44 NortH Carouina Troops, 1861-65.

brough’s, Va., brigade did not come up to its usual standard,
and the shafts of detraction were hurled at all its comrades
under Pettigrew, on that account.

General G. E. Pickett made the mistake of not going with
his division. His presence would have been helpful, and
might have saved his large number of prisoners. His briga-
diers did as well as they could, but a division needs its com-
mander to get its best result.

The casualties of each command is the test of services, and
Pettigrew’s command welcomes the token, as the statistics of
Gettysburg show, viz. :

Pickett and his support lost: Killed, 266; wounded, 1,546;
total killed and wounded, 1,812; prisoners, 1,756; grand
total, 3,568.

Pettigrew and his supports lost: Killed, 554; wounded,
2,470; total killed and wounded, 3,024; prisoners, 627;
grand total, 3,651. More than twice as many killed, nearly

twice as many wounded and a little more than one-third as-

many prisoners.

Pickett’s heaviest loss was in Armistead’s brigade of Vir-
ginia: Killed, 84; wounded, 491; total killed and wounded,
575; prisoners, 643; grand total, 1,218. Five regiments
more than half prisoners.

Pettigrew’s heaviest loss was in his own brigade of North
Carolina: Killed, 190; wounded, 915; total killed and

wounded, 1,105; prisoners, 00; four regiments and no pris-.

oners. Killed and wounded, nearly 2 to 1.

One regiment of this brigade, the Twenty-sixth North Car-
olina, lost: Killed, 86; wounded, 502; killed and wounded,
588; prisoners, 00; grand total, 588; or 13 more killed
and wounded than Armistead’s brigade.

Nearly half of Pickett’s loss was prisoners, whilst Petti-
grew lost but one-sixth in prisoners, viz: Archer, 517;
Seales, 110; total, 627.

These figures, obtained from volume 26, part 2, pages 339,
343, 4, 5, Official Reeords Union and Confederate Armies,
show that Pickett’s charge did not fail because he was
not supported by Pettigrew, and that Pettigrew really did the
fighting of the day.

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North Carolinians were satisfied with doing their duty and
“We envy not others their merited glory.”

Lee withdrew from the field on the night of the 4th and re-
mained at Hagerstown a week. On the 13th crossed the Po-
tomac at Falling Waters where Lane acted as rear guard.
The Eighteenth and part of the Twenty-eighth were deployed
as skirmishers and those of the Twenty-eighth were the last
to cross. A week was spent in camp near Culpepper Court
House, when the army returned to the line of the Rapidan,
the Eighteenth camping near Orange Court House.

After the death of Major-General Pender from wounds at
Gettysburg, Brigadier-General Cadmus M. Wilcox was pro-
moted, and assigned to his command. On 22 September
the Eighteenth marched with the command and was
at a skirmish at Jack’s Shop, near Madison Court House,
and, after that, camped at Liberty Mills, the left of the army.
On the 9th the army advanced, Hill marching by Madison
Court House and Warrenton to Bristoe Station where Heth
had a fight with the enemy. Cooke’s and Kirkland’s North
Carolina brigades were sent against a strong position on the
railroad, and gallantly went into a slaughter pen. Before
reinforcements could go to their assistance they were deci-
mated. Wilcox was under shelling from the enemy’s artil-
lery with slight casualties. We again had a job on the rail-
road, and destroyed it to the Rappahannock, and camped a
week on its south side.

After leaving Brandy Station on the 8th the Yankee cav-
alry pursued in force. We laid an ambush for them near
Culpepper, using one of the North Carolina companies of
the Eleventh Virginia cavalry as decoys. It played its part
well, fighting better than cavalry was expected to, and nearly
succeeded in drawing a regiment of blue-coat cavalry into a
field, where, covered by some woods, the Eighteenth was
placed to get in their rear. The trap was discovered in time
to escape with a lot of empty saddles, and a loss to the Eigh-
teenth of one killed and a half dozen wounded.

The Eighteenth returned to Liberty Mills, and built com-
fortable winter quarters. On 28 November marched to
Mine Run, where Meade had crossed. We lay in line of bat-