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Jim, if you are working on a roster, here are some men of the 50th whose names appear on the Florida pension applications webpage as having been at Gettysburg in early July 1863:

--Merriman, George Henry, Co. K, enl. March 1862, wounded 3 July 1863 by a shell fragment in his left lung causing hemorrhage and difficult respiration.
--Centerfeit, Levi, Co. D, b. 19 Oct 1836, Lexington Co., SC, enl. 5 March 1862, wounded 3 July 1863 by some kind of shot supposed to be grape shot that tore his left arm off just below the elbow. In this battle or an earlier battle he also received a gunshot wound in the same arm below the elbow. d. 24 Nov 1921.
--Walker, Henry Clay, Co. D, b. 19 Sep 1844 Lowdens Co. Ga (Valdosta). Wounded 2 July 1863 in right foot by a shell piece which fractured the bone and severed the veins. d. 18 June 1913 in Gillett, Manatee Co., Fl.
--Hall, Fleming J., Co. G, enl. Savannah, shot in hip by minie ball.
--Hersey, William R., Co. B, enl. Apr 1862, killed 3 July 1863.
--Lot, Townsend, Co. H, enl. 4 Mar 1862, wounded left arm 2 July 1863 when serving as 1st Lt., minie ball about halfway between hand and elbow, severing the sinews and muscles. d. 26 Oct 1898.
--Parramore, H. J., Assistant Surgeon.
--Bailey, Thomas R., Co. F, b. 3 Mar 1834 Sumter Co. Ga, resided in Citrus Co., Fl since 1882, enl. 4 Mar 1862 in Bainbridge, Ga. Wounded left side (gunshot) and right shoulder.
--Stephens, Jesse K., b. 7 Apr 1833 Liberty Co., Ga, wound destroyed part of bone around eye, lost sight in left eye; wounded over left eye and left temple by shell explosion, struck skull about 3/4" above left eye shattering bones for about three inches. Enl. Quitman Co. Ga.
--Bedford, Peter B., Co. B, enl. 2 Apr 1862 Warsboro, Ga. Disabled by loss of foot; about sundown 3 or 4 July 1863 he was struck by a minie on his right ankle joint. d. 15 May 1909.

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