Larkin Cole, CSA
11th Mississippi Infantry, Co. C "Prairie Rifles"
Pvt.
Wounded and captured at Battle of Gettysburg, July 3rd, 1863 (Gettysburg, PA).
Imprisoned at Ft. Delaware on Pea Patch Island, Del where he died in
confinement.
He is buried at Finns Point National Cemetery, Salem, NJ. His name appears
on the Confederate Monument at Finn's Point.
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11th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry
11th Miss fought in the 4th Brigade (Brig. Gen. JOSEPH R. DAVIS)/ HETH'S DIVISION/ 3rd Army Corps (Lt. Gen. AP HILL) under Col. F. M. Green at Gettysburg. Cole was probably captured after "Picket's Charge".
Except from 11th
Mississippi Infantry, A
Brief History by
Stephen R. Davis
The 11th
Mississippi was in the front line of assault. The attack was made by
Pickett’s, Pettigrew’s, and Trimble’s Divisions, but is generally known
only as "Pickett’s Charge." Davis’ Brigade was the second leftmost
in the attack, but when the brigade to its left faltered, it became the left
flank of the attack. The 11th Mississippi was leftmost in the brigade, and thus
presented its open flank to Federal artillery and infantry fire. Casualties were
horrific.
In a valiant and futile last charge, the 11th Mississippi reached the stone wall at Gettysburg, behind which were Federal soldiers four ranks deep. The colors of the regiment, and many of its men, were captured there at the wall. Others, the wounded and the few not wounded, felt their way back across the deadly mile they had just crossed. The 11th Mississippi had lost 103 killed, 166 wounded, and 41 captured. There were only 40 men left unwounded.