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The
rolling meadows which flank East Cemetery Hill are especially scenic when the
battlefield is cloaked in greenery. Here we see a typical late spring day
(meaning gray and dreary skies are abundant . . . but somehow Gettysburg is
even more mysterious at those times) and a typical fence. Louisiana
Tigers under Gen. Harry Hays passed over this ground during their attack on
Union forces at Cemetery Hill . . . they enjoyed some success, but were
eventually pushed back, leaving heavy casualties. Reports speak of hand-to-hand
combat as artillery pieces changed hands at record speed.
**HONORED TODAY**
CPL. CHARLES MORSE, JR.
Born January 03, 1823
--- Died July 03, 1863 at age 40
Co. A, 16TH
Vermont Infantry
Cpl.
Morse enlisted in August 1862. He was a farmer, and was married to Sarah with a
daughter Lizzie and three sons, Sumner, Charles, and Kimball (his youngest
child was only four when Charles was killed). He is buried at Gettysburg’s
National Cemetery but has a cenotaph at Gilead Cemetery in Bethel, Vermont.
(c) 2012-2016 Skies of Blue and Gray
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