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Confederate soldiers reenact Pickett’s Charge during the recent 150th anniversary events at Gettysburg to commemorate the pivotal Civil War battle that was fought there July 1-3, 1863.
History remembered,
By Alan Hodge
Special to The Herald
Editors note: Alan Hodge
is the editor of our sister
paper, the Banner News.
Here is a note from Alan
on the event: “I just got back
from taking part in the 150th
anniversary reenactment of
the Battle of Gettysburg. It
was awesome, emotional,
. and eye-opening regarding
the state of the nation in
1863 and today.
My own ancestor Henry
Conrad from Catawba
County was in the ‘real’ Bat-
tle of Gettysburg with the
‘original’ 28th NC and so
when I was invited to fight in
the reenactment with Brian
and Joey's group it made it
all the more special.
During the Pickett’s
Charge portion of the reen-
actment I even carried a
copy of a photo of Henry in
uniform taken circa 1863
when he was 18-years-old.
He survived Gettysburg only
to be killed near Petersburg
in 1864.7
When most guys, go, on
vacation its usually to a
place they can relax, work
on a suntan, and maybe sip a
brewski. For brothers Brian
and Joey Duckworth of
Stanley, their recent summer
adventure involved putting
‘on grey wool uniforms, tak-
ing up muskets, and follow-
ing in the footsteps of their
great-great grandfather,
Richard Alexander Mc-
Corkle, to Gettysburg, Penn-
sylvania where he had
fought in the Civil War battle
there July 1-3, 1863 as a
member of the 52nd NC
Regiment, and where they
took part in the 150th an-
niversary reenactment events
commemorating that pivotal
engagement.
The Duckworths, mem-
bers of the 28th Regiment
North Carolina Troops,
joined over 10,000 other
reenactors portraying Con-
federate and Union soldiers,
as well as 19th century civil-
ians, who converged on Get-
tysburg from every state and
16 foreign nations to relive
history during the week of
Julyl1-7. The Gettysburg Vis-
itors Bureau estimated
200,000; folks converged on _ 4
the town during that same
Odaniel charged in
train, vehicle crash
Dylan Colt Odaniel, 20,
121 Odaniel Drive in Dallas,
is a lucky man.
He drove around a rail-
road gate at 3:53 a.m. July
10 and walked away from
the crash of his Lexus sedan
and an Amtrak train just out-
side Kings Mountainon J. E.
Herndon Access Road in
Gaston County.
The train was carrying
250 passengers. .
No one was hurt, but the
N. C. Highway Patrol said
that the crash caused so
much damage that the first
engine of the train will be
taken out of service. The
train was reportedly travel-
ing 55 mph and did not de-
rail, according to Highway
Patrol troopers. Tryonata
Fire. Department also re-
sponded to the crash.
Odaniel was charged with
reckless driving and failing
to stop for a railroad gate.
His 2004 Lexus appeared to
be totaled. Traffic near the
intersection of Hwy. 161 was
closed for several hours.
It has been a year since a
car collided with a train on a
Kings Mountain area rail-
road track. Last summer city .
council closed the crossing
at Battleground and Oak
Street and put barriers up at
the Gold Street crossing. The
recent crashes at downtown
tracks were the result of
truck drivers not heeding “do
not cross” signs posted at the
Gold, . Battleground, Oak
street crossings.
City officials are working
with the N.C. Department of
Transportation, engineers,
and railroad officials in an
ongoing traffic safety study.
E.coli suit filed
BESSEMER CITY — The
family of two-year-old Gage
Lefevers has filed a lawsuit
against the Cleveland
County Fair and Tennessee-
based Circle G Ranch asking
for damages after the death
of the boy in an E.coli break-
out.
The youngster died last
October. He was one of over
100 people who got sick
after visiting the 2012 fair.
Circle G ranch operated
the petting zoo where his
parents, Josh and Jessica
Lefevers, said the child fed
and touched the animals, ac-
cording to the suit filed in
Gaston County. The case is
among multiple E. coli cases
pending in Gaston Superior
Court lodged against the fair
association and ranch.
State and Cleveland
County health officials have
_ said the petting zoo was the
source of the E.coli out-
break. County fair officials
have said warnings were
posted to patrons during the
fair stating it would not be li-
able for injury or death re-
lated to agritourism. The suit
states that the family at-
tempted to wash the boy’s
hands upon leaving the ex-
hibit area but the hand-wash
station was out of soap.’
period to see and hear lec-
tures, tours, and living his-
tory events associated with
the 150th anniversary of the
battle.
“We have been planning
for this event ever since we
started reenacting,” Brian
said.
Joey started in 2010 (after I
dragged him along). I even
let my beard get especially
long and it turned red, possi-
bly from my McCorkle
genes.”
Just as in 1863, the
weather during the reenact-
ment week was muggy with
temperatures around 90 de-
grees and everyone felt it.
“It was hot, but being
used to good old North Car-
“I started in 2009 and
relived at Gettysburg
olina humidity we braved the
heat as best we could in our
wool uniforms,” Brian said.
“The heat played heavy on
many of the reenactors, but
in a sense, I felt like I had
lost some of my comrades in
arms and this was my first
feeling immersed in this
event.”
During the battle reen-
actments, Brian received a
special assignment.
“Our Major informed us
that the final battle on Sun-
day, Pickett’s Charge, called
for a hand-picked company
of 100 men,” he said.
“These men would be the
best from all of the Confed-
erate ranks represented dur-
ing the weekend and would
portray General Lewis
Armistead’s men who went
over the wall at Gettysburg
during the final charge on
July 3, 1863. Standing in si-
lence they began to pick
NCO’s or officers from our
group and my name was
drawn to be a corporal of this
company. Again, I fought
back tears as I knew I had a
very important assignment to
carry out. What a great
honor it was to be chosen
from among my friends to
represent these men who
went before us in this great
charge. The assignment
weighed on me that night,
but I was greeted to a beauti-
ful sunrise the next morning
and knew I would do my
best to make my great-great
grandpa proud.”
Brian described the real-
istic action of the Pickett’s
Charge scenario that was
played out in front of 50,000
spectators on Sunday, July 7.
“The artillery barrage
began and I gathered can-
teens and filled them up for
my comrades for one last
rest before we prepared for
the assault,” he said. “Our
company went forward be-
hind the other units repre-
senting Pickett’s Virginians
with Lewis Armistead as our
general. We obliqued or
marched at a left 45 degree
angle several times. Joey
See GETTYSBURG,
Candidate filing ends Friday
Candidate filing for the
fall elections in Cleveland
County ends Friday at noon
at the Board of Elections,
215 Patton Drive, Shelby.
‘As of Tuésday morning
36, people had filed for of-
fices open in 14 municipali-
ties and on the board of
education and water board.
No one had filed in the
Town of Grover for three
seats open on the board.
Four seats are up on the
board of education. All four
incumbents have filed for re-
election.
The candidate list to date:
Town of Boiling Springs:
Max Hamrick, mayor,
William K. Elliott, James L.
Beason Jr. and Clifton W.
Philbeck for commissioner.
..Town...of Casar:..Scott
White and Tommy McNeilly
for commissioner and Eddie
Walker for mayor.
Town of Earl: Patti Ellis
Norman for commissioner
and Max Hopper for mayor.
Town of Fallston: Doris
Weaver and Bill Herndon for
council.
Town of Grover: no can-
didate has filed for the threes
commissioner seats up for
grabs.
City of Kings Mounting
Mike Butler, Ward II;
Tommy Hawkins and Jerry
Mullinax, Ward 3, and Dean
Spears and Curtis Pressley,
At Large.
Town of Kingstown:
Sharon Martin and David
Lattimore for mayor and
Tammy Regina Briscoe
Spikes, James E. Wilson and
Horace Jefferies for commis-
sioner.
Lattimore:
Wince, alderman.
No one has filed in the
towns of Lawndale and
Mooresboro
Patterson Springs: Randy
Biggers Carothers and Lee
Van Canipe for commission-
ers.
Carolyn
Town of Polkville:
Harold Terry for commis-
sioner.
City of Shelby: ‘Kevin
Ward 5.
Town of Waco: Judy
Thompson, alderman.
Cleveland County Water
Allen, Ward 5, and Neil ¢ Board: Don; Melton, John
Blanton 4nd Dennis Bailey,
Taylor, Amy Bridges, com-
missioners.
Cleveland County board
of Education: Kathy B. Falls,
Phillip B. Glover, George
Litton and S. Dale Oliver.
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