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    Tragic Redemption

    Jul 05, 2022 4 minutes
    By D. Scott Hartwig

    TRACKING DOWN OBSCURE monuments is a popular activity for those who enjoy tramping Gettysburg’s fields. One of the least visited in the heart of the battlefield is the simple four-foot granite monument marking the approximate location where Colonel George Willard—commanding the 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Corps of the Army of the Potomac—was killed on July 2, 1863. It was erected in 1888 by survivors of the 125th New York, the regiment Willard commanded before assuming brigade command.

    The reason this monument is so seldom visited is twofold; Willard is a relative unknown and it requires a hike of several hundred yards across an uneven meadow to

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