles
Taylor, the ninth son Of George ray
lor, and ! have, ! trust. due apprccia-
ton OF this distinguished and illus
rious ancestry, as all OF the other de
scendants of this family should huvo
At The same time, with this distinction
comes, l feel. grave responsibility
VIZ. are we. the descendants. hlling
mat span or generation in this family
SO crtditably In civil. public or military
lire. as TO make ourselves worthy de-
sccndants OF such illustrious progeni-
tors that our descendants will feel. 40
TAR as in our several opportunities il
was possible TO do go. Nc have sus-
tanned the family name?
Whilst we may crafty our desires to
join these distinguished societies. let
us not make the main fcSturo of our
lives the Indulgence in social pleas
ures, which should DO incident. rather
than principal or leading events In our
lives.
James Taylor, the FIRST cmigrant OF
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HAS OFFICIAL REPORT
TO SUPPORT POSITION
Editor Confederate Page. The Times
Dispatch:

Editor Confederate Page. The Times
Dispatch:
colurnn Sovemb Der % sppGc oons :" q s'9 = !:
Saussy refers to my observations upon
Alckim, in your issue OF November 60.
Colonel Saussy thinks ] erred in say
lng: NO part OF General LonRstreet's
corps was at Gettysburg AT suHr!s. OF
the ID McLaws's ana HOODS Divisions
were At Marsh Creek four miles away.
ana did not arrive until three hours
after sunrise" He quotes General
Hoods letter OF June Is. 1875. written
Twelve years after the battle. TO prove
thar iioud' : ana McLawss Divisions
we're at Gcttysburg ut sunrise. or soon
after. on July .. 1863.
II no OFFICIAL reports had been made
pdign We should have To depend upon
the tickle memory or the PARTICIPANTS
other number TO the present time. But
fortunately risadicr-Gen.ral J g.
kcrsilaw'. who led the advance brigade
of Mclaws's Division. did make a report
kcrs haw ora October /, 1868, General
kershaw says: MY brigade left camp
At Willourhby Run about sunrise We
reached the hill overlooking Cettys-
burg with only a slight detention from
r!ght OF the Third Corps" Records or
the Union and Confederate Armies. War
9t the Rebellion, Volume XVIII, page
General McIaws says: My division
cainped at Willoughby Run. about four
niles from Gettysburg, on thes night
II July. l. About u o'clock-periaps
II was later--whilc there received an
order TO move on at y " OF the I'd
but that order was countermanded. and
] was directed to move early Not long.
after sunrise moved forward and
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ond July 20, 1880. Elizabeth Coats.
and died April "a. 1880
,. Charles Taylor. ninth son, born
January 3. 1855. served first as sur
geon's assistant in tho Second Viz
ginla Regiment; October IS, 1870. was
commissioned surgeon OF tho Virginia.
Convention Guards. and served In that
capacity until June t7Si Was award
ed 5000 acres OF land in consideration
OF his services.
He married March II. 1T17, Sarah
Conway tborn November %. 1850,
daughter OF Captain Francis Conway
and mis- wife. Sarah Tallaferro who
(the latter then a widow In l767) be-
came tho second wife OF his father,
Colonel George Taylor. lie died Janu.
airy %. 1921
10. Reuben Taylor. tenth son. born
January IL, 1851. was commissioned
April $. 1871. first lieutenant of the
Canadian Regiment: promoted Feb
ruary >. 1913. to captain, and retired
January /. t7s3. Received as bounty
/ for his services 1000 acres OF land.
! Married February II. 1852, RcbeccA
! Moore; moved to Kentucky In 1897, and
dled there many years afterward, leav-
/ ing Il number OF children.
! Ii. benjamin Taylor. eleventh son.
/ born November II, 1853. served as mid
/ shipmen on one OF the vessels com
manded by his brother Richard Re-
ceivcd from the United States govern
ment in recognition OF his services
/ 26d6 acres OF land. He never married
] l.. George Conway, born January -,
ico. died March .. 1906: succeeded
his brother. James as clerk OF Orange
I County in october. 1913; was member
OF the Virginia Council: married Lucy
| Dixon.
The records IN the office OF tho Wiz
einta state Library and in the Library
at Washington relative to the Revolu-
/ ton, should, and | have no doubt do.
substantiate the foregoing respecting
i the military record OF these Taylor
I brothers.
! The gcnealoyy OF this Taylor family
as set out In the book OF Virginia Gene
alogtcs by Rev. Horace Edwin Hayden,
NJ A. and In the hook (Robertson
| Taylor) OF William Kyio Anderson is
, largely prepared from data furnished
/ by Or. y. q. Grinnan. of Orange
| County. descendant of James Taylor,
second, to whom n great deal of it was
| furnished by my aunt. the daughter of
my grandmother, Matilda Rachel Tay-
| Tor Cwho married William Catlett
Moore. of Orange County,, daughter OF
/ Or Charles Taylor. the ninth son OF
George Taylor
/ c. LEE MOORE.
90 Floyd Avenue Richmond Va
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EXTRACT FROM LETTER
OF COLONEL WILLIS
CONTINUED From Inst sunday.)

Whilst ] was waiting for him. Miss
Ergenbright came in again. and, with
JOY in every lincamcntl Of her face.
cried: Our cavalry Is here: right out
- mothers garden. Get up: you are
safc.' n terrible fire from our
cavalry verified the truth OF her
assertions; the bnils whistled by
the windows, and jumped up
and dressed. Carroll followed out:
Tell Willis his cavalry is too close:
can't come up. Good-by." Poor fell
low. he was wounded minute after
ward and rapidly carried on By TWO Of
his troopers.
ran out, took my guard prisoner;
found that an adjutant OF AN ohio
regiment. who had pretended TO be my
friend tho night before. had taken my
1900 horse. saddle. bride. shawl. etc.
took my Yankee prisoners horse.
back to our lines.
soon met General jackson. who
was glad to see me, and said. with :,
smile: Il guess you Will STAY IN bed
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next time YOU AFRO sick said I
YOU'D. toid him everything knew,
IN, Weiit on with my prisoner, now
his E,iard
When ] met tho Twelfth Georgia
iteeimcnt such cheer greeted me as
never al" bciorc-they were in tho ad =
vanc" ana said they were coming ar
yer me. The Thirty-hrst ana other
regiments all cheercd. and. 10 my do
light and my prisoners chaeri,. /
rode on Everybody In the army
""etn.u 70 Know | was captured. and
questions. -
hnaily turned over my prisoner.
VINO siid -! treated YOU well. now
you do the same. VIII YOU" IN,
s ,,,,d tcr t his guard to treat him well!
spurs. and Joined the army, If ROT =
wiser or better i moro Experienced
man.
am in splendid health md shirt.
anH VIII not get caught again and
WI! %, NOR careful in everything.
COLONEL EDWARD WILLIS
oi JaCESOn'S Staff
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son, which was. Forward. double
boys: give them 4 cheer 1t is
known by every one on the field that
Fcttigrcw's Division gave way before
pickctts men had mounted the wall.
and If Pickett's men had been properly
supported. We would have carried tho
day" dor considerations see Ells's
United Statcs History. page 1885, Min
highs Battle OF Gettysburg. page 60.
and Volume MIMI. Confederate Re
cords. page 23l.
The above letter in full is now on file
with Colonel Thomas V. Bdgood. sec
rotary Confederate Records Richmond.
Wa
No. .. :. ". Paule,r, Of Farmvillc.
Va. Of Company +. Eighteenth Vir-
"inia Infantry, SAYS: II was at the BAT
tie OF Gettysburg on the Sd day 81 July.
1853, and saw General Pickett on that
day. with his staff, and in charge OF
his division about J.. VI OF that day.
(SigncdD -. W pACLETT"
No. .. w. G. Morton: Il was NOM
Ter of Company \, Fifty-third Virginia
Infantry. Armisteade Brigade, and vas
IT the battle OF Gettysburg on tho Sd
Gay Of July. 1868. and saw General
Pickett on that dag, with his stan, and
in charge OF his division about $3.50
V'' '"' evening" Oh july d 1853
Csiencd) "WM G. NORTON
40. l. J." w. ogden COMMANDER Of
Joseph l.. Johnstons Camp. No. :, ..
~ H"u'h hichmohd' va;
II was formerly member of Company
y. F'irs, virginia Infantry ,nd ,,.or
80 ~
'"'''' W ''ot'H : "H' Z anu III inc
charSe OF ilcketts Division, and know
cf my own knowledge that General
t:icL.t, y,, ia ,,. ,,, 49,,
'"''''"'''' 81 ms d'Nls'oh IN that charge,
because / saw him myself on the field
about go az The ovcrir,, Of Iu,,. .
eco
tSished) Il W. OGDEN"
NO. D w ". Wells says: II was Il
HeHlper OF company y. Fourteenth Viz
tl"ta lhlantrE. ArnistoldA Brigade,
icNS& DIVISION. anu was In the
chatSe with mat division at Gettys
buig on July ), 1868, and know Of my
o%n fhowlcdsc that General Pickett
was III me actual and active command
oil Inc line OF battle about o'clock OF
INC evening OF that day, because l saw
ann AT me time
tSlgned) wv. w. WELLS
chester Va, Route =
no. b. h. j. Walker. OF Company II.
Flrty-third Virginia Infantry, Armi-
stead Brigade. Picketts Division.
says; i was IN above named company
and regiment, and was in the battle
emo charGc AZ gettysburg on July ;.
1863 ana passed over and beyond the
stone wall in that charge and lost my
arm m mat battle | know OF my own
hnoWicdge that General Pickett was in
the charge, and in command OF his divi
Nlon' because saw him myself about
I'D o'clock in the evening Of that day.
lSigned) 10. j. WALKER"
Now IN thc race OF thc foregoing IN
nispuiabie FACTS which are such evil
'ence rs suihcicnt TO produce con-
Nlc',Oi OF 'he truth OF the iact TO be
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Wanted

An autograph noto or letter signed, of
the late General George f.. Pickett, for
which good price VIII be paid. Ad.
dress this Office,
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liattOn.

John Hatton came over in 1913 and
settled I'm Elizabeth City. We cannot
give his line, because we have never
searched the records for il. Eut as
there are llattons in that vicinity now
who have maintained through the cen
turics a most excellent reputation--wc
presume they have u record. and If they
Will kindly send it 10 us we viii print
IL and give the Nations the place which
they deserve in +. i. V.
Until they do, however, the line
stands. Captain John Hatton was JUS
,icc of Norfolk County in 1851. cvi
IDENTIFY the son OF .
The first John Ilatton must have been
n reader. as he owned books. In 1860 C?0
j.. ~ Hatton. OF Norfolk County. own
cd Sdo1 worth of real estate. John q.
liatton owned $4,000 real estate and
$4,000 personal. In 1895 Captain Rob
e. llatton married Miss Sarah Wilson,
daughter of Mr. George Wilson. In
1856 Francis Hatton married Miss Mar
garct Nanning-onc OF the witnesses
was Francis Hatton. probably his
father In the same year Joseph Rivcs
married Margaret Hatton. This old
Elizabeth City and Norfolk County
family is very interesting, and we
would be so pleased If any member of
tho Iatton family would give us what
he has OF the Hatton family.
The count stands: L., Savage; H.,
Proctor; Ill, Rolfe, S,rachey Ieard-
ley: w. Flood: ", Grey, Lupo. Will
loughby; VI, Clements; VII. Hatton,
If any of the family will help US to
make gencalogy. II they can't, Ma
son takes seventh place, and will he
begun next Sunday.
COLONEL GEORGE TAYLOR, or
ORANGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA, AND
HIS TEN SONS, WHO SERVED
IN THE REVOLUTION.
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IInrris tCorrcctiou).

Harris has Is move down. We are
determined 10 be accurate about these
f.. l.. VS., and If we Qud we are mis-
taken we simply say so. This mistake
about Harris happened this way. 1t is
recorded that Thomas Harris was a
planter in the time OF Dale. Dale was
Governor in 16Il and again in 1913 to
1916. We'll. we certainly can't say posi-
lively that Harris was here in 1911:
indeed we think il most probable that
he was not, and the next best thing
that we can do. without any proof, but
the announcement given above, is 10
put him in 1916. Thomas Harris did
not take UP land until 1885.
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ny His Great-Great-c c. Lee
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All the members of the committee
were engaged in the battle OF Gcttys-
! urc
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Editor Of the Genealogical Column:
Please tell me the name Of Nathan
iel Littlctons wife, mother OF Esther
who married Thomas Savage as given
in Savage notes OF September I. 1918.
NJ. u. H.
Does anybody know. The informa.
ton viii be gladly printed