Taylorsville in Alexander County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Picket's Charge

Photographed by Tom Bosse, September 6, 2020

1. Picket's Charge Marker

Inscription. At 2:00 o'clock p.m. the belch and roar of this Jones six-pounder ceased and out of the grove on Seminary Ridge, Gettysburg, marched the bravest body of infantry that ever careered the fields of battle, to hurl itself against the Union batteries on Cemetery Ridge, only to be annihilated in a blaze of glory that will glow undimmed throughout the rolling flood of endless ages.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.

Location. 35° 55.359′ N, 81° 10.534′ W. Memorial is in Taylorsville, North Carolina, in Alexander County. It is at the intersection of West Main Avenue (State Highway 90) and South Center Street (County Highway 1605), on the left when traveling west on West Main Avenue. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Taylorsville NC 28681, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in North Carolina’s Piedmont.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North

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America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Confederate Monument (here, next to this marker); The Bell (within shouting distance of this marker); Alexander County Veterans Memorial Bell Tower (within shouting distance of this marker); Alexander County Veterans Memorial - Korea & Viet Nam (within shouting distance of this marker); Alexander County Veterans Memorial - World Wars I & II (within shouting distance of this marker); The Charters of Freedom (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Hiddenite (approx. 4.3 miles away); Brantley York (approx. 4½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Taylorsville.

Also see . . . Pickett's Charge. (Submitted on September 27, 2020, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee.)

Photographed by Tom Bosse, September 6, 2020

2. Picket's Charge Marker

Marker is located at the base of the cannon.

Credits. This page was last revised on September 27, 2020. It was originally submitted on September 27, 2020. This page has been viewed 446 times since then and 16 times this year. Last updated on September 27, 2020, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 27, 2020, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.