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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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26th N C ....

Pettigrew's ... Heth's .86

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1 20

708

42d Miss

Davis' Heth's .... 60

2O S

26 ;

2d Miss ....

Davis'. . . .... Heth's 49

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272

nth N C

Pettigrew's Heth's ... 50

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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

162
 * 59

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38th Va

Armistead's Pickett's. .. . 23

147

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6th N C

Hoke's Karly's ... 20

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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

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161

id N C

Stewart's Johnson's. . * 29

127

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2d N. C. Bat

Daniel's Rodes' 29

124

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2d S C ....

Kershaw's McLaws' ... 27

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52 d N C

Pettigrew's Heth's 33

114.

147

5 th N C

Iverson's Rodes' ... 31

112

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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

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147 143 144

3 d Ark

Robertson's Hood's .... 26



116

142

2 7.d N C

Iverson's Rodes' ... 41

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57th Va

Armistead's Pickett's. ... 35

105

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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-