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v i V . -'; ?^-?^?to^^3^Z. mentioned.
I .ON GST REET'S C11 ARG E
AT GETTYSBURG
ickett's, I}. tii r w'
in.nl ? i,. drlvti the
mmpitsburg road .I
with the low wall in
i enchlhg the
Khiali, Sleep Btope,
Ight of n man's chin,
further than t.if. wall,
Igh, In I'lckett'a front,
Io tho fearful arill
tu*?? ?>r th?> eheniy for
fiii. hor In np<*n llcld
accomplished ' I his.
Al i Ihm IVlllgroW'S.
i 11 hl I laVriott's ftiul
loa went over in<*
.: !.? w tin e ArmlstenO
l'iavl '< ?<. i^i ne'H ?' ml
At ? Iter'H mid Peitl
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i d i rimbl? V i ivisi n ?.
vejl din t*
nr(is of ll
enclosed )
'ences Tn
lo". bin tr
,t In th
y fore? It
rl this word
l jit* I cowl
h weakened
rl If ft .1? ff
:r..>; lo mol
lit little W
d..-.\n m itie. works. The Fourteenth
Tennesae? had four shot down, tlie last
of whom whs at the works. Tiic Seventh
:.i > Itad ?'?? I.f It* r colored
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Ing It rrom the stuff ami bringing!
ma battalion nllto ion their rn? at ttie
.. , , work; There wtjre seven
ttleora who went into the charge
oi whom only Itv'o ciirrio out. This rest
iois In company offi-ers ?nd nu n was
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rriaridlhe Thirty-third North Carolina
I went, l>> subseiiiieni measure, to
n thin al i> t fit) >?r?is pf the Mono wall
where I was wounded -and remained
nil the. iicxt 'my. wnen i was taken
foi'ri i v .i- vii .i. 1 distinctly remember
i ol the left of the reBlinent pet
: i .Ii awaj I railing his iiag arid
rulloWed i)j Iiis i ? gl merit. *o that
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'.I- .?. i...11 AI ih< Unto I iviu, by ril?
ling a
??? iilo till line "f ba 11 directing
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glrijaii i mi I'ajitaiii Vourig Htat'es liano
? I 11 Scales'*) Brigades did riot rfcsch the
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i in m <? lioui i ihe .<! Itllery tlie was
h.i ?\\ .mil Incessant. It (the r'lvlslon)
-.<??? l'i i nor, Were killed and twsrit]
tvoiiiided After the nrtillft\ censed
i dr.'. i. h moved forward, pressing
' ? the right on Wckett'a Division; Not
?i rhot was fiieri nt ns until w< reached
.. strong post and rail fence about three
fourths of mile from the enemy's posi?
tion, when we were not b) It heavy
flr? of prnpf. canhlstcr arid shell, which
told badly upon o'tir ranks
"I'nder this destructive fire, which
commanded our front and left with
fatal effect, the troops displayed great
coolness, wore well in hand and moved
steadily forward, regularly rinsing up
t '? iraps mud. In their ranks. Our
advance across Ihe llfjld ??? Inter
I ipted by other fences of a similar
charnclei m crossing which tin- align?
ment heennti in.ir?. or lens deranged,
nils \\ it. in each eaad promptly reell
. I .mil ihough ils ranks were grow?
ing thinnei at every step, this division
.? .1 steadily on in lino with other
II OOpS "ii I he i ll' III I
"When within inu.-ket range, we en
countered a h?a\y Ore o( small arms.
froTii which we suffered sevoroly: but
thin did for a iitotnent check the
advance Th,? right of the division;
owing i" the conformation .f the rid tie
on which the enemy was posted. Imv
Insj 'i shorter dl tnuce to pass over to
reach hin iirst Hue of defense, en
countered Iii tri fi t -? in close conflict;
but tin whole division dashed up to
his Itrt>< Mho "f di f- use. i BtohO wall,
liehlnd which the oppohIiik Infpntry
were strongly posted Here we ?vcfo
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.: rettn tu the position originally
v >\ was llOlli in more Ol less
. ... ? i-i.. Tho coolness of oftlcers and
fusion in Iii? line,
that we hstl been
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? met i :? .. yoll?i from the left
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: :,.| e. leer? being rap'.11) llallk
Wtth o .i- thinned lanks and III
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? t.. stand against such odds. We
? '??I-. fell hack to <oii original po
un Hui r.-i. field officer wan i-ft
Hie brigade Beglsnehis that went
? li colonels came out commanded
lieutenants
? ni l. n Trimble i ays:
When the ? (isrge commenced, ahi'it
m i followed Pcttlgrew's
th'si til Isloh, about IfiO yards in
resi ? sufficient distance to nrc
? adve >r in- raking both runks its
marched flown the slope. Notwlth'
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nell i. irg r. no they s??mrd to sink
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up a h?-.->rt< shout (>n which 1 raid to
fcllowi are; ir.ro the enemy s
Lteutei si i Colonel W r" Me-irls ea>.?
".Soon Hi. 'in'rcnj from the
???<???? .?? Dsvis's Brigade, iu front of ils,
became engaged with the enemy, but
being exposed to a heavy flanking fire,
boil, of infanfrj and artillery, was
total.! to falj httckl We were then Or
d. red to double quick. Soon l'tti
gren ? and Archer's Brigade? became
engaged In front and on our right
About the time Pettlgrew's and Arc i
ei f Brigade? became engaged 1 could
set our men on the extreme right fall?
ing back Pettlgrew'* and Archer's
men reached the work* ? uttir in "d
of jf and surcaeded III driv?
ing the enemy from bus works Imme?
diately It. thrlr front, but were exposed
to a thinking fiie both right and left.':
They laid down, som< In the rood and
some on I l<a rre?t of t'o lull neai th?
stone fence, and beckoned to u? to
come on Gehcrsi Trimble then ordered
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I ?an? changed direction to the left.
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Seventh Regiment and all on the right
Ills position In thi road then from be?
hind the stoi-.e fence and held his po?
sition for at least half an hour. Right
hero, between the road and th* gtphb
f. nee (the enemy having disappeared
in r.ui front i we became engaged with
a flanking partv on our left and were
e rrounded und ruptured. Six
?soldiers on the right of my line wire
wounded In the enemy's works and
Captured. Among the number was tne
lamented Lieutenant Battle, whose
wound proved fatal Lieutenant Mor?
ton was shot through the left lung I
wh? lieutenant-colonel of the Thirty
seventh Regiment. Pettigrew'a and
irfiliris Brlggjdai remained longest
on our rigi.i Ptckett's Division did
not go further than our < oinnta'nd.'
Captain Fl. P. Lovell esys:
' I was captain of Company A, Twen
t ? -eighth North Carolina Infantry,
i ' ? cKiirni captured a part of the
Chelny's works and held them a short
time, .-'oii'.o nf my nun were wound?
ed and .aptuied Inside the enemy's
work ?
' in W. R Bond says
??Thi Tennessee luigado suil. red se?
verely, but the courage of Its SUrvlVors
w unimpaired. There were three)
Mississippi regiments in Da vis's Btl
grtde, Wlitch between them had 111
men killed on the Held. Plckett's dead
numbered not quite fifteen to lb* regi?
ment T'ie five North Carolina regi?
ments of Pcttlgrew's Division tWo with
fortitude n loss oi 225 killed. Plckett's
.'ifieeiith Virginia Regiment wa}
it
of 22t killed. Vuglnla and
N." th Carolina had cnoh about
the same number of infantry In
this battle. Virginia had 316 killed.
North Carolina fil'ii. I.e.-"* than fifty of
Pickott's men followed Armlstead to
the abandoned gun On July as
Lieutenant Colonel Charles II. Morgan;
chief or General Hancock's staff, and
Captain Hasard rode over the ibid |u
front of snnthe's Brigade. Colon.) Mtir
uan said (?? Hazard: 'They may talk as
they please about the hard fighting In'
front of Gibbons, but there a: e mote
di id men .'ore than anywhere in our
from.' To this conclusion Hazard ns
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"The stone wall ran from the left
and in front bf Lane Davis - ami Pet?
tigrew's North Carolina Brigade and
ended where (ho right of the last
named Tested at the ciose of Hie as?
sault. '
Colonel L .1 Low retire. Thirty-:
fpu th Carolina Infantry, commanding
Scales'* Brigade, says
' I Joined on the right of General !
Dune's Brigade on the second line, un
der ben. Triinhi-?'? command, In the >
rear of Pognue's artillery Here we |
remained m lean an hour, Under " I
most galling fire of arllllery, w hich, i
I am proud to say. tho men endured
with the coolness and determined ]
spirit of veterans, for such thev tire
Then we were ordered forward overj
? wide, hot and alrcad> crimson field
)t slain. We advanced upon the ene
rtiy'a line, which was In full view at a
ill-itar.ee of olio mile
"Now their whole line of arblh rv
was playing on ? US, which was oil ah
emlnancei In-our from, strongly forti?
fied and supported by Infantry. \Vhllei
we were thus advancing many fell,
bot 1 saw but few In that hazardous
hour Who trie,i tu shilnk dvit>. All
went forward with ? ?'?oi aitil steady
Steil. lillt vi.- ?e htld lldvai.I OVel
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forward until the right iif the brigade
Been upo
half tlie distance uncovered as and
lett o?i front line 6vei jop yards from
IM tinein* f work* i roctived ? wound
from ;i mlnn ball at,'I was carried
to the t ??;.?. The} weir old veterans?
t- men, and of their own otcurd
i nut walk up merely to throw
their e :ns 'for the war.' I think
about oiie-third <>f out cas??tltlt's wer?
kilted, th remainder wounded. My
men never fought bettet than on that
Lieutenant Thorns'* L Norwood. Com?
pany A, 3,1th .Vorth Carolina reglinciit,
mi l
Brigade (General Lairi: in eomrriUhdL
Pendei ^ Division (Geh Trlriible com?
manding) Mj command, i. e., tin' 6wh
company, and. an far (is t obSerjvcdi
the whole regim-nt and brigade, ad?
vanced nfml) aid cheerfully to within
thirty yards \ -<- enemy's works,
where they encountered a pltir.k fence,
Several officers, hij'self among the h?in
t'cr. sprang over the fence, followed by
the who!.- command, so ffl r is I know
"The cannoneers then !??!' their guns
I rush, d C'Jrwarrl, thinking day
burs, and wlifii within twenty ards of
the enniy's w r is, was m|< 1 b Lieu?
tenant Mlck*?-i who told ri?? 'hat our
I, and Lieutenant Royntei ilhe ohl)
ourid several prlnoaur* f'Oin .11ir? rer.r
lOmmandSj but no tot knots whtn or
mr they got there js '. s)Oh fainted'
r'aptaln Vi. M Meintet,, acting allju
ai.t general of Scales' P.ilgadc. says:
ivOrks
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all - ? fir'.gade entered th' breast,
works and remained there until driven
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Hanks.'' thus lolly iiiistaining Gen?
eral Trimble sn-i Maur Lngfehard.
General .tames It L*?4 ?.?.3.
more handsomely. The men reserved
their tire In accordance with orders,
until within good taute .-r ibtf ctiomy,
and then opening with teltiiig 'fleet,
driving the cannoneers from their
piece*, completely silencing Ike gun
in our Immediate front and breaking
th? line of Infantry on the crest of the
Captain R F. Little. Company E.
?lnd North Carolina regiment. t=a>s.
"1 was Hhrc when about lift;.- feet
from the enemy's works, end the
ground between the enemy's works and
where I lay. was tbieklv sttewn with
killed and wounded, seme r.f (hem hav?
ing fallen in.mediated at tin works.
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pani's .>n either side of my company
When I mis tak<n prisoner and boriie
to the car I pasted ov.m their works
and found some of my rhi n killed and
wouhded Imrricdlatelj In the work;. "
Colonel Swallow nays:
"Fetfigrew's Brigade, now untied
with Atelier's brigade, which had not
entered the fortifications, attacked
the enemy with a most desperate de
termination, While the writer lay
wounded with, General Smytlie of Hays'
Division, at Gettysburg, that ottirer
told i.tin that Pcttigrcw's brigade was
11>11it thirty feet of Ins line and
fought with a determination tln.t he
nad revev seen equaled." (Geherai
Hays' Division occupied the left half
of the rock wall assaulted on Ccmi tcry
ii-sights i
"When General Trimble fell he sent
a staff ofllcer to tell General Lahe li*
was wounded, and added: 'Tell i.an,
that if these North Carolinians that I
had the honor lo lead can't lake tli. -e
works, all hell could not do It.'
"Just before Trimble took cohimnild
of these troops he was n stranger to
them and they to hlni Their beloved
Fender had Peon carried off ttie tielj
the day before.
"Geherai leaiie remained lighting for
some time alter Plckett left the Held
It has been wondered why PcUlgrew
lost so'many more men than Picke tt.
Tlie answei Is this Every cannon had
been dismounted bul one piece by flit
concentrated rlre of Alexander's gun
In Plckett'i front, while In I'Cttigrev
front were massed three batteries, s
gruns each, eighteen cannon in al
These batteries played sad liavoi i
Pettlgrew's Rrlgade. The grape, ...
their line, hut undlsuiaydd the m<
pressed er:. < limbing two high po
fences In tin charge ii> the stone wa!
General f'etilgrew received a grai
Ot thrbUgh his left hniid. but d
not leave tlie field until the elian
bad fulled lie rode up to Geher
Lee and sallied (ieiiernl I?? tili
went to hlni and aske-l Mm if he w
When nv r.- ral Petttgirws Oirisl
was selected. Generals I^ongstVect ai
I.'.- thought it had recuperated fre
the first lay's right, but ''they we
terribly mistaken." says Colonel V.
able. .,f Leo's stuff These troops see
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lust before the assault. General t.
rode past Scales s ttrlgrtdo and aski
General Trimble replied. 'It
s -ai. . s North Carolina"
General Lee looked mournfully
the column land said, "1 miss ma
fai ?;. iiei e to-day."
General Scales had been taken
the field In the flint days (fight, a
every regimental officer. As I
smrtrd ofr lie ridded, "These pour f
lows ought '? > ' ?n Id th.- rear
Many or them had their heads I
up and their bands tied up as ti
stood In line. Yet these brave feile
went lo the stone wall In Ihe *fl|
and entered the works.
In \ the charge, Llcutonanl C
Kordon, of the Thirty-fourth No
Carolina, and the British aripy,
who bad united his fortunes wijh III
of the (Confederacy, was sever
wounded before reselling tie- t
wall nn'i borne from the field W
tin litter-bearers reached the Wrlg
hospital. General Scales /nnxioilsl;
rjulred of Crhrdop. "lio.w n-< s the
Ue, What Is the characti r . of
b?g, i dti um 'l humbug, str"
session of ',tlic l'oiinc)Ivanlii III
-<y Ijutv, 'i k< n i r. tlie in*;
"The
d hum
9 ?Ii Iven
'S ill up
Colonel Frye, who led Archer's Bri- j
ga?ie, snys: f
I heard i;?riiett glv<? ? command. |
Secinp his gesture of lnnulry, l !
called out. I .mi dressing on tSK?u.' A i
few seconds lat? r he fell dead, A ino- I
mem later <i Bh?t through my (thigh I
prostraWd me- The smoke soon be- j
( .im?' ?Ii ii? use ihut I could itee but '
little /of ?ii.it wus going bn on the
lift (referring to u brlgu.de which'
had Just given away) All the reigl-'
niciit.il colors of my command reached
the lipe J6f the etienly'i works, und j
many of my officers and men worcl
killed while passing over it"
i nnuultle* in lletU** Division.
Archer's Brigade, ruth and Thir?
teenth Alabama! also First, Seventh
and Fourteenth Tennessee (provisional j
army, killed, 16, wounded, ill. To?
tal. I 60,
I'ottlKtcw'B Brigade, Kleventh,
Tweiity-slxth, Foriy-seVerith and iKlf-i
ly-sccond North Carolins, killed,
100; wjounded. inSi Total, i.ios.
Da vis's Brigade, fifty-fifth North
Carolina. s. . ..n?\ Kleventli and fl-'orty
second Mississippi, killed, i 90; wound?
ed. 717. Total, !>a7.
Brpelteriborough'B Brlcsde. Twenty
seeviidi Fortieth. Forty ?seventh land
tTfty-ilfth Virginia, klllr-i, nr.. wound?
ed, ma Total, m.
Aggregate Iii Heth's Division,
killed, 411 ^wounded. 1,890. Total.
I'endei 1 Division, Sc.ales's Brigade, j
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Thirty-fourth and Flfty-cighth Nonn |
Carolina, killed, fUt.'; wpundedj SU3
Tot a I j
Lane's Brigade. Seventh, Eighteenth,
Twenty-eighth. Thirty.third and FID
ly-tcvetjtli North Carolin'', killed. 41;
wounded : I? Total. XS9.
NtcG(iw(n> Brigade, First South
Carolina (provisional army), First,
Twltth. Thirteenth and Fourteenth
South Carolina nifles. killed, lob;
xv. at ded, ?77 Total, f'77. j
Thomas's Br.lgadlsi Thirteenth,
Thirtieth, Forty-ilfth and Forty-ninth I
Georgia, killed, 16; WOUtided, l"ti. ;
Aggregate of Pendln Division, |
killed, ?tfO; wounded. 1,3(3. Total.
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rickett's (Division. Kemper'* Bri?
gade, FlrHl. Third. Kleventli and Twen
tv.fourth Virginia, killed. r.S. wound?
ed. HO Total. 411.
Vn? stead's Brigade rjr-it??.. Four-1
tcenth, Thlrty-idghth Fifty-third and |
?f ?? v. m i. Virginia1, killed. 88;
wouiided, 469. 'Intal. GUT.
Ob twit's Brl?i\d?\ Fight Ii, E/tgh
te. nth. Nineteenth. |Twonty-elgnth Und j
Fifty-sixth Virginia, killed, 7?. wourM
?d. 821 Total. 4":.
Aggregate Plekett's Division, killed,
.".i. wounded. 1.141. Total, 11,364.
(food's Division. Law's Brigade
Fourth, Fifteenth, Forty-fourth, For?
ty-seventh and Fbrty-plghth Alabama,
kill.'!. 71. won inle,l, J7< Totn'.. 380.
Vhdi " n'i Brig ,.!? /AT- ? nth. Ninth, j
?? gla, killed. 105; wounded,
Itbhortson's Brigade, Third Arkan?
sas, I ?-'. Poiirtli and Fifth Ti-Xas,
killed, si. wounded, 308 Total, 4;7
Aggregate in Hood's Divisen,
hilled. S6S; wounded. i,191. Total, 1.
114.
Losses by brigades, Pcttigrew's
Armlstead'H, Plekett's Division, B4S;
Anderson'?, Hood's Division. 417.
Hot Ii'? Division. I.Dir.. Div:S,'? 07;
McC?wan's, fender's Division, |.'<'. r.
Casualties Dongstroot's charge at
Gettysburg. Recapitulation
Hood's Division, tliro?. brigades, to?
la! klll<xi ?n'l wounded, 1,444.
Helti'S Division, tour brigades. I'et
tlgrcw's, 1.105; Archer's, 100; Davis,s
007; Brdtkehbrough sj 14S. Total,
('coder's Division. four brigades,
McOo\Van's. 67?; Thomas's. Iil2: Scales'.-?,
tj'.. Dane's, Total, 1.641
I'lckettfa Division, ihre-: brlgadi .
Carnett'K, 40': . Armlstead's, 646; |K?m
per's, 4M. Total, t,:i?4.
Hoods Division. ihre* brigades;
Da?"?. 360. Anderson's. 611. Robert
SOn'H, 47 ,'. Total. /1.?44
I'lckett's loss in kllleil and wn
ed wa? less than any other division
? . iced, and only 'i>>:< more/than I'ei
? grew'a Brigade, ryrhlle lleth'S Di?
vision, General Pettlgrew command?
ing, was ft* greater than Plckett b
Douls ;C. Young, aide-de-camp to
General Johnston Pettlgrew, says
""When wo emerged from the woods
Into the plaint the 'absence of the
two left brigades wire discovered, and
General Pettlgrew Instructed me td
go for them with all (speed, but l had
scarcely turned to do so when out
cams Davis with a rUsb, but tint
Brockenbrough's/Virginia Brigade, and
I asked General Pettlgrew if 1 should
Bo for It. He replied "no.' that it
might follow, and If It ^tolled to d
li would not mtptter. rnta was a
small brigade that tiau suffered from
frequent change of I commanders, a'
hod been so badly handled that it was
In a chaotic slate of demoralization,
and was not to be relied upon; It
virtual!} of no value In a light Af?
terward It advanced to the protec
llon Of some, >rlrt-r pits In front of
Seminary Ridge, but it took no part
In the chn rge "
Kr?nt the evidence produced there
of Soldiers' aye, heroes-^-dem Tonnes -
sew. Mississippi. Alabama and North
Carolina, who not only participated
In. but advanced |to the front as fa.r.
some farther, than any of Picket t s.
("?cnrral Dongstreet must either linvo
Ven extremely balsed or in ?total
Ignoranr-(of the part taken and th*
heroic lighting by the. troops from
these States, ns his report to Qoh
erel I,e i n the War Records Is very
misleading. He extols Plckett und
Condemns pettlgrew and Trimble's Di?
vision. Yours aftorward In his
memoir? i.something came over the
spirit of bis dTeajti, for his official
report must have been a drea'rntdf it**
or his favorite, General Plckott; which
cause?! dim to oom? nearer the facts,
the igh ho still evinced very great
partiality for PlokMt. ID says af?
ter Gorteral I'leVott received Iii? at
flrmative bow ?.?? \an order for him to
advance his div ision, General Dickel t
Heeeptr,] the. dtitj with seeming coil
fllleuca of SilCCCSF. leaped on Ills i horse
and n>de gayly to his command. Geh"
er.-ii Plckett, a graceful horseman, ;?.u
lightly in "the saddle, his brown locks
(lowing over his shouMors A,ro. that
loneral Dieken, Unding the battle
broken, while the crem, was still re?
inforcing, called the troops off,
Now an to the f,iet?: Captain I.ewD
Q Young; of Charleston. S. C, at the
time aide-de-camp on General J. .1
Pcttlgrew's staff. ?ny8 that Gehcr'nl
Plckett did r.ot lead his men. i'a|italn
William u. Bond, of Scotland Neck, n.
f. in bldVhlatdrlcal . ?sa\ "Pl?kett u
PetttgrcW ' in i repeating General
Humphrey's Invitation to his staff,
etc.: "Oentleilietl, I shall lend th:
charge I presume, of course, you will
want to ride with me." Nov., compai'o
that to Plckett. who was not within
a mile of his column when they
charged at Gettysburg' Pettlgrew and
Armlstead led Plckett s Division there.
Neither Db-ketv nor any member of
his st.if!-. nor even one of bis horses,
??,,. ton. bed. Why" Hcause dis?
mounted, and on the farther side nf :i
hill that protected them .'torn the
enemy's fire.
Pettlgrew led hl? division; rctil
greiv was wounded bv a grape spoi
shattering his hand, and no member
of his staff came out of trie riL-ht vvito
out being wounded or haying bis
horse .shot under him. General
Trimble, commanding his "div ision, was
severe!} wounded, Here 1? further
corroborative evidence from one of |
General Deie'a ?taff. a Virginian, Coi
ohel Charles s. Wnnhle. Chdrlottiis-j
vUie Vii.:
Morris.
The opening up of rivers In this hew
' Virginia whs like the opening up of
I streets in a modern piiy.
An enterprising fellow went a little
further on and settled, .in>l it ho held
tils own willi tolerable cheerfulness,
others dropped Juivn beside him. Old
[settlers Saw a pood Investment and
I??? ? l< ns> rhore land in his vicinity. The
U;nr River land giants are many and
being taken by people who w. r.i
already In the count.. Thomas Cur?
tis, MordeoaJ Cooke, Unwrnrice Smith,
William Tromongei' and others who
had already grains In olliei neighbor
hodds nddetl to their possessions by
s'ltM.i; ni w patents On the Wore.
' In 1012, John Morris took up land
on the Ware, und in !>'.t;r,. Thomns Mor?
ris took lip fifty acres In the same
j yicinlty. Wliut of llieso Morrises:
The nnme exists In Virginia, but]
what connections have the "Wardens"
with i lose ancient planters? None, wo!
fane:., vet the name rills up other I
Morrises, who are prominent in this
Htate, whose record hobddy seems to
have put with nocesslble form.
There ivas VVI 11am Mortis, who tnar
rli : Elisabeth, daughter of Colonel
William Dabney, of Aldrtngham, who
was the father of Richard Morris, of
Uahovcr, Jimfor and member of the
convention f,f ISClt-SO Iiis daughter.
Louisa married Thoniaj Honing; of
Rolling Hall, in fjbdchlaiid County, and]
was the mother of the |at?j Thomas
Holling. Richard Rnlllnn and Charles
Holling, of nielinietid. mid Mrs. Philip
13 CalleII, or Nelson County, Vn.
iflf this Morris family Is the rector
01 Monumental Church, tht Rev, .lames
Morris. Ho comes from Rtclinivl O.
Morns of Louisa, who married Jutta
Maria Wc.tson.
As llanovei w,* etil off fiom New
Ki lit and Louisa fr.tnii Hanovor it Is
naturally to be supposed thai the Mar
rises of Hanover and Louisa sprung
froni the Morrises of New Kent. and.
Ill ore fore, we copy the entries In the
old -t Peter's register. Robert Morris;
lived in New Kent In ICRS His wife's
nanle was Rebecca, and h<. had ii
daughter, Elizabeth, horn In mat year,
anil a son, Charles, In I'StD
Edward Monis was Using in the
Same county, and had ? daughter May,|
it. ? :< son, rtobcrt, In i ??*-.. '?
daughter, Susanna, born In 1710.
Joseph M ? ? nl same count v. had a
i
a daughter, Tabltha, hon: In 1718; Pu
? anna, l>i>rn 1726; son. Nicholas1, born
iTiSj dmifliti>r, Judith, b?rn 17 2 7. His
wife was named Tabltha, and she sur
vi\ed lilm.
And porliaps a later William married
Ann. and had * daughter, Frances, In
Iiis, li it was tii<> same Wlltlami In
married a second time. William and
Ann also had a son. .lohn, horn In 17:t'?.
James and Mary Morris had a daugh?
ter, ISIIza.beth, horn tn 1737; a son, John.
In 17S!?: a son. Henry, horn In 17M, and
his wife died tn 1760.
In 17t'.f. there were .lohn and Susanna
Morris living in NOW Kent, who had n
son. John C?wloa.
?lames Morris nml Alle, Ills wife,1
had i son, James. |n 17i'.i>. a daughter,
Susannah, In I70-. a son, Julius, In
17?4; a son. James, !ri i'jti; a daughter,.
Alice. In !7fi*. '.Ismus V'aiden, horn ltli
1771, and Alice, his wife, died In 17 71.;
The first son, James, died In infancy,
John and Temperance Morris had a'
daughter, Nancy, horn In 1768; i
John, In 1771.
James sir \ RUzabeth Morris had
Sarah and Martha, twins, horn !u 1771.
The recurrence v(f .lohn among thes ?
New Kent Morrises s'uggi i : their do1-]
scent from John, of Qlouccstor, but, ofj
course. It can't in. proved.
War? |i l.?.
ThH Worwlciu settled first in M Id -
dieses. John Warwick dlhd In 171ft
In 170S Philip (2) IVnrtylck marHe.d
Catherine Nwymari. He died In ' . ?
His children were; Thomas <?'?<. born!
170U, Juno (31. born 171 J. I'hlllp (3),
horn 171*. John (3), horn 17IB,
I'hlllp (Si married In I78|i Cassandra I
Chlaney, nml had Thomas (4>, born
178?. died 1711. a cor go (4). born 1738;
William (4), bun 1740; John <4).
17 14.
John (81 Warwiek imrried Kguthn.
und had Abraham (li. born I an I
Btliabeth 't>. born 1740
i'mni Abraham (4) are descandVd
the Richmond Wurwlcke.
Tunstall,
The following notes on the Tar .
stalls were collected some years ago!
and may be Interesting to members
of this fatnlU .
At a grand assembly summ
Jantiary 6. i"J!?. presonl Sir i
Wyatf. Captain William Pel reo. etc;
Among the n nines of the Burgess for
the second plantation was 11. i ...
\tr Kdwnrd Tonshale. (From Virginia
Historical Magazine, isrii-'. > Virginia]
troops In lu nch and Indian \\ a ?
A roll ??' the officers and sold (era
ich,, engaged In the service .>.' tlio
Colony before the battln of the m en?
dows In 1764. according to i. tunis
rnade at Wills Creek, iui> 9, nf.t.j
ladle's pruo^i
4 King and Queeskj
Oil Upper par*
Hi hat 1 j
. In l.-J. U.'it land to Inj
Bernard 'fodd, son ot UI.Mi?
ami If he should die with-,
to Ma grandson, w kill ? n,
hard Todd; thou to his s?h.
bird R ? h
011 uragon swamp, parish or *-tj
.
-
?.
i Taylor*. Corbln and Richard?
i art of May, 177? (3d Ol Common*
Ith), speaking of Rrooke. MaVlor?
trustees on the lands o- VVilllanv
t. gentleman, rays that they havi*.
the Ir.nU. hat failed to lay out
purchase money In slaves a? di
d .u
t h*
.Note ?loung TOad was t>n
17J". in 1745 Richard Tum
appointed one of his trustee?
Richard Tuustall. Jr., was ap
trustee to William To.Id (pro
son of William): In ' .*"? Rich!
tali, Jr.. i- referred to. ltlchi
?
Halifax and parish of Antrim
r
tatutes ?
Extract from Virginia Gazette, Xo'*i:
vember 19, found among Cartel"
pap, t v
WUliatasburg, November 19. !
.
?
His Majesty's Council of Virginia, in,
the sixty-first year ^ Iiis ag. As %.
magistrate his abilities tvere unrlvaU.
?
tiailty dictated nil his decisions. ;Mnl
i
i
general philanthropy, each da; was?!
counted lost that was noi (nivrited by)
on,,, net of benevolenccr Ry Iiis death
the public. It deprived of n useful mem?
ber, his fa mil} til an affectionate hua-'i
Pan.', a u nder par.-tit and an Indulgent
master; his friends of the sensible and,
j polite companion, and the pom of it,
henef:?etor. wltos;> counsel assisted
and ilberiitty softened all th.* rtgora
of their situation.
d still mote conspicuous for his vir-!
Id tin* dose of life like the Christian)
d philosopher and gladly exchahgeda
a Imperfect fleeting pleasures oC j
Is frail i fate roi the hin -t pcrmanento
>*s of iiijinortntli j. \
On the 9th Instant died Mr WllllarrtU
inpleinan, merchant Of Fredericks^i
rg. He u a i a gentleman ef very fatrri
arnctcr rind much esteemed i>v alii
?? ncniiajnnnce, < Virginia Gazette, i
Wllklna.
mtof Gencalogj Column:
The ancestor of the Wiikins fam?t
es in Spartanburg and l.'nlon Cottii-4]
?
. N Co teas William Wiikins, a na?
ve of Virginia, who among the early:
most estimable citizen Ii t
, ^'??Cb/wes Ell.aliKhVcalledi
??* to a compiled gen. .logy oft!
inliy In both England .in.1;
by i;< lieral W, n T- r oll. ..S1
Elisabeth Terrell came froiitj
?roll fatnil yln Culpopor Cntili**
They wer- g. ml, men and
?
Kir Tlmothj Terrell, sou; Rob-,
It j num.
i
ivch with six In his family, (Tak
?
?
.
a line. .J. T. W1LEI?MH
lid sugg-bt a if. '. - *h ?t
I
s. win writ- in. M' c and
f.ottvo Ironmonger. OtiO First Street.
Maeoti Ga perhaps sbo! will learn
something Of thai line I think. Ih-/i
have a good record ol their family.
formation you .... ) ' th? ?A OI?Wl
famliv. Trie name, of the first W.-ntx,
who cams from Germany, who they
mftir'" . .\in.< w! m. EEIGH
11 v ., a. / ?.. - ?euSa
