Storming the Fort

Storming the Fort (HMN7O)

Location: Richmond, VA 23231
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Country: United States of America
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N 37° 25.579', W 77° 22.45'

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... The men nobly responded to their officers' call and pour over the edge of the ditch into the dry moat, and then, scrambling up the bank, some on hands and knees, some stepping on their bayonets thrust into the clay, some on each other's shoulders, the blue column mounts the parapet, lingers a moment in a fierce blaze of musketry on its crest, and finally overflowing all barriers, pushes across the parade ground...
William S. Hubbell, 21st Connecticut Infantry

Captain Cecil Clay commanded the 58th Pennsylvania Infantry during the September 29, 1864 assault. Seizing a flag, the 22-year-old Clay scaled the wall of Fort Harrison and stood atop the parapet waving the banner until felled by severe wounds. For his streme gallantry at Fort Harrison, Clay received the Medal of Honor in 1892.
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Date Added Tuesday, September 16th, 2014 at 1:46am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 289925 N 4144812
Decimal Degrees37.42631667, -77.37416667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 37° 25.579', W 77° 22.45'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds37° 25' 34.74" N, 77° 22' 27.00" W
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Area Code(s)804
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 8761 Battlefield Park Rd, Richmond VA 23231, US
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