AN
HISTORICAL ESSAY,
[REVISED AND ENLARGED.]
BY
CAPT. W. R. BOND,
Sometime Officer Brigade Staff Army Northern Virginia.
“Tell the truth and the world will come to seeit at last.”—Emerson.
SECOND EDITION.
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W. L. L. HALL, Publisher.
Scotland Neck, N. C.
DEDICATION.
To the memory of the brave men of Hill’sCorps, who were killed while fighting underthe orders of General Longstreet, on the afternoonof July 3rd, 1863; whose fame has beenclouded by the persistent misrepresentationsof certain of their comrades, this “little book”is affectionately dedicated.
W. R. B.
Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N. C.,
October, 1888.
Copyrighted 1888,
BY
W. W. HALL.
THE COMMONWEALTH JOB PRINT,
SCOTLAND NECK, N. C.
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The first edition of this pamphlet appeared a shorttime before the publication of the Official Records relatingto Gettysburg. Consequently many things ofimportance to the subject treated were unknown tothe writer. Such facts as he possessed of his ownknowledge or could gather from his comrades andother sources, together with a lot of statistics securedfrom the War Department, were published andwith gratifying results. Very many of the statementsthen made and which were not open to successfulcontradiction were so much at variance with thegeneral belief that the brochure attracted wide attention,especially among old soldiers. From Tacomaon the Pacific slope and Augusta, Maine, from Chicagoand New Orleans, came assurances of interest andappreciation. In fact there are very few States fromwhich there have not come expressions either of surprisethat the slander should ever have originated orof sympathy with the effort to right a great wrong.
That the two thousand copies formerly issuedshould have been disposed of two years ago and thatthere is still a demand for the pamphlet, is deemed sufficientreason for this edition. And the recent publicationin New York of a history repeating the oldfalsehoods emphasizes the need of keeping the factsbefore the public.
It would be a matter of regret should any statement4in these pages wound the sensibilities of anypersonal friends of the author, still in such an eventhe would be measurably consoled by the reflectionthat here as in most matters it is best to “hew to theline and let the chips fall as they may.”
Scotland Neck, N. C., April, 1900.
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The family of Johnston Pettigrew was one of theoldest, wealthiest and most