RARE CIVIL WAR ERA NAMED SOLDIER\'S BOXED DOMINO GAME SET - WOUNDED AT GETTYSBURG
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RARE CIVIL WAR ERA NAMED SOLDIER\'S BOXED DOMINO GAME SET - WOUNDED AT GETTYSBURG:
$392.00
RARE CIVIL WAR ERA NAMED SOLDIER\'S WOODEN BOXED DOMINO GAMING SET - COMPLETE SET WITH 28 BONE / EBONY WOOD DOMINO\'S - WOUNDED AT GETTYSBURG-T LAMBERT -72ND PENN VOL INFANTRY-WOUNDED JULY 3RD 1863 -ETCHED INTO THE WOOD ON THE BOX TOP IS 72 PVI -T LAMBERT- MEASURES 7 1/2\" BY 2 1/2\" BY 2 3/4\" -GREAT PERSONAL CAMP ITEM OF T LAMBERT- RESEARCHSHOWS THOMAS LAMBERT AGE 20 -A FARMER AND RESIDENCE OF PHILADELPHIA ENLISTED IN COMPANY C OF THE 72ND PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY ON AUG 10TH -1861IN WHAT FOR BE CALLED THE PHILADELPHIABRIGADE- THEIRUNIFORMS WOULD BE IN THE ZOUAVE STYLE - THEY WOULD SEE FIGHTING A BALL\'S BLUFF- MALVERN HILL- THE SEVEN DAYS BATTLE IN THE PENINSULA CAMPAIGN - SOUTH MOUNTAIN - IN THE WEST WOOD AT ANTIETAM -AT GETTYSBURG ,THOMAS WOULD BE WITH A REST OF THE UNIT WHEN THEY MOVED OVER A STONE WALL TO HELP DEFEAT CONFEDERATE GENERAL WRIGHT\'S ATTACK ON JULY 2ND- THEY THEN MOVED BACK TO THE ANGLE IN THE STONE WALL NEAR A COPSE OF TREES IN THE CENTER OF THE UNION LINE - A LITTLE BACK FROM THE WALL AS BRIGADE RESERVE-LITTLE DID THEY KNOW THIS WOULD BE THE FOCAL POINT FOR 12500 CONFEDERATE IN PICKETT\'S CHARGE ON JULY 3RD- THE 72ND WOULD BECOME THE LEFT WING RALLYING POINT FOR THE FORCED BACK 71ST AND TWO COMPANIES OF THE 106TH PENN-FINALLY COUNTERATTACKING THE CONFEDERATES AT THE HIGH WATER MARK- THOMAS WOULD BE SEVERELY WOUNDED IN THE RIGHT ARM - IT WOULD BE AMPUTATED- SADLY HE WOULD DIE IN A PHILADELPHIA- AT MOWER HOSPITAL ON AUG 17TH 1863 -TWO YEARS AFTER ENLISTING - OF THE 1600 SOLDIERS WHO WOULD SERVICE IN THE 72ND -1053 WOULD BE CASUALTIES- 65 PERCENT -ALMOST 90 PERCENTOF THEY WOULD BE FROM BATTLEFIELD WOUNDS RATHER THAN DISEASE -WHICH WAS THE BIG KILLER IN THE WAR-THEIR MONUMENT CAN BE SEEN STILL NEAR THE TREES WITH A ZOUAVE SWINGING HIS MUSKET DEFENDING THE WALL - VERY RARE RELIC AND COLLECTIBLE
RARE CIVIL WAR ERA NAMED SOLDIER\'S BOXED DOMINO GAME SET - WOUNDED AT GETTYSBURG:
$392.00