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Re: Immortal 600 Fort Pulaski, GA March 2-4, 2007
James,
There is still room so send in that registration.
James,
There is still room so send in that registration.
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Re: Immortal 600 Fort Pulaski, GA March 2-4, 2007
Some info on the 157th NYI at Gettysburg, this is from Buckeye Blood, by Richard A, Baumgartner. “Three-fourths of the 11 Corps' infantry north of Gettysburg were withdrawing toward town, leaving the 3rd Division’s 1st Brigade practically alone to resist the onslaught….In an attempt to thwart Doles, Schimmelfenning ordered forward his last reserve, Col Philip Brown’s 157th New York, to attack the Georgian’s exposed right flank….Two Hundred yards beyond Digler [artillery] the New Yorkers wheeled in a right oblique, advancing at the command “Charge Bayonets” until they were 300 feet from there opponents. “Then the fighting began. It was murderous while it lasted – only about twenty minutes.” In that short span Brown’s regiment was shattered, losing 307 of the 409 officers and men. He ordered a retreat, his staggered survivors mixing with portions of Col Amsberg’s brigade. (William E. Parmelee, “At Gettysburg”).Burt Page
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