On the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg, the regiment rested near McPherson Ridge. Pettigrew and the surviving officers spent the day working to get the less seriously wounded soldiers back in the ranks.
On July 3rd, the 26th took part in what today is known as Pettigrew/Pickett's Charge against the Union Army's center along Cemetery Ridge. The regiment suffered artillery and small arms casualties during its advance over open field and lost another 120 men and had a flag captured. They lost more than any other regiment, including the entire Company F.
There is some controversy as to whether they penetrated the Union line, but they were among the last to be repelled.
They later fought at the Overland Campaign, the Siege of Petersburg and were at Appomattox.
The Battling 26th. --Old Secesh
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