There are some disagreement over the placement of this monument. Some think that the monument should be about 100 yards to the north of its present position, the reason being that the 26NC colors were recovered by members of the 12th NJ which was positioned near the Bryan Farm, north of the monument's position.
Text on Monument Reads:
TWENTY-SIXTH
NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT
PETTIGREW'S BRIGADE HETH'S DIVISION
HILL'S CORPS
ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA
ALTHOUGH NEARLY DESTROYED DURING ITS SUCCESSFUL ATTACK AGAINST MEREDITH'S IRON BRIGADE ON JULY 1, THE TWENTY-SIXTH NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT JOINED IN THE PETTIGREW-PICKETT CHARGE ON THE AFTERNOON OF JULY 3. ADVANCING UNDER SOLID SHOT, SPHERICAL CASE, CANISTER, AND MUSKETRY THE REGIMENT CHARGED TO WITHIN TEN PACES OF THE STONE WALL IN THEIR FRONT.
THE SCENE WAS DESCRIBED BY AN ARTILLERYMAN OF A RHODE
ISLAND BATTERY: ". . . AS A REGIMENT OF PETTIGREW'S BRIGADE
(THE TWENTY-SIXTH NORTH CAROLINA) WAS CHARGING. . .AND HAD ALMOST REACHED THE WALL JUST IN FRONT OF US, SERGE M.C.ONLEY CRIED OUT . . .'FIRE THAT GUN! PULL! PULL!' THE NO. 4 OBEYED
ORDERS AND THE GAP MADE IN THAT NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT WAS SIMPLY TERRIBLE." UNDER THIS GALLING FIRE, THE TWENTY-SIXTH NORTH CAROLINA WAS COMPELLED TO RETIRE WITH THE BRIGADE FROM THIS POINT TO SEMINARY RIDGE.
"THE MEN OF THE TWENTY-SIXTH REGIMENT WOULD
DRESS THEIR COLORS IN SPITE OF THE WORLD."
ERECTED BY THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
1986
∼There are two Monuments to the 26th North Carolina Infantry Regiment at Gettysburg. One is west of town on Meredith Avenue. (Stone & Meredith Avenues tour map) The other is south of town at the Angle. (Hancock Ave. at The Angle tour map) Both were erected in 1985 by the State of North Carolina. They are identical in appearance but have different inscriptions on their tablets.
The 26th North Carolina was commanded at Gettysburg by Colonel Henry K. Burgwyn, Jr. He was killed on July 1st and Captain H.C. Albright took command. The 26th brought 800 men to the field. Five hundred eighty-eight men became casualties during the fighting on July 1st in a brutal battle of mutual annihilation with the 24th Michigan Infantry. The colors were shot down fourteen times. Company E was left with twelve men, all but two lightly wounded, and Company F consisted of a single sergeant, Robert Hudspeth.
During the charge on July 3rd 99 more men were lost. Eight more color bearers were killed or wounded. Sergeant Hudspeth had managed to scrape together a handful of detached men from Company F. They all became casualties.
A dispute has raged ever since between partisans of North Carolina and Virginia over who went farthest on July 3rd. There will probably never be an answer, if one is really needed. But one fact is without question – no regiment on either side at Gettysburg suffered more casualties than the 26th North Carolina.
Main to the 26th North Carolina Infantry at Gettysburg on Meredith Avenue
The Meredith Avenue monument to the 26th North Carolina Infantry is west of Gettysburg on the west side of Meredith Avenue, a continuation of Stone Avenue. It is about 500 yards south of Chambersburg Road (U.S. 30). Stone and Meredith Avenues are one way southbound. (39°50'05.0″N 77°15'16.6″W)
Text on Monument Reads:
TWENTY-SIXTH
NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT
PETTIGREW'S BRIGADE HETH'S DIVISION
HILL'S CORPS
ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA
ALTHOUGH NEARLY DESTROYED DURING ITS SUCCESSFUL ATTACK AGAINST MEREDITH'S IRON BRIGADE ON JULY 1, THE TWENTY-SIXTH NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT JOINED IN THE PETTIGREW-PICKETT CHARGE ON THE AFTERNOON OF JULY 3. ADVANCING UNDER SOLID SHOT, SPHERICAL CASE, CANISTER, AND MUSKETRY THE REGIMENT CHARGED TO WITHIN TEN PACES OF THE STONE WALL IN THEIR FRONT.
THE SCENE WAS DESCRIBED BY AN ARTILLERYMAN OF A RHODE
ISLAND BATTERY: ". . . AS A REGIMENT OF PETTIGREW'S BRIGADE
(THE TWENTY-SIXTH NORTH CAROLINA) WAS CHARGING. . .AND HAD ALMOST REACHED THE WALL JUST IN FRONT OF US, SERGE M.C.ONLEY CRIED OUT . . .'FIRE THAT GUN! PULL! PULL!' THE NO. 4 OBEYED
ORDERS AND THE GAP MADE IN THAT NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT WAS SIMPLY TERRIBLE." UNDER THIS GALLING FIRE, THE TWENTY-SIXTH NORTH CAROLINA WAS COMPELLED TO RETIRE WITH THE BRIGADE FROM THIS POINT TO SEMINARY RIDGE.
"THE MEN OF THE TWENTY-SIXTH REGIMENT WOULD
DRESS THEIR COLORS IN SPITE OF THE WORLD."
ERECTED BY THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
1986
∼There are two Monuments to the 26th North Carolina Infantry Regiment at Gettysburg. One is west of town on Meredith Avenue. (Stone & Meredith Avenues tour map) The other is south of town at the Angle. (Hancock Ave. at The Angle tour map) Both were erected in 1985 by the State of North Carolina. They are identical in appearance but have different inscriptions on their tablets.
The 26th North Carolina was commanded at Gettysburg by Colonel Henry K. Burgwyn, Jr. He was killed on July 1st and Captain H.C. Albright took command. The 26th brought 800 men to the field. Five hundred eighty-eight men became casualties during the fighting on July 1st in a brutal battle of mutual annihilation with the 24th Michigan Infantry. The colors were shot down fourteen times. Company E was left with twelve men, all but two lightly wounded, and Company F consisted of a single sergeant, Robert Hudspeth.
During the charge on July 3rd 99 more men were lost. Eight more color bearers were killed or wounded. Sergeant Hudspeth had managed to scrape together a handful of detached men from Company F. They all became casualties.
A dispute has raged ever since between partisans of North Carolina and Virginia over who went farthest on July 3rd. There will probably never be an answer, if one is really needed. But one fact is without question – no regiment on either side at Gettysburg suffered more casualties than the 26th North Carolina.
Main to the 26th North Carolina Infantry at Gettysburg on Meredith Avenue
The Meredith Avenue monument to the 26th North Carolina Infantry is west of Gettysburg on the west side of Meredith Avenue, a continuation of Stone Avenue. It is about 500 yards south of Chambersburg Road (U.S. 30). Stone and Meredith Avenues are one way southbound. (39°50'05.0″N 77°15'16.6″W)
There are some disagreement over the placement of this monument. Some think that the monument should be about 100 yards to the north of its present position, the reason being that the 26NC colors were recovered by members of the 12th NJ which was positioned near the Bryan Farm, north of the monument's position.
Text on Monument Reads:
TWENTY-SIXTH
NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT
PETTIGREW'S BRIGADE HETH'S DIVISION
HILL'S CORPS
ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA
ALTHOUGH NEARLY DESTROYED DURING ITS SUCCESSFUL ATTACK AGAINST MEREDITH'S IRON BRIGADE ON JULY 1, THE TWENTY-SIXTH NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT JOINED IN THE PETTIGREW-PICKETT CHARGE ON THE AFTERNOON OF JULY 3. ADVANCING UNDER SOLID SHOT, SPHERICAL CASE, CANISTER, AND MUSKETRY THE REGIMENT CHARGED TO WITHIN TEN PACES OF THE STONE WALL IN THEIR FRONT.
THE SCENE WAS DESCRIBED BY AN ARTILLERYMAN OF A RHODE
ISLAND BATTERY: ". . . AS A REGIMENT OF PETTIGREW'S BRIGADE
(THE TWENTY-SIXTH NORTH CAROLINA) WAS CHARGING. . .AND HAD ALMOST REACHED THE WALL JUST IN FRONT OF US, SERGE M.C.ONLEY CRIED OUT . . .'FIRE THAT GUN! PULL! PULL!' THE NO. 4 OBEYED
ORDERS AND THE GAP MADE IN THAT NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT WAS SIMPLY TERRIBLE." UNDER THIS GALLING FIRE, THE TWENTY-SIXTH NORTH CAROLINA WAS COMPELLED TO RETIRE WITH THE BRIGADE FROM THIS POINT TO SEMINARY RIDGE.
"THE MEN OF THE TWENTY-SIXTH REGIMENT WOULD
DRESS THEIR COLORS IN SPITE OF THE WORLD."
ERECTED BY THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
1986
∼There are two Monuments to the 26th North Carolina Infantry Regiment at Gettysburg. One is west of town on Meredith Avenue. (Stone & Meredith Avenues tour map) The other is south of town at the Angle. (Hancock Ave. at The Angle tour map) Both were erected in 1985 by the State of North Carolina. They are identical in appearance but have different inscriptions on their tablets.
The 26th North Carolina was commanded at Gettysburg by Colonel Henry K. Burgwyn, Jr. He was killed on July 1st and Captain H.C. Albright took command. The 26th brought 800 men to the field. Five hundred eighty-eight men became casualties during the fighting on July 1st in a brutal battle of mutual annihilation with the 24th Michigan Infantry. The colors were shot down fourteen times. Company E was left with twelve men, all but two lightly wounded, and Company F consisted of a single sergeant, Robert Hudspeth.
During the charge on July 3rd 99 more men were lost. Eight more color bearers were killed or wounded. Sergeant Hudspeth had managed to scrape together a handful of detached men from Company F. They all became casualties.
A dispute has raged ever since between partisans of North Carolina and Virginia over who went farthest on July 3rd. There will probably never be an answer, if one is really needed. But one fact is without question – no regiment on either side at Gettysburg suffered more casualties than the 26th North Carolina.
Main to the 26th North Carolina Infantry at Gettysburg on Meredith Avenue
The Meredith Avenue monument to the 26th North Carolina Infantry is west of Gettysburg on the west side of Meredith Avenue, a continuation of Stone Avenue. It is about 500 yards south of Chambersburg Road (U.S. 30). Stone and Meredith Avenues are one way southbound. (39°50'05.0″N 77°15'16.6″W)
Text on Monument Reads:
TWENTY-SIXTH
NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT
PETTIGREW'S BRIGADE HETH'S DIVISION
HILL'S CORPS
ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA
ALTHOUGH NEARLY DESTROYED DURING ITS SUCCESSFUL ATTACK AGAINST MEREDITH'S IRON BRIGADE ON JULY 1, THE TWENTY-SIXTH NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT JOINED IN THE PETTIGREW-PICKETT CHARGE ON THE AFTERNOON OF JULY 3. ADVANCING UNDER SOLID SHOT, SPHERICAL CASE, CANISTER, AND MUSKETRY THE REGIMENT CHARGED TO WITHIN TEN PACES OF THE STONE WALL IN THEIR FRONT.
THE SCENE WAS DESCRIBED BY AN ARTILLERYMAN OF A RHODE
ISLAND BATTERY: ". . . AS A REGIMENT OF PETTIGREW'S BRIGADE
(THE TWENTY-SIXTH NORTH CAROLINA) WAS CHARGING. . .AND HAD ALMOST REACHED THE WALL JUST IN FRONT OF US, SERGE M.C.ONLEY CRIED OUT . . .'FIRE THAT GUN! PULL! PULL!' THE NO. 4 OBEYED
ORDERS AND THE GAP MADE IN THAT NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT WAS SIMPLY TERRIBLE." UNDER THIS GALLING FIRE, THE TWENTY-SIXTH NORTH CAROLINA WAS COMPELLED TO RETIRE WITH THE BRIGADE FROM THIS POINT TO SEMINARY RIDGE.
"THE MEN OF THE TWENTY-SIXTH REGIMENT WOULD
DRESS THEIR COLORS IN SPITE OF THE WORLD."
ERECTED BY THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
1986
∼There are two Monuments to the 26th North Carolina Infantry Regiment at Gettysburg. One is west of town on Meredith Avenue. (Stone & Meredith Avenues tour map) The other is south of town at the Angle. (Hancock Ave. at The Angle tour map) Both were erected in 1985 by the State of North Carolina. They are identical in appearance but have different inscriptions on their tablets.
The 26th North Carolina was commanded at Gettysburg by Colonel Henry K. Burgwyn, Jr. He was killed on July 1st and Captain H.C. Albright took command. The 26th brought 800 men to the field. Five hundred eighty-eight men became casualties during the fighting on July 1st in a brutal battle of mutual annihilation with the 24th Michigan Infantry. The colors were shot down fourteen times. Company E was left with twelve men, all but two lightly wounded, and Company F consisted of a single sergeant, Robert Hudspeth.
During the charge on July 3rd 99 more men were lost. Eight more color bearers were killed or wounded. Sergeant Hudspeth had managed to scrape together a handful of detached men from Company F. They all became casualties.
A dispute has raged ever since between partisans of North Carolina and Virginia over who went farthest on July 3rd. There will probably never be an answer, if one is really needed. But one fact is without question – no regiment on either side at Gettysburg suffered more casualties than the 26th North Carolina.
Main to the 26th North Carolina Infantry at Gettysburg on Meredith Avenue
The Meredith Avenue monument to the 26th North Carolina Infantry is west of Gettysburg on the west side of Meredith Avenue, a continuation of Stone Avenue. It is about 500 yards south of Chambersburg Road (U.S. 30). Stone and Meredith Avenues are one way southbound. (39°50'05.0″N 77°15'16.6″W)
Inscription
From the monument on Meredith Avenue
North Carolina
Twenty-Sixth
North Carolina Regiment
Pettigrew's Brigade Heth's Division Hill's Corps
Army of Northern Virginia.
—-
Henry King Burgwyn, Jr.
Colonel
John Thomas Jones Major,
John Randolph Lane Lieutenant Colonel.
Pettigrew's Brigade moved toward Gettysburg early on the morning of July 1 and shortly after noon deployed in line of battle on the ridge 60 yards west of here. The 26th North Carolina stood on the Brigade's left flank, facing these woods and the 24th Michigan of Meredith's Iron Brigade. The order to advance was made about 2:30 p.m. On nearing Willoughby Run the Regiment received a galling fire from the opposite bank. By Maj. Jones account the "fighting was terrible" with the forces "pouring volleys into each other at a distance not greater than 20 paces." After about an hour the Regiment had incurred very heavy losses, Col. Burgwyn had been mortally wounded and Lt. Col. Lane injured. The attack continued until the Union troops fell back through the streets of Gettysburg and took up positions south of town.
On July 9 Brigadier General James Johnston Pettigrew wrote that the Regiment had "Covered itself with glory… It fell to the lot of the 26th to charge one of the strongest positions possible… with a gallantry unsurpassed." Addressing his remarks to Zebulon Baird Vance, who had served as Colonel of the 26th until his election as Governor in August 1862, Pettigrew concluded that "Your old comrades did honor to your association with them, and to the state they represented."
Erected by the State of North Carolina 1985.
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