Record #:

15226

Author(s):

Lawrence, R.C.

Abstract:

North Carolina claims to have been first at Bethel, furthest at Gettysburg, last at Appomattox. It cannot be questioned that Henry Wyatt of Edgecombe was first to fall at Bethel, or that the brigade of William R. Cox made the last charge at Appomattox, but what of the claim that North Carolina's troops were furthest at Gettysburg? North Carolina troops brought on that battle for on June 29, 1863, Heth's division reached Cashtown, from which points he sent forward the North Carolina brigade of Pettigrew to Gettysburg in search of supplies. Pettigrew found the town occupied by Federal cavalry, and its environs became the theater of the three days battle which ensued.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 7 Issue 20, Oct 1939, p4, 22

Subject(s):

Gettysburg, Battle of, Pa., 1863