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I'm sure that a lot of you all have heard of Lt. Charles Hazlett from Battery D, 5th US Artillery. For those who haven't, he is most notable for being in charge of the battery of 10 pdrs. that were willed to the top of Little Round Top by hand to hold off Longstreet's advance. He was killed on the summit of the hill on July 2nd while leaning over General Stephen Weed to hear his dying words. After his death a soldier from his battery said of Lt Hazlett,"He was one of the bravest and best officers I ever served under. He always called us his boys."
Charles was a member of the famed West Point Class of 1861 and was in all of the major battles in the east up to Gettysburg.
Additionally, Charles had an older brother, Captain John Hazlett from the 2nd Ohio Infantry. John was wounded severely at Stones River and subsequently died of his wound three weeks before his brother Charles' passing.
Both of these heroes are buried in my hometown of Zanesville, Ohio within 10 feet from one another. Their gravestones were once elaborate monuments to their service, but they are now virtually unreadable and each are broken into three pieces. Sadly, very few in my community either know or care about these two distinguished vetrans. I am a member of a non profit group of four people that are working very hard to replace these stones. We have been trying to raise the funds for the last four years and are close to achieving our goal. A local bronze sculptor has graciously made bronze castings from the original stones and re-sculpted the ornate artwork and the wording at his cost. These castings are exact replications of the original stones that will be mounted on granite bases similar to those found at many battlefields.
The problem at this point is that we are running out of ideas for finding the remaining money to purchase the granite. Asking for donations is definently not one of my strong points and I understand that these are very hard economic times, but I thought that some of you may share an interest in this project. If anyone has any ideas to help us complete our project or would like to help us out at the re-dedication, ceremony, please contact me.
Thank You,
Adam Dickerson
Proud Member of the Muskingum County Civil War Association
I'm sure that a lot of you all have heard of Lt. Charles Hazlett from Battery D, 5th US Artillery. For those who haven't, he is most notable for being in charge of the battery of 10 pdrs. that were willed to the top of Little Round Top by hand to hold off Longstreet's advance. He was killed on the summit of the hill on July 2nd while leaning over General Stephen Weed to hear his dying words. After his death a soldier from his battery said of Lt Hazlett,"He was one of the bravest and best officers I ever served under. He always called us his boys."
Charles was a member of the famed West Point Class of 1861 and was in all of the major battles in the east up to Gettysburg.
Additionally, Charles had an older brother, Captain John Hazlett from the 2nd Ohio Infantry. John was wounded severely at Stones River and subsequently died of his wound three weeks before his brother Charles' passing.
Both of these heroes are buried in my hometown of Zanesville, Ohio within 10 feet from one another. Their gravestones were once elaborate monuments to their service, but they are now virtually unreadable and each are broken into three pieces. Sadly, very few in my community either know or care about these two distinguished vetrans. I am a member of a non profit group of four people that are working very hard to replace these stones. We have been trying to raise the funds for the last four years and are close to achieving our goal. A local bronze sculptor has graciously made bronze castings from the original stones and re-sculpted the ornate artwork and the wording at his cost. These castings are exact replications of the original stones that will be mounted on granite bases similar to those found at many battlefields.
The problem at this point is that we are running out of ideas for finding the remaining money to purchase the granite. Asking for donations is definently not one of my strong points and I understand that these are very hard economic times, but I thought that some of you may share an interest in this project. If anyone has any ideas to help us complete our project or would like to help us out at the re-dedication, ceremony, please contact me.
Thank You,
Adam Dickerson
Proud Member of the Muskingum County Civil War Association
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