Post by Lawtonka on Apr 22, 2006 9:55:21 GMT -6
My favorite markers on the field are the ones that identify individual soldiers. I love to review the notes as I stand over them on the field. It brings life into the experience.
This particular soldier, Private Julien D. Jones was a member of Company H.
Charles Windolph had this to say, "My buddy, a young fellow named Jones, who hailed from Milwaukee, was lying alongside of me [on Reno Hill]. Together we had scooped out a wide shallow trench and piled up dirt to make a little breastwork in front of us. It was plumb light now and sharpshooters on the knob of a hill South of us and maybe a thousand yards away, were taking pot shots at us. Jones said something about taking off his overcoat, and he started to roll on his side sot that he could get his arms and shoulders out, without exposing himself to fire. Suddenly I heard him cry out. He had been shot through the heart" (from Men With Custer, edited by Ron Nichols)