A Memorial by Soldiers for Their Fallen Comrades
On April 24, 1863, during an evening dress parade in the camp of the 58th Indiana Infantry near Murfreesboro, Tenn., Lt. Col. James T. Embree made an offer: “To raise
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“‘Died at Gettysburg!’ No Prouder Epitaph Need Any Man Covet.”: The Tragedy of Capt. Richard Wistar Davids of the 118th Pennsylvania Infantry
By Charles T. Joyce Visitors to the Gettysburg National Military Park encounter stone sentinels of all shapes and sizes. One of them, an austere granite marker on the north side