One of the hardest hit Confederate regiments in Pickett's Charge was the 18th Virginia Infantry. Casualties included one of its best captains, Zachariah Angel Blanton. Severely wounded, he reportedly spent three days and nights on the battlefield before Union soldiers captured him. Here's Blanton's Gettysburg story.

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