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The
4TH Maine Infantry’s Gettysburg monument was dedicated in 1889.
Confirmed dead from this regiment are Cpl. Willard Barstow, 2ND Lt.
George Bragg, Pvt. Crosby Brookings, Pvt. Nathan Chase, Cpl. Thomas Doyle, Pvt.
Isaiah Eaton, Cpl. George Gardner, Pvt. John Gray, Cpl. George Hall, Pvt. Henry
Hall, 1ST Sgt. Francis Ingalls, Pvt. George Johnson, 2ND
Lt. Charles McCobb, Pvt. Michael Rariden, Cpl. John Rittal, 2ND Lt.
Orpheus Roberts, Pvt. Frederick Rogers, Pvt. John Sawyer, Pvt. John Shuman,
Pvt. Alonzo Stickney, Cpl. John Stone, Sgt. John Toothaker, Maj. Ebenezer
“Eben” Whitcomb, and Cpl. John Witham. As always, I find it interesting that
every single one of these boulders, large and small, were here during the
battle. At right, the downward slope of Little Round Top can be seen, as well
as part of Sickles Avenue.
**HONORED TODAY**
PVT. JEHIEL KARCHER
Co. D, 7TH
Michigan Cavalry
Born 1832 --- Died August
10, 1863 at age 31
Pvt.
Karcher (also spelled Carcher) enlisted in October 1862. A farmer, he was
married to Helen and had three children, Lilly (born 1856), Cora (born 1858),
and Franklin (born 1862). He died either at McDougal Hospital in Alexandria,
Virginia, or at Fort Schuyler, New York, and is listed as being buried at
Cypress Hills National Cemetery in Brooklyn, which, if correct, makes a death
at Fort Schuyler far more likely.
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