January 02, 2015

Two months ago I stopped to visit Lt. Cushing’s marker at the Angle, and of course I had to take a detour and check out Gen. Armistead’s. His memory is obviously cherished, as evidenced by the flags both large and small. In the distance are the Nicholas Codori farm, the 72^ND Pennsylvania Infantry, and the storied fields of the Pickett-Pettigrew-Trimble Charge. This was such a beautiful blue-sky day, though terribly cold, that I couldn’t have hoped for a better backdrop. The blue of the mountains completes the scene.

**HONORED TODAY**

CPT. WILLIAM H. DULL

Co. I, 71^ST Pennsylvania Infantry

Born March 12, 1826 --- Died July 03, 1863, at age 37

Cpt. Dull enlisted as a 1^ST Lt. in New York in May 1861. With his mother having died in 1860 and his elder brother in 1858, Cpt. Dull’s death was yet another tragedy in the family. He suffered a mortal wound to the side at Gettysburg and was later buried at American Mechanics Cemetery in Philadelphia.


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