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\ HJ’ttilll niMirl in U Tf llio UICIIIIVIIVI.was the voungest soldier in the Fifth Texas Regiment, enlisting In Company E” when barely more than If. vears of age. Hut 1 is gnat 'st distinction arises from the fact that at the battle or CettysbuiK lie had loth legs broken ami lay on the field, between , both armies, lor hours, where he u: literally fought ver ant i otei ted by Iroth armies. The brigade charged and wa beaten j back by the Federals. who In turn charged and were beaten backand that occurred repeatedly, each charge taking place over thlt;' cn«t where Roberts lav and both the Federals and Confederates placing rocks around him to protect him from the almost incessant fire as they passed him. That was perhaps one of the most unique occurrences of the war. Finally th*1 brigade turned to1 |ttie Round Top and Roberts was left to fall into the nands of the Federate. Everv member of the brigade at Bryan was as wnrthv. as these two, of special mention, and these are sinH cot merely because of the peculiar records made by them, that rf Contain Wateh, voluntarily, after the war, and that of CaptainRoberts, involuntarily, at Gettysburg.Captain Wateh makes a most efficient presiding officer
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Bryan Daily Eagle
Bryan, Texas, US
Thu, Jul 20, 1922
Page 3
Full Page
Clipped by
Joe O.
USA 09 May 2018
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