s  the  fole  of  the  grand  assault  by  the  right  Confederate
That  on  Ibelr  left,  under  Pettigrew,  was  by  no  means  so
lely  made.      Pickett's  men  were,  for  the  most  part,  veteran  Vir-
;   Pettigrew's,  new   recruits.      Aimoat  as  soon   as   the   latter
i  they  b^an  to  waver,  but  when  lliey  came  toward  the  enfila-
B  fin  of  the  National  guns  thoy  hesitHtol.      Perceiving  that  their
iving  round  them  strong  flanking  bodies,  they  wer«  panic-
ij  their  iincs  dissolved,  they  were  huddled  into  knots.      They
in  to  the  rear,  with  the  loea  of  hundreds  token  prisoner*.
lUWtna  of  tlieir  field  olHcera  hod  been  killed  or  wounded;  they  fell
[id  of  a  major.      Pettigrew'a  brigade  had  mustered  2S(K)
"i  on  the  morning  of  the  1st  of  July ;  at  roll-call  on  the  4tli  only
Lo  their  names.
I   thkttlleof  Gellyflburg  was  now  Bubfitanliallj  over.      Nevenbeless
■  nUinx,whD  hod  not  advanced  in  support  of  Pickett,  as  had  been  origi-
^  AU;uiltni]al,  made  a  demonstration  of  moving  forward,  as  if  to  renew
"*'*ult,  but  returned  in  cunfution,

^  Nuionol  low  at  Gettysburg  wns  23,210.  of  whom  2SH  were
^'13,733  wounded,  6SJ3  miseiag.     The  Confederate  loss  reached


196  LIFE  AND  PUBLIC  CABEEB  OF

the  awM  aggi«gate  of  86,000,  of  whom  50(X)  were  killed,  23)000  woanded.
"  All  this  hu  been  myfimlt,"  said  Lee  to  Wilcox;  **  it  is  I  who  h«Teloil
thii  battle."  The  dream  of  the  panage  of  the  Susqaehaium  was  at  •■
end ;  there  was  nothing  now  for  the  Confederates  bat  a  retreat  to  the
Bappahaanook.    Freedom  was  master  on  the  oontinent.
WATERLOO  AND  GETTYSBURO.
