A lithograph published in Harper's Weekly in May 1863 depicts the 6th Maine Infantry Regiment capturing Confederate defenses atop Marye's Heights at Fredericksburg, Va. on Sunday, May 3, 1863. The regiment's commander, Lt. Col. Benjamin Harris, holds the 6th Maine's flag aloft by its broken pole. At his feet lies Color Sgt. John Gray, who carried the flag during the 300-yard charge made by the regiment. Just as he reached the Confederate positions, Gray was struck in the head and left unconscious. Holding a sword aloft behind Harris is Col. Hiram Burnham of Cherryfield; he commanded the division to which the 6th Maine was assigned. Burnham wears a bandage that indicates the head wound he suffered during the charge.