Left: In camp at Pitzers Woods
Below: Setting out on a 5-mile march
across the battlefield Saturday morning
First stop, the Peach Orchard
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Dinner time at the Wheatfield
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Evening ceremony at McPherson's Ridge,
site of the 1st Day charge of the 26th NC
The band plays Moravian hymns as the names of the soldiers in
Co. E are read. Members of the 26th NC answered the roll call
with "Present," "Killed," "Wounded," or "Captured," as the
names were called.
Left: Sunday morning breakfast was followed by
church service in the amphitheatre at Pitzers Woods
Below: What a beautiful morning for some more
marching!
At the North Carolina monument, the 26th NC Regimental Band plays The Old North State
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Recreating the Pickett/Pettigrew charge
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Above left: Descendants of the original 26th NC color guard carry the flag to the wall.
Above right: The troops
Below: The band plays Dixie
"Carry Me Back to Old Virginny" at the VA monument