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S *■ » * j . k«-i» t* Kinim.m, f t ••• t'*H. anfl )i« 1* * I early •'* man ofj- iitlon .1 nd :.i rnI am glad t»* yn-i arc taking upclaim of I 111 (pi *• w j Brigade to•e In the glory ft Gettysburg. Why r,»t k° a 11111«• farther'’ IVttlvrew l*-«l hl» division. Pickett did not. P-ttl-gretv was wop tided. A J.*l j lt;mem ber of l*l«s staff came out of tli*- ::lit with** ut being wounded or having hi* horse ►hot under him. Neither pp-kett i:r.r any momher of his st;ifr. nor even on*-of the l***i s * k, was touched, Why? lie-cnu in- they were lt;1 bmmir.i *?d and on the farther nldo of a hill that prole, ted them ft on: the enemy's tire“There is in this city a letter from a distinguished. al.Je. scholarly Virginian that st.itcH that General Pickett was not in th- chnigc nt nil. Th* re now’ The t or respondent adds ’Investigate the statement, and. if correct, this will help to make history some-j 'hat truthfa! ’ He rive-, excellent authority, a gallant Itizen of Havan-mih. Ga . win. wap tn the Patti,- and of whom we hn\e known for more than thirty-three years Let the whole truth cotne ou* as to the splendid i haigc on the third tiny, who participated In it and who went farthest In and « lopeat to the enemy Wilmington Messenger.! quote the following extract from The North Candir.it Kevirw, August •?.1 ;* 11. vlas“Judge Clark further said that ’Gen-lt;ral Pickett was given another chance, ly being ptit in command of the expedition against Ncwbein, where he ngnln fnlled * And that after the bat-! tie at Five Forks. April 1. General Pickett wa« pummurlly cashiered] ly General Lae for misconduct.“He says thnt. being invited to deliver, some years ago. an address before the Virginia Bar Association, he heard General Kppa Hunion and General W II Payne make the above statement iti the presence of several men. find then added that two or three days afterwards, tim ing the retreat to Appomattox, when General Lee and several other general officer h were watering their hordes, they saw Pickett on foot cross the road a few yards off. whereupon General Lee contemptuously said: ’Hasn't that fellow left here yet?* Judge Clark said that he would not have repented the matter, though thus publicly related, as G.-rt-tal Pleltott Is dead, but that recently «vdon«l John S Mosbv.
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Richmond Times Dispatch
Richmond, Virginia, US
Sun, May 18, 1913
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