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Christmas
Baskets for the needy
Tribute
to Bro. George Washington
On Cemetary Ridge, during Pickett's Charge, Confederate Brigadier General
Lewis A. Armistead and Union Major General Winfield S. Hancock were on the opposite sides
of a fierce battle. Both were Masonic Brothers, who in calmer times had shared Fraternal
ties. As the battle raged, each lay wounded
within a few hundred yards of each other. Armistead's cries for help were heard by several
Brothers in the Union ranks who came to the aid of thier Brother, though a confederate
officer.
Captain Henry Bingham, a Union Aid to Hancock came upon the mortally wounded
Armistead, who asked Bingham to relay a message of regret and convey his personal effects,
including a Masonic watch, to his old friend Hancock. Armistead died two days later
without seeing Hancock. But, his message was received and the spirit of Brotherhood
servived.
