Tag: Confederate Dead
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Confederate Burials on the Codori Farm and Sherfy Farm
The Codori farm, lying north of the Sherfy farm and astride the Emmitsburg Road just south of Gettysburg, was one of the most significant landmarks in Pickett’s Charge. On July 3, 1863, thousands of Confederate soldiers crossed the Codori fields as they advanced toward the Union line at the Angle. The farmstead, with its stone…
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Confederate Burials on the George Bushman Farm
The George Bushman farm, located along the Baltimore Pike southeast of Gettysburg, became a Confederate burial site in the wake of the failed assaults on July 2 and July 3, 1863. Among those interred there were numerous men of the 11th Mississippi, part of Cadmus Wilcox’s Brigade in A.P. Hill’s Third Corps. These soldiers had…
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Confederate Burials on the Francis Bream Farm
One of the larger concentrations of Confederate burials was found on the Francis Bream farm because of its unique location and the role it played during and after the fighting on July 2, 1863. Its volume of burials was similar to that of the John Edward Plank farm though fewer than the number found on…
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Confederate Burials on the George Rose Farm
John and George Rose estimated that between five hundred and one thousand men were buried on their property. The number may well have been higher—the property saw twenty thousand men engage and create six thousand casualties.
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Jacob Whitler Herndon: Disappeared on the John Edward Plank Farm
Jacob W. Herndon has a small historical distinction—in every source you read about him, he was a courier for General John Bell Hood. General Hood, of course, is famous for his exploits as the leader of the famed Texas Brigade. After his wounding, he was brought back to the John Edward Plank farm where he…