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R.E. Lee monument at the location where he observed Pickett's Charge on the 3rd day

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The 26th North Carolina monument near the Lee monument. In my opinion, the most striking and beautiful monument on the battlefield.

35 posted on 07/01/2007 6:36:03 AM PDT by Jackknife ( "It's not a real party 'til somebody breaks something.")
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I took this during my last trip a few years ago of the marker honoring the furthest advance of the 26th North Carolina.

42 posted on 07/01/2007 6:43:15 AM PDT by mainepatsfan
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This is what they marched into. Every line represents the trajectory of a Union Artillery shell. Someone told me that the military term for this is an "interconnecting field of fire". No wonder they had 60% casualties.
109 posted on 07/01/2007 9:36:45 AM PDT by StarfireIV ("We canot save ourselves if the picture of ourselves is in a troth." Bill Cosby)
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