Tag: Gettysburg National Cemetery
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David McConaughy, David Wills, and the Feud that Gave Us the Gettysburg National Cemetery
In September 1863, David Wills and David McConaughy were featured side-by-side on the front page of the Adams County Sentinel. In the left column was David Wills magnanimously creating the National Cemetery, and in the right column was David McConaughy generously buying up battlefield land in order to create the Gettysburg National Battlefield Park. Unseen…