28TH MASSACHUSETTS INFANTRY ~ IRISH BRIGADE
Item #: CWB12997
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LADDER BADGE WORN BY A SURVIVING MEMBER OF THE 28TH MASS. INFANTRY, CO.B ~ PIN PRESENT ON REVERSE
Colonel Richard Byrnes commanded the 28th Massachusetts Infantry at the Battle of Gettysburg. It brought 265 men to the field, losing 8 killed, 57 wounded and 35 missing. The 28th and the Irish Brigade were part of Caldwell’s Division sent to support Sickle’s Third Corps that was desperately fighting off Longstreet’s attack on the afternoon of July 2nd. They attacked south from the Trostle Woods across the Wheatfield and into the Rose Woods and the Stony Hill on its west side where the monument stands. The Confederate advance was temporarily halted just as it threatened to overwhelm the entire Union position. But the brigade was flanked by Confederate reinforcements advancing from the Peach Orchard. It was forced to withdraw back across the bloody Wheatfield. Colonel Byrnes carried the regimental colors across the open ground, ordering frequent volleys back into the pursuing Confederates.
Colonel Richard Byrnes commanded the 28th Massachusetts Infantry at the Battle of Gettysburg. It brought 265 men to the field, losing 8 killed, 57 wounded and 35 missing. The 28th and the Irish Brigade were part of Caldwell’s Division sent to support Sickle’s Third Corps that was desperately fighting off Longstreet’s attack on the afternoon of July 2nd. They attacked south from the Trostle Woods across the Wheatfield and into the Rose Woods and the Stony Hill on its west side where the monument stands. The Confederate advance was temporarily halted just as it threatened to overwhelm the entire Union position. But the brigade was flanked by Confederate reinforcements advancing from the Peach Orchard. It was forced to withdraw back across the bloody Wheatfield. Colonel Byrnes carried the regimental colors across the open ground, ordering frequent volleys back into the pursuing Confederates.
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Item # CWB12997
$850.00 USD