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OLD SOLDIERS EXPERIENCES.
Incidents Recorded From 1861
to 1865.
26th N. C. Regiment in the Battle
of Gettysburg.
On the 3rd of February I gave
you a sketch of the 26th Regiment
on the 1st days battle at Gettys
burg, Pa., now I will try and tell
you something about the 26th
Ilegiment on the third day's battle.
On the 2nd day the regiment
rested and recruted its thined
ranks. The cooks and all the ex
tra men were furnished guns and
put in the ranks, preparing for
the third day's light. On the eve
ning of the second the regiment,
numbering 216 men, was marched
to their place in the line of battle,
from which the grand charge was
to be made the next day. To the
surprise of all, the remnant of the
26th Regiment -seemed as ready
for the fray on the morning of the
third as they had been on the first
day.
They remained in line until 1 or
2 o'clock, when the signal gun was
fired from Seminary Kidge, and
there was opened, between the 138
Confederate and SO Federal guns,
the heaviest and most terrible ar
tillery fire ever witnessed upon
any battle lield. It opened so sud
denly that the men were torn to
pieces before they could rise from
the ground upon which they had
been laying. Some were stricken
down with cigars in their mouth.
The earth was thrown up in clouds.
Splinters flew from fences and
rocks and mingled with the roar
of the artillery, were the groans of
the wounded men and the neigh
ing of mangled horses.
In the meantime the fresh troops
of Pickett's Coufederat division
had been massed under cover of
slight ridge running lietween sum
inary ridge and ihe Emmettsbtirg
road, in the rear of the artillery.
While Pettigrews command was
massed to the left, behind Semin
ary Ridge, when the artillery
ceased firing. These troops moved
from behid this cover and advanc
ed majestically across the field to
wards Cemetery Hill, Pickett's di
vision on the right, Pettigrew's
division on the left, after ad vane
ing some distance the three bri
gades of Pickett's division made a
half wheel to the left in order to
move towards the objective point.
McGilvery's 40 guns (Federal ar
tillery ) on the left with those two
batteries on Round Top opened a
trrible fire upon them. The left
of the charging column under Pet
tigrew and Trimble suffered as se
verely as the right under Pickette.
en. Pettigrew, his face lit up
ijiththe bright look it always
wore, when in battle, rode up to
Jol . Marshall, in command of our
brigade, and said: "Col. for the
ijjonor of the good old North Sttate,
forward." The 26th Regiment
marched down the hill into the
TaJleysJtetween the two lines as
the forward march continued our
, artUlerr woiUd occasionAlly fire a
.' shot oyer the jieada of the. troops
ft assure them that they have
friends in the rear, the brigade
pad, not adTapcedarwheQpol.
Marshall fell and the command of
the brlgad devolved on MaJ. John
Jones, of the 26th , Ilegiment,, the
Confederate line Was yet unbroken.
Wheu about half way to, the ene
my works, the Federal artillery
opened fire, sweeping the field
with grape and canister, but the
lino crossed the lane (Emmells
burg road) in good order. When
about 300 yards from the stoue
walJ, the mukcttery of the enemy
opened fire on the 26th Regiment,
but nothing daunted the brave
men of the 26th,, , passed quick
ly forward and when they reached
within 40 yards of the stone wall,
it had been reduced to a skirmish
line, but the remnant still pressed
forward and the colors of the 26th
Regiment were triumphantly
planted on the stone wall, by J.
M. Brooks and Daniel Thomas of
Co. E. 26th Regiment. A cry
came from the left and it was seen
that the entire left of the line had
been swept away, the 26th now ex
posed to a front and enfilade lire.
There was no alternative but re
treat, and the order was according
ly given. Gen. Pettigrew had his
horse shot under him during the
charge and though wounded (the
bones of his left hand shattered by
a grape shot) he was one bf the
last men of his division to. leave
the lield. Thus ended the reck
less and ever renowned effort to
carry Cemetery IJill by direct as
sault in the face of 100 cannons
and the Federal army.
Great injustice has been done
Pettigrew 's troops, the prevailing
erroneous impression that they
failed to advance with those of
Pickett's. Such is not the fact.
As Pettigrew's troops formed be
hind Seminary Ridge and had
1300 yards to march under the
most terrible fire, to which they
weoe exposed, while Pickett's
troops formed under cover of the
intermediate ridge and had only
900 yards to march. The Joss in
Pickett's troops and in Pettigrew's
troops will tell the tale.
Pickette's 15 Virginia Regiments
lost in the battle 1438.
Pettigrew's 4 North Carolina
Regiments lost in the battle 1495.
Why call this Pickett's charge!
as oi Historical interest 1 ap
pend the loss of the 26th Regiment
and of Company ,"F" 26Ui Eegi,
ment of ( aldwell County at the
battle. The 26th went into battle
with 800 men and lost in killed
and wounded 70S. Company "F"
26th went ini) battle with 91 men
and lost everv man killed and
wounded.
Below is a list of the killed and
wounded in Co. "F" and thier
names:
KILLED OX THK 1IKI.D
Lieut. John B. llolloway, Robt
M. Bras well, Robt. II. Cars well,'
I. H. Coffey, Cleveland Coffey, T.
I. Cozart, Thos. Crump, James
Deal, Win. Fleming, Jack Gragg,
Abram Hudson, John C. Lewis,
J. B. Littlejohn, Joseph Phillips,
W. E. Phillips, J. P. Shook, J no.
Taylor, W. L. Thompson, M. L.
Townsell.
MOHTA LLY -.WOUNDED
J. M. Clouuts, J. G. Coffey,
Thomas (loflev. W. S. Coffev.
Rufus Ervin, II. II. Hayes, (i.W.
Holloway, Geo. Morgan, Joseph
Setser, W. E. Sctser Hosea Stal-
lings, William J'nderdown.
W(ll'I)KI) HUT RECOVERED
WOfNDH DESCRIBED.
Capt.'R. M.Tuttle, badly iu leg;
Liet. C. M. Hnddreth, in hand,
Sergt. J. T. Hood, in thigh, 8egt.
R. M. Hudspeth, by shell; U. C,
Coffey, in wrist, Capt. S. P. Phil
yaw, in thigh; Copl. A. H. Court
ly leg tnjutated. Privates:
Hezekiah Annas, in thigh; George
Arney, leg broken; 9. P. Badger,
in foot; Joseph Baldwin, in thigh;
Zero Beach, in hip; W. W. Bean,
in foot; W. W. Bradford, in arm;
Nathara Bradshaw, In knee, R.W.
Braswell, in breast; John Bowman,
in thigh; Redmond Church, In
foot; J. C. Clarke,, in, arm; Will
Clarke, in foot, leg and shoulder;
A. J. Coffey, finger shot fffj J. P.
Coffey, by rtiellj ft. . Courtney,
in thigh; 8. W. Crisp, in thighj
11 . C. Crump, Inarm; N. Culberth.
in sidejTbomas Curtis, in t thigh
Wm. Curtis, arm broken; J. i.
llolloway, in breast; Paul Howell
in thigh; A mbros Hudson, in heud;
A. M, Hudspeth, in thigh; p. y.
Hudspeth, in leg; W. W. Iihby,
in shoulder, Elkana Mathls, In
mi3 kDte!?jl!
PaR in thigh: Wm. Tavne. fn
body; A. W, Perk ins) In aide; tild
PhilyawJ in hip; Geo. Poarch, Iri
back; John Poarch, in thigh; pink
Powell, in head; M.. M. Rader, in
shouWerj W. , Ii;., Bich, (in arm
W. B. Rich, Jn head; Phillip Lar
gent, in thigh; Wm. Stalling leg
broken; T. W, Setser, in thigh;
Jon Sudderth, iq thigh; T, Jf.
Budderth, in finger; Ben Taylor,
in hee); S. A. Thomas, in arm; J.
C. Thompson, in shoulder; C. A.
Tuttle, in arm; Richard Upchurch,
in thigh; J. W. Underdown, in
thigh; Joseph Winkler, in back;
Issral Zimmerman, in leg.
Killed on field 19, died, of
wounds 12, wounded 60, total 91.
C. A. Tuttlk,
Co. 'T'' 25th Regiment.
March 20th, 1903.
Stock Holders Meeting-.
On April 9th the Lenoir Realty
& Ins. Co held their third annual
meeting.
The following were elected Dir
ectors J. L. Nelson, G. L. Bern
hardt, O. P. Lutz, J. C. Seagle,
W. A. Shell, T. B. Lenoir, J. H
Beall, J. V. McCall, W. J. Lenoir,
J. E. Mattocks, J. E. Shell, G. F.
Harper.
The Board of Directors then
elected the following officers:
J. C. Seagle, President; O. P. Lutz,
Vice President; J. E. Mattocks,
Sec. & Treas. and Gen. Manager;
C. E. Rabb, Manager Insurance
Department.
Last Tuesday morning Mr. C. L.
Walton hired a double team from
Mr. Zeb Yount, to be used for de
livering enlarged pictures. He
started out with a young boy as
driver, and went to Conover,
Claremont Oxford Ford, crossing
the river went four miles into
Alexander county, and returned
by way of Hickory. When they
arrived at Conover however, one of
the horses died and the other one
is expected to die, from this long
drive. Mr. Walton was arrested
Wednesday and tried before J. H.
McLelland Justice of the Peaee,
and bound over to the Superior
court in a fifty dollar bond. This is
a loss to Mr. Yount, and trust it
may serve as a warning against the
overdriving of horses. Later: Mr
Yount has sued Mr. Walton for
damages, and the young man be
ing unable to furnish bond is in
the custody of the sheriff.
, A Statement.
j Reports having reached me that
the Lenoir Mills of .which I , am
part owner and, , Manager, were
useing adultorntion material
lu the i manufacture of the Hour .'at
thcjff mills and futher that this
fact D.beeAdeteeted .by.,; some
pejso inrautoHty, and In con
sequence of which, las' the owner
and manager of these mills wasar
rested and placed under heavy
bond. I desire, to .say; When
these rumore first reached me I
was inclined to treat them as un
worthy of au eutelligent or serious
notice, however having been infor
med that this report has spread
rapidly over the country, I now in
justice to my friends and my own
reputation as an honest business
man denounce this report as an in
famous, baseless falsehood, un
worthy of consideration for a
moment. The affairs of the Le
noir Mills are conducted in an
open and honest manner
and are subject to the in
spection of all fair minded persons.
For the lienefit of any one who
may be inclined to believe this
groundless rumor I will give a re
ward of $5,000, to anyone who will
find any adulterations in Ithe Hour
manufactured by the Lenoir Mills.
What the motive behind this
slander of me is I do not know
neither do I care, 1 only denounce. '
it as Malse. Lenoir, N. C, March
31st, 1908. Lknoik Mills,
' by O. P. Luts, Mgr.
fJGURTNEY'S
Talis
To the Editor Lenoir News:
We notice a letter in your last
weeks issue that someone had ac
cused the Lenoir Mills of using
adulterations in their flour. We
want to sa that we have sold un
told thousands of pounds of their
flour and we can't sell any other
flour when we have it. We want
to say that there is no other flour
that will equal it.
John W. Hodges, Sheriff of Wa
tauga county, says he has never
had any flour iu his store that
equals the Lenoir Mills flour.
(J. L. Stokie iS: Sox,
His Ad. Was Answered.
Washington Star.
Lillian Braythwaite Hill, the
very successful writer of humor
ous advertisements, spoke at a bu
siness men's dinner in Chicago on
"Fun in the Ad." Miss Hill be
gan in this way:
"Does it pay to advertise. Well,
I should say so. A mau came to
an editor in the town ol Shelby -ville
one day and asked the ques
tion.
" 'Does it pay,' said the man,
'to advertise in your paperl'
'"Does it pay to advertise in
my paper: x ou j ust bet it does, '
the editor replied. 'Look at Sands,
the cash grocer, for instance;
Sands advertised for a bov last
week, and the very next day Mrs
Sands had twins botlTboys"
Heavier Ammunition.
Chicago Tribune.
"Is this the man we are to initi
ate tonight!" asked the illustrious
conductor.
"It is, replied the outside guard.
The illustrious conductor walked
around the 350 pound candidate,
inspected him carefully and turned
to his assistant.
"Put the goat back" he said,
"and bring me a mule."
A writer ip the New York Sun
says that "as. simplicity is , the
highest expression of art, ip , it. ,j
of manners.'Mben.this feUow.f ho
drank out of the finger ..bowl was
perfection in proper person.
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