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Colonel B.D. Fry at Battle of Gettysburg AL235 |
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 Picture Courtesy of Garry Thompson
 Picture Courtesy of Garry Thompson
July 1, 1863; Fry placed in command of Archer's Brigade of Alabama and Tennessee troops following Archer's capture. His brigade was on the right of Pettigrew's Division and to the left of Pickett's, the brigade of direction for the assault across the field on July 3. Bravely leading his brigade up Cemetery Ridge under galling artillery and small-arms fire, he was wounded in the shoulder and thigh before being captured by the Federals. His troops reached the stone wall where his regimental color bearer stabbed an enemy soldier with his flag staff. Paroled in ‘64 and promoted, he served until War's end.
Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce
Alabama Historic Association - 1994
In Oakwood Cemetery Montgomery County Alabama
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