Gasualttes in the Old First at Gettysburg, 407
Ambrose Hoke, Iredell county, N. C.
James C. Hodge, Richmond county, N. C.
Henderson Harrellon, Hertford county, N. C.
Alleson Henderson, Guilford, N. C.
William H. Johnson, Wilmington, N. C.
Duncan P. Johnson, Wilmington, N. C.
Charles W. Jacoks, Hertford, N. C.
William H. Jones, Hertford, N. C.
John W. Kellough, Mecklenburg county, N. C.
Commodore P. Long, Richmond county, N. C.
Isaac L. Lezigia, Richmond, Va.
John W. Long. Sr., Rockingham county, N. C.
John W. Long, Jr., Rockingham county, N. C.
Daniel Lassiter, Wilmington, N. C.
Richmond T. Long, Richmond county, N. C.
Barney Landers, Marshall county, N. C.
John A. McCaskill. Wilmington, N. C.
James McNeall, Richmond county, N. C.
Neill McKennon, Wilmington, N. C.
Peter McMillan, Richmond, Va.
Duncan B. McDonald, Wilmington, N. C.
Neill McLauchlin, New Hanover county, N. C.
This makes in all seventy-six men rank and file.
Casualties in the Old First at Gettysburg.
Two out of every three men who were carried into the charge shot down.
To the Editor of the Dispatch :
Will you kindly publish the following in justice to the old First regiment of Virginia infantry ?
I presume the fact that the official report of Pickett's division at the battle of Gettysburg was suppressed at the request of General Lee is well known. In the absence of such report many statements, more or less unjust to the division, have been made, all which have come to my knowledge, I have deemed it unnecessary to notice until I read the following report in the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Serial No. 44, pages 330, published under the auspices of the Government :
