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| In 2011, I shot this image of A.L. Coble's name and regiment carved into a Gettysburg boulder. |
Years ago, a local old-timer -- a volunteer battlefield guide -- showed me this spot, one of many on the field where soldiers left their mark. As he was walking through this area once, the guide told me he spied what he suspected were relic hunters. Instead it was a couple looking for the Coble carving. They said they were direct descendants of the North Carolina soldier, whose last name is pronounced COH-bull.
I’m pretty sure that my husband and I are that N.C. couple! My husband is the direct descendant of AL Coble and you are correct, our understanding is that his son did the carving during a veteran’s event much later, when Augustus was in his 70s or older (he was 84 when he passed). We were there around 2012 and a guide took us straight to the rock after we asked, as well as made copies of all the info they had on him for us.
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