Picket or Pettigrew An Historical Essay

As to one of the two brigades that gave way before the rest of the

line, he labored under a very great misapprehension. He did not know

then, and the reading world has been slow to realize since, how very

great had been its loss before retreating. As to the fact that in

proportion to the number carried into the assault its loss had been

more than twice as great as that of any of Pickett’s brigades, there is

not the slightest doubt. The highest praise and not censure should be

its reward.