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U. S. CIVIL WAR PHOTOGRAPHS |
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GETTYSBURG
CONFEDERATE MONUMENTS
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Alabama Monument - 1998 (K)
"YOUR NAMES ARE INSCRIBED ON FAMES IMMORTAL SCROLL"
Alabama Monument - 2002 (K)
The 2002 photograph was taken with the sun in back of the monument.
The 1998 photograph was taken with the sun in front of the monument.
North Carolina Monument (L)
Facing the Union line at the stone wall.
Marking North Carolina's deepest penetration during the July 3, 1863 attack.
North Carolina Monument (L)
View of the Confederate jump-off position (distant tree line)
in respect to the North Carolina monument.
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TWENTY-SIXTH NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT PETTIGREW'S BRIGADE HETH'S DIVISION HILL'S CORPS ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA ATHOUGH NEARLY DESTROYED DURING ITS SUCCESSFUL ATTACK AGAINST MEREDITH'S IRON BRIGADE ON JULY 1, THE TWENTY-SIXTH NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT JOINED IN THE PETTIGREW-PICKETT CHARGE ON THE AFTERNOON OF JULY 3. ADVANCING UNDER SOLID SHOT, SPHERICAL CASE, CANISTER, AND MUSKETRY THE REGIMENT CHARGED TO WITHIN TEN PACES OF THE STONE WALL IN THEIR FRONT. THE SCENE WAS DESCRIBED BY AN ARTILLERYMAN OF A RHODE ISLAND BATTERY: "...AS A REGIMENT OF PETTIGREW'S BRIGADE (THE TWENTY-SIXTH NORTH CAROLINA) WAS CHARGING...AND HAD ALMOST REACHED THE WALL JUST IN FRONT OF US, SERGE M.C.ONLEY CRIED OUT...'FIRE THAT GUN! PULL! PULL! THE NO. 4 OBEYED ORDERS AND THE GAP MADE IN THAT NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT WAS SIMPLY TERRIBLE." UNDER THIS GALLING FIRE, THE TWENTY-SIXTH NORTH CAROLINA WAS COMPELLED TO RETIRE WITH THE BRIGADE FROM THIS POINT TO SEMINARY RIDGE. "THE MEN OF THE TWENTY-SIXTH REGIMENT WOULD DRESS ON THEIR COLORS IN SPITE OF THE WORLD." ERECTED BY THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA 1986 |
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