Somewhere near this photo, possibly right where I was
standing, is the ground that the 6th North Carolina State Troops charged over
on July 21, 1861. Bee's brigade had been rushed to the field on the cars, and,
according to Capt. Neill Ray after the war, as they neared the field, "we
began to meet wounded men--we saw blood--the war was a reality... We were led
on, avoiding exposed places so as to keep out of sight of the enemy, until we
were brought up in front of what is known as the 'Henry House,' near which a
battery was posted... It was but a short time... before these guns were
silenced and captured." But in those few minutes Colonel Fisher and many
others had been killed. The regiment had received its baptism of blood."
I took this photo in May 2010.
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