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It was a race against time and an approaching enemy battle line as the Colonel rushed his brigade up the slopes of a small hill, a vital position on the left flank of his army. Arriving just minutes before the enemy battle line, he began positioning his brigade, brandishing a gift given him by his wife. Seeing one of his regiments showing signs of yielding to pressure from the enemy attack, he mounted a boulder and admonished his men "Don't give an inch !".
Shortly after giving this order, he was knocked off the boulder by a bullet wound to the groin and thigh. As he was being carried from the field to a small farmhouse nearby being used as a hospital, he commented "This is the fourth or fifth time they have shot at me, and they have hit me at last."
His wound would prove mortal, and he died at the farmhouse on July 7, 1863, while weakly muttering The Lord's Prayer. The Colonel was gone, but his boys held the position; it was never taken.
Question 1: Who was the Colonel ?
Question 2: At what battle did the Colonel receive his mortal wound ?
Question 3: What was the gift from his wife that he was brandishing ?
credit: @warbird43
Shortly after giving this order, he was knocked off the boulder by a bullet wound to the groin and thigh. As he was being carried from the field to a small farmhouse nearby being used as a hospital, he commented "This is the fourth or fifth time they have shot at me, and they have hit me at last."
His wound would prove mortal, and he died at the farmhouse on July 7, 1863, while weakly muttering The Lord's Prayer. The Colonel was gone, but his boys held the position; it was never taken.
Question 1: Who was the Colonel ?
Question 2: At what battle did the Colonel receive his mortal wound ?
Question 3: What was the gift from his wife that he was brandishing ?
credit: @warbird43
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