160 years ago today, July 3, 1863, Pickett's Charge ended after less than an hour with more than 8,000 casualties—6,555 Confederate and about 1,500 Union. The long list of killed, wounded and captured on the Southern side left a void from which the Army of Northern Virginia did not recover. It also impacted uncounted numbers of families and friends back home. I want to tell you about one of those casualties, 2nd Lt. John Vermillion of the 9th Virginia Infantry, and his Company I.

Read Vermillion's profile and other stories in "Gettysburg’s Honored Dead, Haunted Survivors" with an introduction by Harold Holzer: https://www.militaryimagesmagazine-di...

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Image: Paul Russinoff Collection.