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Stories in Stone: 20th Massachusetts Infantry
This monument is among the weirdest at Gettysburg. A huge hunk of rock sitting on a pedestal and dedicated to the 20th Massachusetts. I’m sure this monument has left many a visitor scratching their heads at what my teacher (who … Continue reading →
Stories in Stone: 26th North Carolina Infantry
It is a simple monument, a medium sized block of pink granite with a bronze plaque on its angled face. It is not as eye catching as the monument across the road, that to the Iron Brigade’s 24th Michigan Infantry, … Continue reading →
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Tagged 24th Michigan, 26th North Carolina, Battle of Gettysburg, Colonel Henry King Burgwyn, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Monuments, North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, North Carolina Historical Commission, Pickett's Charge, Stories in Stone, The Boy Colonel, The Hibriten Guards, The Iron Brigade, Thomas J. Jackson, Virginia Military Institute
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Stories in Stone: 116th Pennsylvania Infantry
Some soldiers on a battlefield see so much death and destruction that is all begins to blur together and become indistinguishable or unnoticeable; for others, pictures become imprinted in their memories of particular moments witnessed among the bloodshed. For Major … Continue reading →
Stories in Stone: Texas
For Confederate states wishing to commemorate their service in the Civil War the wait was often longer than for their Union counterparts, particularly at Gettysburg. Cost and defeat prevented the widespread placing of Confederate monuments akin to the numerous Union … Continue reading →
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Emerging Civil War, Memory, Monuments
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Tagged Anthony, Battle of Antietam, Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of the Wilderness, Bentonville, centennial, Chickamauga, Confederate monuments, Fort Donelson, Kennesaw Mountain, Mansfield, Pea Ridge, Shiloh, Stories in Stone, Texas, Texas Lone Star, Texas Red Granite, TX, Vicksburg
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Stories in Stone: 11th Pennsylvania Infantry
The 11th PA monument is one of several standing in a long line along Oak Ridge, not far from the Peace Light at Gettysburg. From the road, it looks like a typical monument with a bronze soldier standing upon a … Continue reading →
Stories in Stone Series
When you walk or drive around a battlefield what do you see? Usually fields, trees, fences. Peaceful landscapes sometimes dotted with historic (or modern) structures. And monuments. Monuments are a defining feature of battlefields today. Whether big or small, simple … Continue reading →
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Emerging Civil War, Memory, Monuments, Photography
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Tagged linkedin, monuments, Stories in Stone
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