**Antietam
Friday**
If
you go at the right time, Antietam National Battlefield is a very peaceful
place. That makes it much easier to take the side roads, to linger, and to see
things you might have missed before. One of these places is the Philadelphia
Brigade Park, named for a Pennsylvania brigade that would also achieve fame at
Gettysburg’s Pickett-Pettigrew-Trimble Charge almost ten months later. The
monument represents the boys of the 69TH, 71ST, 72ND,
and 106TH Pennsylvania Infantry units.
The
second photo shows the base of the monument and the surrounding scenery. This
was a very quiet and out-of-the-way stop and yet you couldn’t help but “feel”
the importance of the battlefield even without an abundance of monuments and
markers. I particularly like the large American flag that some caring visitor
left for the Union boys. Both at Antietam and Gettysburg, I love seeing flags,
flowers, wreaths, and the like. It’s a powerful reminder that we still consider
the boys in blue and gray our extended family members and will keep their
memories alive as long as we’re able.
**HONORED TODAY**
PVT. GEORGE DABNEY TWEEDY
Co. C, 11TH Virginia
Infantry
Born April 06, 1842 --- Died
July 03, 1863 at age 21
Pvt.
Tweedy was one of many young men who died at the Pickett-Pettigrew-Trimble
Charge. In civilian life he’d been a farmer, enlisting in May 1861 and somehow
surviving over two years in the army. Luck hadn’t favored him; in May 1862 he
was wounded at Williamsburg but survived. After his Gettysburg death he was
buried at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond.
(c) 2013-2014 Skies of Blue and Gray
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