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In
this shot I tried to get a general idea of where the Irish Brigade and their
Second Corps comrades rested at Cemetery Ridge before heading toward the
Wheatfield on July 2ND. There’s a clear view of the Codori barn at
left, while you see, from center-right to far-right, three artillery batteries
(15TH New York Battery, 5TH Massachusetts Battery, and
Pennsylvania Battery B) as well as the 90TH New York Infantry
monument and the beautiful 1ST Minnesota memorial. The big white
thing at far right is a camper. I’m pretty sure it wasn’t here at the time of
the battle. :-) (Although I bet the soldiers would have loved it!)
**HONORED TODAY**
PVT. NICHOLAS HALL
Co. A, 38TH
North Carolina Infantry
Died July 12, 1863 at
age 30
Pvt.
Hall enlisted in October 1861 and was a farmer. He had already suffered through
a previous wound, having been shot at 2ND Bull Run/Manassas in
August 1862. The mortal wound he received at Gettysburg was not so easily
conquered. Unfortunately I have no information on his burial.
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