Bio by: Linda Davis
Inscription
GENERAL BARKSDALE GAVE HIS LIFE IN THE FIGHT FOR SOUTHERN INDEPENDENCE LEADING HIS BRIGADE OF PROUD MISSISSIPPIANS ON THE SECOND DAY OF THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG, INSTRUCTING HIS OFFICERS TO PROCEED ON FOOT, TO LESSEN THE DANGER TO THEM, HE THEN MOUNTED IS HORSE AND TOOK HIS PLACE AT THE FRONT OF HIS MEN. REPEATEDLY WOUNDED, THIS BRAVE MAN CONTINUED LEADING HIS MEN UNTIL HE COULD GO NO FURTHER. THIS MARKER IS PLACED HERE IN 2020 BY THE SOUTHERN HISTORICAL PRESERVATION SOCIETY TO RECORD ITS ADMIRATION FOR THE DEVOTION TO DUTY AND COURAGE OF THIS MISSISSIPPI HERO.
Gravesite Details
The private marker was placed at the foot of General Barksdale's grave instead of the head.Military Marker "Brig General CSA"
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