Captain Romulus Morrison Tuttle, Company F, 26th North Carolina

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Brev. Brig. Gen'l
Honored Fallen Comrade
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Dec 3, 2011
Location
Laurinburg NC
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"Captain Romulus Morrison Tuttle, Company F, 26th North Carolina famous as having commanded a company which at the battle of Gettysburg, out of 91 rank and file taken into action, had every man killed or wounded, himself among the number (wounded); was born in Lenoir, Caldwell County, N.C., 1 December, 1842, and left school in July, 1861, to join the army; was successively Orderly Sergeant, First Lieutenant, and Capta...in of Company F, Twenty-sixth North Carolina Regiment.

Was wounded four times in the four years service, viz: At Gettysburg, 1 July, 1863, right limb seriously fractured below the knee, which has never gotten entirely well; at the Wilderness, 5 May, 1864, centrally in the breast by minnie ball, a flesh wound only - here his company lost 19 out of 26 men taken into action; west of Petersburg by a four-ounce canister ball in the left breast, causing an ugly contusion and great suffering; and on 30 September, 1864, on the Squirrel Level road, south of Petersburg, in the left forearm by minnie ball, shattering the larger bone and necessitating a resection of three or four inches...

After the war this battle scarred veteran, but mere youth in years, returned to college to complete his education, and in June, 1869, graduated at Davidson College, N.C."

Assistant Surgeon George C. Underwood - 26th North Carolina
 
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