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Covered with Glory: The 26th North Carolina Infantry at the Battle of Gettysburg
https://www.amazon.com ^ | March 1, 2010 | Rod Gragg

Posted on 09/01/2018 7:30:09 PM PDT by NKP_Vet

The battle of Gettysburg was the largest engagement of the Civil War, and--with more than 51,000 casualties--also the deadliest. The highest regimental casualty rate at Gettysburg, an estimated 85 percent, was incurred by the 26th North Carolina Infantry. Who were these North Carolinians? Why were they at Gettysburg? How did they come to suffer such a grievous distinction? In Covered with Glory, award-winning historian Rod Gragg reveals the extraordinary story of the 26th North Carolina in fascinating detail.

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TOPICS: Education; History; Military/Veterans; Reference
KEYWORDS: 26thnorthcarolina; battleofgettysburg; gettysburg; northcarolina
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To: wardaddy
You or I standing up for our ancestors military honor is lost cause to them

They have no standards to stand upon themselves so others can't have them either.

Military honors should go to all who served and died. They gave their lives/limbs no matter which side they fought on.

My family (Dad's side) fought in the Revolutionary war, not so much the CW...from family history passed down.

61 posted on 09/05/2018 12:53:50 AM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: wardaddy
...relative latecomer to Dixie
I'm so glad to have been born a Texan.
62 posted on 09/05/2018 12:58:54 AM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: wardaddy; philman_36
“You’re doing well but he’s the impaired one . . .”

This.

The jamaican is particularly nasty but easily handled. Just get a tetanus booster first.

63 posted on 09/05/2018 5:24:19 AM PDT by jeffersondem
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To: philman_36

Texas is my favorite state


64 posted on 09/05/2018 8:52:47 AM PDT by wardaddy (Wake up and quit aping opinions you think will make you popular here)
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To: philman_36

I don’t care if they came from Pluto. You an idiot because you’re venerating a bunch of treasonous Southern Democrats, dumb ass.


65 posted on 09/05/2018 11:13:49 AM PDT by jmacusa (Made it Ma, top of the world!'')
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To: wardaddy

Butt hurt, aren’t you?


66 posted on 09/05/2018 11:15:06 AM PDT by jmacusa (Made it Ma, top of the world!'')
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To: philman_36

Man. You are really out there dude. Thanks for the free parking in your head.


67 posted on 09/05/2018 11:18:29 AM PDT by jmacusa (Made it Ma, top of the world!'')
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To: wardaddy

Says his cheering section.


68 posted on 09/05/2018 11:26:17 AM PDT by jmacusa (Made it Ma, top of the world!'')
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To: wardaddy

I don’t hate Southerners. I just don’t like Confederates.


69 posted on 09/05/2018 11:54:00 AM PDT by jmacusa (Made it Ma, top of the world!'')
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To: NKP_Vet

Hi NKP_Vet. I can presume that you’ve read this book. Does it answer the question, “How did they come to suffer such a grievous distinction?” What was that distinction?

Thanks


70 posted on 09/05/2018 1:57:41 PM PDT by rockrr ( Everything is different now...)
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To: jmacusa

By you the imposter

Coward who hides behind various lies

I don’t respect cowards much less fear them


71 posted on 09/05/2018 2:26:25 PM PDT by wardaddy (Wake up and quit aping opinions you think will make you popular here)
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To: jmacusa
You an idiot because you’re...
That's simply amazing! All in one sentence, even!
You're an absolute retard and yet you pass yourself off as a genius.
It isn't working out so well for you.
72 posted on 09/05/2018 4:22:46 PM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: jmacusa
I just don’t like Confederates.

Hey, retard, here's a clue - anybody who was a Confederate is long dead.
I can't wait for your next blast of perceived brilliance.

73 posted on 09/05/2018 4:26:55 PM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: jeffersondem; jmacusa
The jamaican is particularly nasty but easily handled.

You're a Jamaican, jmacusa?!


Too funny!!!

74 posted on 09/05/2018 4:32:05 PM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: wardaddy; philman_36

Yeah, we hafta tip our hats to philman for putting up a respectable fight for the honor of Dixie. Yankeefa will likely be moving him up a few notches on their Enemy’s List.


75 posted on 09/05/2018 4:35:46 PM PDT by Pelham (Yankeefa, cleansing America one statue at a time.)
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To: Pelham; wardaddy
Yankeefa will likely be moving him up a few notches on their Enemy’s List.

I'm pretty sure I'm on a bunch of enemy lists. Nothing new.

76 posted on 09/05/2018 4:45:45 PM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: philman_36

“My family (Dad’s side) fought in the Revolutionary war, not so much the CW...from family history passed down. “

I have the same in my dad’s line... something like a dozen fought in the Revolution, but just my grandmother’s oldest uncle in the CW.

And in keeping with the actual topic of this thread, he was a private in the 13th Mississippi, McLaw’s Division, Longstreet’s Corps at Gettysburg, where he was killed during Barksdale’s charge through the Peach Orchard, 2nd Day.


77 posted on 09/05/2018 4:47:56 PM PDT by Pelham (Yankeefa, cleansing America one statue at a time.)
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To: Pelham
Thankfully, my family has not had loss of life after the RW.
It was mostly due simply to their year of birth.
They were either too old or too young during the wars.
Three immediate generations, before and after me, have served in almost all branches.

Sorry for your family's loss at Gettysburg.
IMO, from a tactical view, Lee wasted his soldiers in that one. There were many other options open to him at the time.

78 posted on 09/05/2018 5:09:58 PM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: philman_36

I never said I was genius Poindexter. Spelling mistakes are the best you’ve got?


79 posted on 09/05/2018 10:21:55 PM PDT by jmacusa (Made it Ma, top of the world!'')
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80 posted on 09/05/2018 10:23:34 PM PDT by wardaddy (Wake up and quit aping opinions you think will make you popular here)
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