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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