It was very dark and difficult to tell the rebel from theUnion wounded as they mixed together on the field. As thebattle was over, and no action would probably ensue until daylight, Idetermined to assist the wounded on the field we had just charged over andtaken from the enemy. Thegroaning and low moans of the severely wounded were painful to hear. Skirtinga forest on the summit, where a dense growth of underbrush obstructed rapidmovements, the dead and dying in both blue and gray lay thickly scattered overthe ground, where a bayonet charge had been executed with decisive success.Death had reaped a rich harvest here.
Lee set up his defenses behind a little creek just outside Sharpsburg, MD. The battle of South Mountain was a delaying action fought by the Confederates to hold off McClellan's pursuing army while Robert E.
Here's another vignette from 150 years ago this weekend. I've been working on a presentation on this topic. Source: The Civil War: Tale of 'two brothers,' Freemasons at Gettysburg | Washington Times Communities
The two shared a friendship that had gone back for many years until politics of the time caused them to go separate ways. and was a member of Charity Lodge # 190 of that town. Winfield Scott Hancock, a Union officer, was born in Norristown, Pa. and was a member of Alexandria-Washington Masonic Lodge # 22. Lewis Addison Armistead was born in New Bern, N.C. In a very real sense, however, they were, and the statue stands today to commemorate their love.Ĭonfederate Brig. reflects the love and devotion of two brothers who shared neither father nor mother and by any normal description were not brothers. The story of the large, unique statue at Gettysburg National Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pa. The Civil War has often been referred to as being “brother against brother,†and in truth there are many stories of biological brothers serving against each other, one for the United States and one for the Confederate States.
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