. Gettysburg, the pivotal battle of the Civil War . Picketts fifteen regi-ments were all Virginians, Wilcoxs five regimentswere all Alabamans,— twenty regiments in all in thecolumn. Pettigrews column on the left comprisedfour brigades, somewhat mixed in statality, as itcomprised five North Carolinian regiments, fourVirginian, three Tennesseean, three Mississippian,and one Alabaman, or sixteen in all. Pettigrewstwo supporting brigades comprising ten regiments,all of which were North Carolinians; so that, ofPettigrews column, fifteen of his twenty-six regi-ments hailed from the old North State.

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. Gettysburg, the pivotal battle of the Civil War . Picketts fifteen regi-ments were all Virginians, Wilcoxs five regimentswere all Alabamans,— twenty regiments in all in thecolumn. Pettigrews column on the left comprisedfour brigades, somewhat mixed in statality, as itcomprised five North Carolinian regiments, fourVirginian, three Tennesseean, three Mississippian,and one Alabaman, or sixteen in all. Pettigrewstwo supporting brigades comprising ten regiments,all of which were North Carolinians; so that, ofPettigrews column, fifteen of his twenty-six regi-ments hailed from the old North State. In the rightcolumn, then, the majority were from Virginia; inthe left column a majority represented North Caro-lina. This fact occasioned no dispute or troublebetween them on the third of July, 1863, but inafter years it was the source of much bickeringamong the survivors of the lost cause. Longstreet does not give the strength of eitherof these colunms, but says, of his conversation withLee earlier in the day, when he indicated the point [234]. GEORGE E. PICKETTDivision Commander, 1st Corps, Army Northern Virginia

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