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“Too Brave a Man to Live”: The Life and Death of Eliakim Sherrill, Colonel of the 126th New York

  • Saturday, March 1 at 3:00 PM

  • National Museum of Civil War Medicine

    48 E. Patrick Street
    Frederick, MD 21705

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    301-695-1864 x1009
    $

Join the National Museum of Civil War Medicine for their Saturday Speaker Series! Preservationist, collector, and past Interim President and CEO of the Gettysburg Foundation David Malgee will share some of his special artifacts and tell the story of Colonel Eliakim Sherrill. A Confederate bullet struck down and mortally wounded Sherrill while he was defending against Pickett’s Charge on July 3, 1863, during the Battle of Gettysburg.

Malgee has spent years researching Eliakim Sherrill, the colonel of the 126th New York Infantry. Sherrill and his regiment were captured at Harpers Ferry, but back in the Army of the Potomac in time to fight at Gettysburg. After helping to lead a dramatic charge on July 2, 1863, Sherrill received a mortal wound during Pickett’s Charge. 

This event is free with museum admission.