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67. Gallantry at Gettysburg by A.P. Andrews October 19, 1973_Page_18

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There is was formed by Colonel Humphrey in front of Bigelow’s captured guns. But the enemy, well pounded by Alexander’s guns, came no further that evening. It was here that Colonel Humphreys was informed by General Longstreet of Barksdale’s death. Barksdale’s brigade won fame and its intrepid Commander immortality that day at Gettysburg. Few brigades during the Civil War accomplished such feats in but two hours fighting. It assailed four separate positions and engaged regiments of three corps. IN addition, it captured several guns of the Third Corps, and two batteries, one of the Reserve Artillery and one of the Fifth Corps. All of the officers in the brigade had been killed or wounded except Colonel B. G. Humphreys. Of 1591 men engaged in the two hour assault, only 949 returned. The climatic events of July 3 in general and the charge of General George Pickett and his fifteen thousand in particular are familiar to scholars and layman alike. The valor and courage which had characterized both Davis’ and Barksdale’s brigades on July 1 and 2 were manifested by Mississippians on the fateful July 3 as well. Throughout the Gettysburg engagement, Mississippians exhibited a steadfast love for devotion to their state and their cause. Mississippians from that time to the present have taken great pride in the sacrifices their sons made on the fields at Gettysburg.

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