Gettysburg Battlefield - Bvt. Maj. Gen. Charles H. Collis is a photograph by Cindy Treger which was uploaded on September 25th, 2018.
Gettysburg Battlefield - Bvt. Maj. Gen. Charles H. Collis
Photographic artwork by Cindy Treger. Photographed at the Gettysburg Battlefield in Gettysburg, PA. Irish-born Bvt. Maj. Gen. Charles H. Collis... more
by Cindy Treger
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Gettysburg Battlefield - Bvt. Maj. Gen. Charles H. Collis
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Cindy Treger
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Photograph - Photo
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Photographic artwork by Cindy Treger. Photographed at the Gettysburg Battlefield in Gettysburg, PA. Irish-born Bvt. Maj. Gen. Charles H. Collis earned the Medal of Honor at Fredericksburg and was wounded at Chancellorsville, He didn't fight at Gettysburg because at the time he had typhoid fever. He moved to Gettysburg after the war and his house still stands on West Confederate Avenue. His monument was dedicated in 1906.
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September 25th, 2018
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Kathryn Jones
Fantastic details! Typhoid fever would run rampant in the sort of conditions that the soldiers were living under.
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