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Abel G. Peck |  Sgt. Abel G. Peck 24th Michigan Volunteer Infantry          Twenty-Fourth Michigan Infantry Regiment Holding this flag, Abel Peck was the first color bearer of the Twenty-Fourth to die at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. Shot through by twenty-three bullets, its staff splintered, the flag was reduced to the tatter seen here. The regiment fulfilled its vow to protect the flag and it was never surrendered.  |
"From the research of George Porter Woodworth of Milford, Michgian - November, 1991" |
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