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“The next battle I was in was at Gettysburg, Pa. I was wounded the. afternoon of July 3 in Pickett's Charge. I lay on tho battlefield in-a wheat field until 11 o’clock that night and was caried by Alex Holsenback to the field hospital. I lay there on the ground with no blanket until one of my company, Yelverton Thax-ton split his blanket and put half of it op me. A deed of this kind can never be forgotten. Early the next morning, July 4, orders came to load all the wounded in the wagons and start back across the Potomac. River to Virgiiiia. I was placed in an ambulance on my back and had to lie there for two days and nights, it requiring that time to get back to Winchester, Virginia where we were then taken out and placed in a hospital. The good lddies of that city gave every attention possible, but we were there only three days, when we were placed in fruit cars and sent to Richmond. They kept us there in Winder Hospital until Sept. 17, when I was given a furlough home. I was sure glad to ‘ get’ back home where my dear , Mother was prayerfully waiting my return. It seemed the next 60days were the happiest time of my life and the shortest.”'
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Jackson Progress Argus
Jackson, Georgia, US
Thu, Jun 01, 1961
Page 8
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Janice R.
GA, USA 01 Sep 2016
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