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[From the Ktchmond, Vs., IHxjxiti-h, January 20th, 1801 ]

UNPARALLELED LOSS OF COMPANY F,

a6th North Carolina Regiment, Pettigrew's Brigade, at

Gettysburg.

Went into Action with Three Officers and Eighty-eight Enlisted Men, and Every One of them was either Killed or Wounded.

COLLIERSTOWN, VA., January 12, 1901. To the Editor of the Dispatch:

Colonel William H. S. Burgwyn, of Henderson, N. C, has re- cently published in Gold Leaf of that Town an article, which will prove interesting to old Confederate soldiers.

I forward a copy of said article to you for your Confederate column, if you will kindly give it space. I am sure its reproduction in your journal would greatly please the North Carolina readers of the Dis- patch.

Colonel Burgwyn has taken great pains in the preparation of the article.

Very kindly yours,

R. M. TUTTLK.

The following is the article in Gold Leaf:

A gentleman who at all times manifests a deep interest in the achievements of North Carolinians, and especially the glorious deeds of North Carolina soldiers than whom the world has never seen better as illustrated on every battle-field from Bethel to Appomat- tox, kindly furnishes the. Gold Leaf the following. It is a remark- able record the fatalities of Company F, 26th North Carolina Regiment, Pettigrew's Brigade, at the battle of Gettysburg which is told about and we are sure it will be read with interest and amaze- ment no less than with wonder and admiration. The article is as follows:

The statement that has appeared in many publications of the l6ss of the 26th Regiment of Pettigrew's Brigade at Gettysburg, viz: that "this company went into action with three officers and eighty-