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the two to whom was given the post of honor in defending the rear of the army of Northern Virginia on its retreat from Pennsylvania, and it was on this retreat that the gallant Pettigrew was called to sur- render his valuable life. Can this University desire more in the line of military distinction, than to have the distinguished honor of claim- ing Burgwyn and Pettigrew among her sons?
The following figures from Colonel Fox, give the absolute losses of the twenty-seven Confederate regiments that suffered most at Gettysburg:
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M 3 j 3
Wounded.
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1
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S o H
26th N C ....
Pettigrew's ... Heth's .86
KO2
1 20
708
42d Miss
Davis' Heth's .... 60
2O S
26 ;
2d Miss ....
Davis' . . . .... Heth's 49
18*
272
nth N C
Pettigrew's Heth's ... 50
I ^Q
45th N C
Daniel's .... .... Rodes' ... 46
177
2IQ
iyth Miss. . . .
Barksdale's McLaws'. ... 40
160
2OO
i4th S C ...
Gregg's . . . . ' Pender's . 26
2 2O
6
252
i ith Miss
Davis" . . . . I Heth's ... . 32
I7O
2O 2
55 th N. C. . . . i ith Ga
Davis' Heth's 39 G. T. Anderson's Hood's .... 32
- 59
162
I 9 8 IQA
38th Va
Armistead's Pickett's. . . . 23
147
I7O
6th N C
Hoke's Karly's ... 20
I^I
21
172
i3th Miss.. . . 8th Ala
Barksdale's. . . McLaws'. ... 28 Wilcox's .. Anderson's. 22
137 I^Q
165
161
47 th N C
Pettigrew's Heth's j 21
1 4O
161
id N C
Stewart's Johnson's. . * 29
127
is6
2d N. C. Bat
Daniel's Rodes' 29
124
i S'l
2d S C ....
Kershaw's McLaws' ... 27
I2S
2
i "\4
52 d N C
Pettigrew's Heth's 33
114.
147
5 th N C
Iverson's Rodes' ... 31
112
I4T.
32d N C
Daniel's Heth's 26
116
142
43^ N. C 9th Ga. ist Md. Bat. .
Daniel's Heth's 21 G. T. Anderson's . . . Hood's 28 Stewart's ; ', Johnson's. . . 25
126
"5
IIQ
147 143 144
3 d Ark
Robertson's Hood's .... 26
- ,
116
142
2 7.d N C
Iverson's Rodes' ... 41
07
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57th Va
Armistead's Pickett's. ... 35
105
4
144
I must not fail to mention in this connection the record of Com- pany C, i ith North Carolina, which was with Pettigrew at Gettys- burg on July i, and lost a captain and lieutenant, and thirty-four out of thirty-eight men. The company had three separate captains on that terrible day. The first was made major; the second, Thomas Watson Cooper, class of 1860, was killed; the third, Edward R. Out-
