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ID: I10523 Name: Harrison AMBROSE Sex: M Birth: 15 JUN 1839 in Pennsylvania 1 Death: 16 SEP 1863 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Note: General Robert E. Lee ordered a frontal assault on the center of the Union line at Gettysburg, which stretched from Cemetery Hill to Little Round Top, on July 3rd. By early evening, the Confederate brigades involved in the assault had suffered up to 50% casualties and it was clear that the attack had failed. Lee gave the order to withdraw. Harrison was wounded on July 4th in what must have been a rear action skirmish as the Confederate troops retreated. He succumbed to his wounds 74 days later. He is buried in the ring of honor in the Gettysburg National Cemetery in the Indiana section. 1 Baptism: Brant's Church, Ligonier Twp., Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania DSCR: Photo source: Ronald Ringhand Note: Father: John Walker AMBROSE b: 21 JUL 1798 in Ligonier Twp., Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Mother: Salome "Sally" KNABLE b: ABT 1804 in Milford Twp., Bedford (now Somerset) County, Pennsylvania Sources: Title: Mary E. Ambrose, Ancestors and Descendants of Amos Ambrose and Mary Brough, of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania: Self, 1996)

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