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Monday, November 12, 2012

Person County Museum (GASP)


When I visited the Person County Museum (who knew we had a museum, right?), each of the journalism students were told to pick a person that they found interesting. For me, Captain Edward Fletcher Satterfield caught my attention. First of all, because I had never heard of him before, and who doesn’t love to learn about someone who you don’t know? It turns out that Captain Satterfield led a pretty boring life until he fought in the civil war.
Captain Edward Fletcher Satterfield was just being his senior year of college at the University of North Carolina when the Civil War began. He was a soldier in the 55th North Carolina Infantry. Satterfield was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant on May 10, 1861. Satterfield died on July 3, 1863, during the battle of Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg in Pennsylvania. He was shot right as he was approaching the Union line just south of the Bryan Buildings. There is a monument dedicated in his honor, on the court house lawn in Roxboro. Satterfield’s body was never recovered; however he will always be remembered as the man who carried the Confederate Flag furthest during that great battle.
Through my visit to the Person County Museum, I learned about the life and journey of Captain Satterfield. An interesting man, and had I not been to our museum I would have never known of his existence; which I think is pretty sad. He was a cool guy, an important guy. However, no one knows of him or his accomplishment because they don’t venture to the Person County Museum. I think as a Person County citizen, you should at least venture to our museum and see the history of our county. This man carried a flag, who knows what others did? 

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