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"Ned Hector"
Original Oil 18"x24"
-price on request
Attached to Proctor's artillery,
Ned Hector was a free black man listed on the
muster roles as a Bombadier in the 3rd Pensylvania
Artillery. He served as a wagoner, and was in
charge odf a team of horses and a wagon for munitions
and suoolies. When his position was about to be
overrun, he was to to "abandon your wagon
to the enemy and save yourself by flight".
Ned was said to have replied, " The enemy
shall not have my team...I shall save my horses
and myself. " While he withdrew, he calmly
collected much needed abandonded arms and munitions,
and safely retired from the field.
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