American Civil War Game Club (ACWGC)

ACWGC Forums

* ACWGC    * Dpt. of Records (DoR)    *Club Recruiting Office     ACWGC Memorial

* CSA HQ    * VMI   * Join CSA    

* Union HQ   * UMA   * Join Union    

CSA Armies:   ANV   AoT

Union Armies:   AotP    AotT

Link Express

Club Forums:     NWC    CCC     Home Pages:     NWC    CCC    ACWGC
It is currently Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:43 am

All times are UTC - 5 hours




Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 1 post ] 
Author Message
PostPosted: Wed Dec 16, 2020 8:05 am 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Tue Apr 28, 2020 3:36 pm
Posts: 592
“As his life slowly drained away, his final words were said to be ‘Mother, mother, mother.’”

“Saving the Flag", by artist Don Troiani. Colonel Harrison Jeffords is mortally wounded attempting to save the 4th Michigan's colors -- colors he swore to defend with his life.

During the second day at Gettysburg, fighting in The Wheatfield, the regiment’s color-bearer dropped their colors — Jeffords rushed to retrieve them. He is said to have shot a Confederate soldier who had seized the flag and even grasped the banner himself. In the ensuing melee, Jeffords received a gunshot wound to the thigh and was bayonetted by a Confederate soldier in the left abdomen, mortally wounding the 28-year-old officer. Other soldiers of the 4th Michigan rushed to his aid and carried both the colors and their fallen commander out of The Wheatfield. As his life slowly drained away, his final words were said to be "Mother, mother, mother." He died at 4 AM the next day, July 3, 1863. Jeffords became the highest commissioned officer in the Civil War to die of a bayonet wound.


Attachments:
FB_IMG_1608123309269.jpg
FB_IMG_1608123309269.jpg [ 89.96 KiB | Viewed 3507 times ]

_________________
Colonel Jason "Skeedaddle" Campbell
The Mahoning 4th Brigade
3rd Division
2nd Corp

AoT
"Let's fill up our canteens, boys. Some of us will be in hell before nightfall and we'll need the water"
Top
 Profile Send private message  
Reply with quote  
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 1 post ] 

All times are UTC - 5 hours


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 135 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  
cron
Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group