Friday, January 20, 2012

26th NC band played "Nearer My God To Thee" as survivors of Pettigrew's Brigade returned from Cemetery Ridge

My neck of the woods.



Eight hundred men of the 26th go into battle on July 1, and by the evening of July 3, just 64 privates and three officers are left. They have suffered the greatest loss of any of the 700 Confederate or 2,000 Federal regiments on any day of the war.

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  1. AnonymousJanuary 21, 2012 at 1:25 AM

    Didn't that unit slug it out with the Iron Brigade up-close-and-personal during the first day? I'm pretty sure it was a NC Regt.

    Nasty business, that encounter. Full volleys at what was it, 20 paces?

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  2. Brock TownsendJanuary 21, 2012 at 11:31 AM

    Yes, I have a post from last May and will add to it. Thanks for the prompt!

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