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When
you think of charges at Gettysburg, Pickett’s Charge (or the Pickett-Pettigrew-Trimble
Charge or Longstreet’s Assault, whichever you prefer) comes readily to mind.
You might also think of Barksdale’s Charge or Farnsworth’s Charge. What about
the 2ND Massachusetts and the 27TH Indiana’s daring
foray? On July 3RD, after Confederates had taken over the
breastworks previously occupied by Twelfth Corps troops and were holding their
position with a vengeance, the men of the 2ND and 27TH
were ordered to charge forward and chase the Rebels off. Col. Charles Mudge of
the 2ND Massachusetts questioned the sanity of the order, but as a
true patriot he abided by it, and off the men went. Great loss of life ensued.
**HONORED TODAY**
PVT. LORING C. OLIVER
Co. K, 19TH Maine
Infantry
Born 1827 --- Died July
11/17, 1863
Pvt.
Oliver’s death left behind a wife Mercy and five children, Fannie (age 13),
Lottie (age 7), “Leincta” (age 7), “Zitella” (age 5), and Lizzie (age 2). A
sixth child, Everett, had been born in 1860 and died in 1862. Pvt. Oliver is
buried at Gettysburg’s National Cemetery.
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