Gettysburg, July 1, 1863
The color bearer for the 151st, Sgt. Adam Heilman, a clerk from Reading, was badly wounded while carrying the state colors. A bullet struck his arm, another hit him in the chest, while yet another passed through his cap.
(Source - 151st Pennsylvania Volunteers, With Five Berks Companies, Write History at Gettysburg
By Kerry Lanza)
(courtesy Find A Grave contributor Berks-Dauphin Roots)
Gettysburg, July 1, 1863
The color bearer for the 151st, Sgt. Adam Heilman, a clerk from Reading, was badly wounded while carrying the state colors. A bullet struck his arm, another hit him in the chest, while yet another passed through his cap.
(Source - 151st Pennsylvania Volunteers, With Five Berks Companies, Write History at Gettysburg
By Kerry Lanza)
(courtesy Find A Grave contributor Berks-Dauphin Roots)
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