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Learn what each of the following did before, during, and after the Battle of Gettysburg:
Ephraim Albert: A longtime Adams County farmer, he became mentally ill. On his way home from a county event, he confused his wife with an angry dog and shot her to death. He was charged with murder and later died at the Almshouse.
Eliza Armstrong: A black woman born in York, Pennsylvania, Eliza may have been born either in slavery or indentured servitude. She appears likely to have been the mother-in-law of Lloyd Francis Asbury Watts. At the time of her death, she was reputed to be 120 years old (she wasn’t really, though).
Henry Louis Baugher: He assumed the presidency of Pennsylvania College after Dr. Charles Krauth stepped down. He remained in town during the battle and was instrumental in getting the Christ’s Church (Lutheran) operational again shortly after the battle.
William Bedford: A black man from Gettysburg, he fought at the Battle of the Crater. Little is known of his post-war life, though he died at the Adams County Almshouse.
Henry Benner: The father of Juliann Benner and a number of other children, he owned a prominent farm. A hill on his farm became a platform for Confederate artillery and is now included in the Gettysburg National Military Park.
Juliann Benner: Juliann endured the death of one brother, the capture of her brother and Union soldier Henry, the severe wounding of her husband William Frantz Walter, and the deaths of several children, all while supporting her family and her community.
Basil Biggs (Basil Biggs Genealogy): The most prominent black leader in Gettysburg, he was a leader on the Underground Railroad, he oversaw the disinterment and reburials of thousands of Union soldiers, he bought a farm on the battlefield, and he helped found Lincoln Cemetery. He was married to Mary Jackson Biggs.
Mary Jackson Biggs (Mary Jackson Biggs Genealogy): The wife of Basil Biggs, she was renowned for her hard work and generosity. Her children went on to be agents of integration in Gettysburg public schools.
Hannah Biggs: The daughter of Basil and Mary Biggs, she married Nelson Mathews, the son of Edward Matthews, the founder of the Yellow Hill settlement for black refugees from the South.
David Blocher (David Blocher Genealogy): The owner of what is now known as Barlow’s Knoll, he was the father of Oliver Blocher.
Oliver Blocher (Oliver Blocher Genealogy): The son of David Blocher, he became infamous across the country for retaining the gold teeth of a dead Confederate officer.
Francis Bream: Perhaps the wealthiest man in Gettysburg, he owned a prominent tavern and way station just outside of town. He also owned a farm and a large amount of land, which became a field hospital and burial location for the Confederate army.
Abraham Brian: A black man and the husband of Catherine Payne owned a farm that was decimated during Pickett’s Charge
Ferdinand Buckingham: He would later fight for the Union, but while living in Gettysburg, he masterminded the kidnapping of Mag Palm . . . and may have lost a thumb as a result.
Catherine Buckmaster: The mother of Isaac Buckmaster, a member of the 8th USCT. At least one census record gave her no racial designation, while listing her children as mulatto, suggesting that her marriage to Charles, her husband, may have been interracial.
Charles Buckmaster: The father of Isaac Buckmaster and husband of Catherine. He was listed as black in the 1850 Census. His children were listed as mulatto, suggesting he may have had an interracial marriage. His children were all born free. Charles was killed in a tragic construction accident.
Isaac Buckmaster: Son of Charles and Catherine Buckmaster, he served in the 8th USCT. His father was killed in a tragic construction accident when he was just nine years old.
William Burley: A member of the 22nd USCT, very little is known about him except that he received a veteran’s headstone in the Lincoln Cemetery.
John Lawrence Burns (John Burns Genealogy): The only Gettysburg civilian to take up arms during the battle, he was wounded three times and later met the president.
Catherine Bushman (Catherine Bushman Genealogy): Wife of Emanuel and mother of Sadie, she refused to leave her home and husband during the battle.
Emanuel Bushman (Emanuel Bushman Genealogy): Husband of Catherine and father of Sadie, he stayed in his home on Baltimore Street during the battle. Years later, he was writing ghost stories in the newspaper. He was also the younger brother of Reverend Michael Bushman (whose house can now be rented for overnight stays on the battlefield).
George Bushman (FamilySearch ID: K2V4-5MJ): A prominent farmer near Little Round Top, his farm became a prominent field hospital and burial site of both Union and Confederate casualties. He and Mary Kepner were the parents of Lewis Bushman, among others. He is certainly related to Michael Bushman, but not as closely as their nearby farms might imply–they appear to have been relatively distant cousins.
Lewis Adolphus Bushman (FamilySearch ID: LZ6S-MJH): A son of George and Mary Bushman, he owned the farm where Colonel Strong Vincent died of the wounds he suffered on July 2. Lewis and his wife, Caroline Little, later named one of their sons Strong Vincent Bushman.
Reverend Michael Bushman (FamilySearch ID: KLLZ-783): The minister of the local congregation of the German Baptist Brethren, he was a prominent religious figure in Adams County and the brother of Emanuel Bushman. His house became a field hospital, and his land saw various burials. His home still stands on the battlefield and can be rented for overnight stays. He is a cousin, though somewhat distant, of George Bushman.
Sarah Margaret “Sadie” Bushman (Sadie Bushman Genealogy): The daughter of Emanuel and Catherine Bushman, she was nine years old at the time of the battle. She spun a tale that included traveling with a younger brother to her grandparents’ house, nearly being hit by artillery, and helping with amputations. Her mother’s recollections were a bit more, uh, restrained.
Elizabeth Butler: A washerwoman for the McCreary family, she was captured by Confederate cavalry who intended to sell her South into slavery. Ol’ Lizzie escaped and head in a church bell tower throughout the battle, coming down only once the Confederate army had retreated. She was the wife of Samuel and the mother of Samuel the younger.
Samuel Butler and Family: The older Samuel Butler was the husband of Elizabeth, father of the younger Samuel, and a wagon maker.
Samuel Butler, the Younger: The son of Samuel and Elizabeth Butler, he joined the 25th USCT, which helped see a lot of ocean.
Nicholas Codori: A real estate investor and prominent town citizen, Nicholas Codori owned a farm that sat the the center of Pickett’s Charge.
Nicholas J. Codori: The Union veteran and nephew of the famous farm owner left Gettysburg under scandal and disappeared for fifty years. Where did he go?
Joseph Craig (FamilySearch ID: 9681-W4F): Born free in Adams County, he served in the 22nd USCT where he participated in the Second Battle of Petersburg, then had his share of misadventures in his post-war years.
Martha G. Creager (Martha G. Creager Genealogy; readers, more could be researched here): The second wife of Esaias Jesse Culp and stepmother of William and Wesley Culp, she was married to Jesse only a few years when Jesse suddenly died in 1861.
Benjamin Keller Culp (FamilySearch ID: MR46-NWS): A cousin of Wesley and William Culp, he joined the 138th Pennsylvania, which saw hard fighting in some of the war’s worst engagements. He was captured at the Battle of the Wilderness and died at Andersonville Prison.
Daniel Culp (Daniel Culp Genealogy): A carpenter and Culp cousin, he constructed a casket meant for General William Barksdale, CSA, but that was ultimately used for Jennie Wade. He was the father of James Culp who was killed in town while defusing artillery shells.
David Culp (FamilySearch ID: L7JW-5KP): A cousin of Wesley Culp who worked for Charles W. Hoffman but returned to Pennsylvania to enlist with the Union.
Elizabeth “Aunt Polly” Culp: Affectionately known in town as Aunt Polly, she was the widow of Peter Culp who owned much of what is now known as Culp’s Hill. After her husband’s death, she retired to a small house in town, then after the battle, nursed a wounded Michigan cavalry man back to health.
Esaias Jesse Culp (Jesse Culp Genealogy): The father of Wesley Culp, he died well before the war, which likely helped influence Wesley to go south.
Jacob Culp (Jacob Culp Genealogy): A descendant of the original Kolbs (Culps) in the county, he was steward of the Adams County Alms House for many years.
James Culp (FamilySearch ID: MR46-GW2): The son of Daniel Culp and a teenager at the time of the battle, he was killed while trying to defuse shells from the battlefield.
John Wesley Culp (Wes Culp Genealogy): The son of Esaias Jesse Culp and brother of William and Julia Culp, he apprenticed for Charles W. Hoffman and moved south with the Hoffmans, which led to his joining the Stonewall Brigade. He was killed at Gettysburg.
Julia Culp (FamilySearch ID: LZNF-QK8): Wesley Culp’s sister, she saw him when he slipped past the lines to visit his family the night before his death.
Margaret Culp (Margaret Culp Genealogy): The first wife of Esaias Jesse Culp, she bore eleven children, only four of which survived.
William Culp (William Culp Genealogy): Brother of Wesley Culp and a Union veteran, he allegedly never spoke his Rebel brother’s name again after the war. Allegedly.
Caroline Fahnestock: The oldest child of Samuel and Susan Fahnestock who owned the prominent store near the diamond. Her brothers were Edward, Henry, and James; her sister was Louisa. Caroline died in 1864 after a long illness that may have come from all the diseases and embalming chemicals in the area after the battle.
Edward Fahnestock: Third son of Samuel Fahnestock, he served in the Union army and saw light action. He helped run the famous store, then eventually moved to Minnesota.
Gates Fahnestock: The son of James and Sarah Fahnestock, he observed the battle as a young man, believing it a big adventure . . . until he saw the wounded. He later died under suspicious circumstances.
Henry Fahnestock: The second son of Samuel Fahnestock, he and Edward ran the store into the 1880s before they shuttered it and moved to South Dakota. Edward later moved to Minnesota.
James Fahnestock: The oldest of son of Samuel Fahnestock, he left the store and Gettysburg shortly after the war to run a dry goods business in Philadelphia. He remained there most of the rest of his life until a late move to Atlantic City, where he eventually passed away.
Louise Fahnestock: The younger sister in the Fahnestock family, she inherited what older sister Catherine left behind. She married a young doctor named John Cox. She endured enormous tragedy, outliving her siblings, parents, husband, and all her children except one.
Samuel Fahnestock: The patriarch of the family ran the prominent store near the diamond before passing it to his sons.
Mary Powers Flaharty: One of five daughters of Gettysburg stonecutter Solomon Powers
John Swope Forney (FamilySearch ID: K8DS-2J6): The Gettysburg native spent a decade prospecting for gold in the West before giving up and returning home just in time to marry, have a young family, and experience the battle. The Forney farm became home to Iverson’s Pits and later the Eternal Light Peace Memorial.
James (Jim) Green: Brother or uncle of Catherine “Kitty” Payne, he was emancipated and moved to Adams County. He later murdered Samuel Mars, for which he was executed by hanging.
Reverend John Henry Harpster: Reverend Harpster married Mary Julia Jacobs, the daughter of Dr. Michael Jacobs and Julia Eyster Jacobs. He and Mary served as missionaries in India.
Mary Julia Jacobs Harpster: Daughter of Dr. Michael Jacobs and Julia Eyster Jacobs, she married Reverend John Henry Harpster and served as a missionary with him in India.
Dr. J. Lawrence Hill: A tanner, watch maker, dentist, and educator, he was the husband of Sarah Margaretta Witherow and a friend of Dr. Michael Jacobs.
Michael W. Hofe: The Vietnam veteran and Gettysburg police officer worked the case of the 1993 ACHS robbery. In doing so, he discovered the story of Lt. Colonel William McLeod and eventually wrote a short history of McLeod’s story.
Charles William Hoffman (Charles Hoffman Genealogy): A prominent carriage maker and land owner, he employed various of the Culps and Skellys. He fled south to escape debts, taking Wesley Culp and Ed Skelly with him, which ultimately led to Wesley’s joining the Stonewall Brigade. He is the father of Francis, Robert, and Wesley Hoffman.
Francis Hoffman (Francis Hoffman Genealogy) One of three sons of Charles Hoffman.
Robert Hoffman (Robert Hoffman Genealogy) One of three sons of Charles Hoffman, he was close friends with Wesley Culp and joined the Stonewall Brigade with him. He was present with his unit, but behind the lines, when Culp was killed during the Battle of Gettysburg.
Wesley Hoffman (Wesley Hoffman Genealogy): One of three sons of Charles Hoffman and a Confederate soldier.
Francis Jackson: A black man who enlisted in the USCT. He was said to have whip scars, though he had not grown up in slavery. The reasons for that are likely complex.
Reverend David Jacobs (FamilySearch ID: KHCP-2D3): The older brother of Dr. Michael Jacobs, he helped establish a preparatory school that his brother would teach at. Just as he got the school going, he contracted “bilious fever” and passed away.
Reverend Henry Jacobs (FamilySearch ID: KZKB-CG9): The son of Dr. Michael Jacobs and Julia Eyster Jacobs, he became a well-known clergyman and writer who recorded his memories of the National Cemetery dedication.
Julia Eyster Jacobs (FamilySearch ID: LHRP-2P6): From the prominent Eyster family of Harrisburg and Adams County, Julia married Dr. Michael Jacobs and raised highly educated children who were deeply involved in their faith and in civic affairs.
Dr. Michael Jacobs (FamilySearch ID: LH1N-X9Z): Mostly remembered as the man who recorded the daily weather in Gettysburg, he was the husband of Julia Eyster and brother of Reverend David Jacobs. He taught at the Lutheran Theological Seminary and Gettysburg College for more than thirty years and was an ordained minister.
Richard Jordan: A black man brought north by a Confederate officer, he escaped to freedom during the Battle of Gettysburg. He served in the USCT and later resided nearby. He was likely the servant of Captain Alfred Butts from Georgia before his escape.
Henry Johnson: Formerly enslaved by Benjamin Franklin Carter from Texas, he stayed with Carter after the Battle of Gettysburg until his death. It appears likely that he then settled temporarily in the area until departing for Baltimore where he appears to have joined the USCT, then died in service.
Annie Keefer: The daughter from the nonmarital relationship between Isadore Keefer and Caroline Shenabrook, she eventually found stability that her parents never enjoyed.
Isadore Keefer: The father of Annie Keefer through a nonmarital relationship with Caroline Shenabrook. Eventually, he left his wife Nancy and wound up in the Adams County Almshouse.
Mary Kepner (FamilySearch ID: MC3X-GG9): The wife of George Bushman, she saw her home and farm become a large field hospital and burial ground.
Mark Kerns: The Pennsylvania native was killed on Chinn Ridge at the Battle of Second Manassas. Benjamin Franklin Carter had him buried in his own coat and shipped Kerns’s effects to his mother. When Carter was mortally wounded, Kerns’s mother took him in until just before his death.
Sarah Ellen Kime (FamilySearch ID: L8QB-WR9): Just shy of 12 years old when the battle occurred, she was the oldest living child of Jacob Kime and Elizabeth Bucher. She tended to wounded and dying soldiers all over the farm. The dying William McLeod, 38th Georgia, gave her his prayer book.
Charles P. Krauth: The Lutheran minister headed Pennsylvania College for 16 years. When he retired from the college presidency, he returned to teaching while still living on the campus. His home became a hospital.
Keziah Elizabeth Thomas Kuff: She was alleged to have been 122 years old at her death. She attributed her long life to the use of tobacco and claimed to remember the first steam engine coming to Gettysburg. Almost none of what she said was true.
Daniel Lady (FamilySearch ID: LH7V-R6Z): Father of nine children and a prosperous farmer, his land and home became the headquarters of Generals “Allegheny” Johnson and Richard Ewell and was the staging point for the attack on Culp’s Hill. His home still stands today; his barn has carvings from wounded men, and his homes walls and wood floors still have blood stains.
Lydia Powers Lipton: One of five daughters of stonecutter Solomon Powers, she and her sisters ministered to the wounded after the battle.
Nelson Mathews: The son of Edward Mathews, an agent on the Underground Railroad who founded the Yellow Hill settlement where black men and women often settled after crossing the border to freedom. Nelson married Hannah Biggs, the daughter of Basil Biggs, and joined the 127th USCT.
William Maurey: Born and raised in Gettysburg, the carriage upholsterer moved to Tennessee after the death of his first wife and child. He joined the 49th Tennessee Infantry and was killed at the Battle of Franklin.
David McConaughy: A prominent attorney and rival of David Wills who helped buy up land for the creation of the national cemetery and the military park.
Jane Powers McDonnell: One of five daughters of stonecutter Solomon Powers, she and her husband John Henry McDonnell lived on Seminary Ridge at the time of the battle. John was taken prisoner by the Confederate army, and Jane fled with her two children to her parents’ house on West High Street.
John Henry McDonnell: The husband of Jane Powers, he lived on Seminary Ridge and was taken prisoner by the Confederate Army. Men around the Round Tops vouched for John as a local civilian, and he was set free.
Georgia Wade McClellan (Georgia Wade Genealogy): Sister of Jennie Wade, she kept Jennie’s memory alive through the years. Her home is what is now the Jennie Wade House where her sister was killed. She was married to John McClellan.
John Louis McClellan (John McClellan Genealogy): A Union soldier and husband of Georgia Wade McClellan, he was away with the 2nd Pennsylvania Infantry when his sister-in-law, Jennie, was killed at his home.
Ed McPherson (FamilySearch ID: G3K6-7DB): A newspaper owner, politician, and lawyer, he was prominent in Gettysburg and married Ann Crawford, daughter of lawyer John S. Crawford.
David Francis McLaughlin: A Gettysburg plasterer, he was gravely wounded at a brothel in Chambersburg while in the company of Matilda “Till” Mellinger. He later joined the Union army and was killed at Gettysburg.
Matilda “Till” Mellinger: Employed as a prostitute at the home of a Mr. Kobler, she was connected to the shooting for David Francis “Frank” McLaughlin.
David Middlecoff (FamilySearch ID: KD3K-MZR): The prominent merchant, banker, and politician clashed with Charles W. Hoffman, leading to Hoffman’s flight from Gettysburg.
Ida Millberry: A black woman from Maryland now buried in the Lincoln Cemetery, she had endured a violent assault earlier in life. At her death, the local paper commented on her weight.
Sallie Myers: Best remembered now as a diarist before, during, and after the battle, she married the brother of a soldier she had cared for after the battle. Her husband died early in their marriage, leaving her with a young child.
Dr. John O’Neal (FamilySearch ID: K4NM-CVV): A prominent attorney in town with Democratic and Southern sympathies, he was known for fair treatment of all patients and for assisting Southern families in finding their dead.
Francis Ogden (FamilySearch ID: LXL9-N6Z): A tenant farmer on the George Rose farm at the time of the battle. He had a son, Charles, in the Union army who was killed at the Battle of Mine Run (the same battle in which John Thomas Weikert suffered a severe arm wound that may have affected his physical and mental health the rest of his life).
Alfred Palm: The husband of Mag Palm and father of Alfred S. Palm most likely grew up in slavery and was a known tradesman in town. His marriage to Mag was unsettled and violent.
Alfred S. Palm: The son of Alfred and Mag Palm, he was nearly killed by his mother in an attempted murder-suicide. His adult life saw similar strife.
Mag Palm: Renowned in Gettysburg for helping on the Underground Railroad and thwarting an attempted kidnapping against her, she had a turbulent marriage and challenging post-war life.
Catherine (Kitty) Payne: In the 1840s, the emancipated Kitty was kidnapped with her children by enslavers from Virginia. Years of court cases eventually resulted in Kitty’s final emancipation whereupon she moved back to Adams County and married Abraham Brian.
Matilda “Tillie” Pierce: Fifteen at the time of the battle, Tillie went to Jacob Weikert’s farm to wait out the fighting . . . only to stumble into the next hot spot of the battle. She assisted with the wounded, and later, her account of the battle and the town provided historians a wealth of information.
Cynthia Powers Pittenturf: One of five daughters of stonecutter Solomon Powers, she was married to stonecutter Daniel Pittenturf and six months pregnant at the time of the battle. She tended to the wounded where she was exposed to illness and toxic chemicals. An illness claimed her life in 1864.
Daniel Pittenturf: The husband of Cynthia Powers and a stonecutter in the employ of Solomon Powers.
Abraham Plank: The owner of a farm on Herr’s Ridge, he saw Confederate troops make his land their campground. A cane left by John Yarbrough stayed in the family for decades. Yarbrough was killed during the Mississippians’ charge on July 2.
John Edward Plank: A prominent farmer whose land was crossed by both sides during the battle, he helped wounded Confederate soldiers and saw a large number of men buried on his land. He was married to Sarah Ann Rhinehart.
Sarah Ann Rhinehart Plank: The wife of John Edward Plank, she assisted wounded soldiers after the battle; she also raised a number of children.
Alice Powers: One of five daughters of stonecutter Solomon Powers, she assisted the wounded after the battle, then had a legendary teaching career in town.
Catherine Ann Atkinson Powers: The wife of stonecutter Solomon Powers and mother of five educated and strong-willed daughters, she partnered with Solomon in helping the wounded, taking in people in indigent circumstances, and serving in the community.
Solomon Powers: The prominent stonecutter married Catherine Ann Atkinson and had five daughters: Lydia, Jane, Alice, Mary, and Virginia. He paid for his daughters’ education, housed various indigent people at different times, and was well known in the community for vast generosity.
Owen Robinson: Born into slavery, he was held by the famous Gorsuch family of Maryland. After his manumission, he moved to Gettysburg where he became an entrepreneur, making candy and selling fresh seafood.
George Rose (FamilySearch ID: MT95-F8X): A butcher from Philadelphia, he owned what is now known as the Rose farm, though he didn’t live at the farm during the time of the battle. Instead, his brother John Rose and acquaintance Francis Ogden were tenant farmers.
John Rose (FamilySearch ID: MT91-9MW): Originally from Philadelphia, he became a tenant farmer on the property of his brother George Rose. The trauma from the battle possibly affected one of his daughters severely—Dr. O’Neal reported four visits to the Rose farm with the last including a prescription for a straitjacket.
Caroline “Carrie” Sheads (Caroline Sheads Genealogy): She became nationally famous for putting herself between an armed Confederate and a captured Union officer. But she contracted illnesses and died before her time. She was the daughter of Elias Sheads and Mary McBride.
David McBride Sheads (David Sheads Genealogy): One of four sons of Elias and Mary Sheads, he joined the army, contracted tuberculosis, and was discharged. Eleven years later, he died from his illness.
Elias Sheads (Elias Sheads Genealogy): The husband of Mary McBride and father of four sons and three daughters, he saw his entire family except for one daughter die as a result of the war.
Elias J. Sheads (Elias J. Sheads Genealogy): One of four sons of Elias and Mary Sheads, he joined the Union Army and was killed at the Battle of Monocacy.
Elizabeth Sheads (Elizabeth Sheads Genealogy): The oldest daughter of Elias and Mary Sheads, she was the only member of the family to outlive her father.
Jacob James Sheads (Jacob James Sheads Genealogy): At age seventeen, the youngest son of Elias and Mary Sheads defied his parents and snuck away from his home to join the Union Army. In camp, he contracted measles and died.
Louisa Sheads (Louisa Sheads Hardman Genealogy): The oldest daughter of Elias and Mary Sheads was exposed to toxic embalming chemicals after the battle and died of a resulting illness in 1865.
Mary McBride Sheads (Mary McBride Sheads Genealogy): The wife of Elias Sheads, she was just 59 when she became ill and died in 1870. Neighbors believed the severe losses her family had experienced contributed to her decline.
Robert Elias Sheads (Robert Elias Sheads Genealogy): One of four sons of Elias and Mary Sheads, he joined the Union Army and was shot in the throat at the Battle of White Oak Swamp. He was discharged from the army and spoke with a gravelly, hushed voice and hand signals until complications from his wound took his life in 1868.
Salome Sheads (Salome Sheads Genealogy): The daughter of Peter Sheads and Salome Troxell, she married William Culp, brother of Wesley Culp, and had a family. She lived until 1912.
Caroline Shenabrook: The mother of four children by two fathers out of wedlock, she did not live by the conventions of the era. Isadore Keefer fathered her daughter Annie, while John Wolford fathered her other three children.
Joseph Sherfy: The prosperous farmer and Dunker Church elder owned a peach orchard that was already renowned in the area for its quality. Then, it became the key site of the battle on July 2.
George Washington Shriver: A prosperous farmer, he built a new house on Baltimore Street in town–his wife, Henrietta, and his two daughters, Sadie and Mollie lived upstairs, while he ran a tavern and ten-pin alley downstairs. When the war opened, he joined Cole’s Cavalry Battalion. In 1864, he was captured by Mosby’s Rangers and sent to Andersonville prison where he died.
Charles Edwin Skelly (Ed Skelly Genealogy): Friend of Wesley Culp and brother of Jack Skelly, he apprenticed with Charles W. Hoffman in Gettysburg and in Shepherdstown. When war broke out, he returned home and joined the Union Army.
Daniel Skelly (Daniel Skelly Genealogy): Brother of Jack and Ed Skelly, he retrieved the body of Jack Skelly in 1864. Jack was mortally wounded and captured at the Second Battle of Winchester and was buried in Virginia until his brother’s retrieval.
Johnston Skelly (Johnston Skelly Genealogy): The father of Jack, Ed, and Daniel, he joined the Union Army but was discharged relatively early because of his age and health issues.
Johnston “Jack” Skelly, Jr. (Jack Skelly Genealogy): Son of Johnston Skelly and close friend of Wesley Culp, he is believed to have had romantic feelings for Jennie Wade. He definitely corresponded with her during his time in service. He was mortally wounded at the Second Battle of Winchester and died days apart from both Jennie and Wes.
John Slyder (FamilySearch ID: MR4F-9BD): His farm was utterly wrecked during the battle, and unable to recover from it, he sold his land and moved.
David Smith: The husband of Virginia Powers, daughter of Solomon Powers.
Virginia Powers Smith: One of five daughters of stonecutter Solomon Powers, she nursed a Union man back to health who then proposed marriage. Virginia was betrothed to David Smith and kept her promise to David.
Philip Snyder: Philip Snyder’s farmhouse still stands on the battlefield. Rarely talked about, he’s infamous for attempting to kidnap Mag Palm to sell her South into slavery.
Freeman Stanton: One of eight children of Samuel and Harriet Stanton, he fought in World War I where he endured mustard gas attacks. He died of the effects of those attacks a few years after the war.
Harriet Ciata Stanton: A black woman who descended from some of Gettysburg’s first families, she spoke Pennsylvania Dutch, married Samuel Stanton, and mothered eight children.
Samuel Stanton: The husband of Harriet Ciata Stanton, he was a member of the USCT, likely the 127th. He fathered and raised eight children with Harriet.
Samuel Stanton, Jr.: A son of Samuel and Harriet Stanton, he married Freeman’s widow to ensure his brother’s children were not mistreated.
Catherine Sweeney: Wife of Harry and mother of Lizzie, she lived at the base of Cemetery Hill in what is now known as the Farnsworth House. She and Lizzie fled to the home of Solomon and Catherine Powers during the battle where they assisted with the wounded.
Harry Sweeney: Husband of Catherine and father of Lizzie, he remained in his house during the battle in order to protect their belongings. His house, now known as the Farnsworth house, suffered battle damage that remains today.
Lizzie Sweeney: Daughter of Harry and Catherine Sweeney, she lived in what is now called the Farnsworth house. She and her mother sheltered with the Powers family during the battle.
Elizabeth Thorn (FamilySearch ID: LDHM-M2F): Wife of Peter Thorn and mother of four children, she lived in the gatehouse of the Evergreen Cemetery. While pregnant, she helped bury more than 100 soldiers in the July heat.
Abraham Trostle: The tenant farmer of Peter Trostle worked the famous land where Dan Sickles was gravely wounded. However, he struggled with mental health problems and eventually wound up in an asylum.
Catherine (Walter) Trostle: Wife of Abraham Trostle, she led her children away from their home just as the fighting on July 2 opened. She watched in horror as Union officers sat down to eat the meal she had just prepared for her children.
David Troxell (Family Search ID: K84D-LQR): A harness maker who had a house on Chambersburg Street, he never married and lived either with his mother or an older woman for much of his life.
Joseph C. Tuckey: An adult son in the Tuckey household, he was the inside man in the attempted kidnapping of Mag Palm.
Captain James Wade (James Wade Genealogy): The father of Jennie Wade and husband of Mary Ann Philby, he was a tailor in town who struggled with mental health and a host of personal issues.
James A. Wade (half-brother of Jennie, FamilySearch ID: L5ZJ-1NL): The half-brother of Jennie Wade, he was the product of the relationship between Captain James Wade and Mary Kuhn. He was bonded out to Samuel Foulk while young; he later fought in the Union army.
Mary Ann Wade (Mary Ann Wade Genealogy): The mother of Jennie Wade and wife of Captain James Wade, she wrestled with poverty for much of her marriage.
Mary Virginia “Jennie” Wade (Jennie Wade Genealogy): The only civilian killed during the fighting at the Battle of Gettysburg, she was the daughter of James and Mary Wade. She was also friends with Jack Skelly and Wesley Culp.
William Frantz Walter: The husband of Juliann Benner, William Frantz Walter was educated at Gettysburg College and received a commission as a captain in the army. He was gravely wounded at the Battle of Fair Oaks.
John Warner (John Warner Genealogy): A sutler for the 87th Pennsylvania who observed Jack Skelly in his final throes of the fatal illness that followed his wounding.
Lloyd Francis Asbury Watts (FamilySearch ID: LDYK-76Q): The first teacher at the Franklin Street Colored School, he was a pioneer in education for the black community in Adams County.
David Weikert (FamilySearch ID: 2WCM-DLC): The son of James and Sarah Weikert, he was fourteen at the time of the battle. As an adult, he was blinded in a railroad accident. He opened a shop near the Round Tops to sell souvenirs and food to visitors of the battlefield.
George Washington Weikert (FamilySearch ID: MR46-QYN): The prosperous farmer and relative of Jacob Weikert saw his home north of Little Round Top converted to a field hospital. He was also father of Union veteran John Thomas Weikert who became notorious for marriage violence.
Henrietta Weikert (FamilySearch ID: LDFR-SJC): The daughter of John Jacob Weikert and Sarah Ickes, she married George Washington Shriver and had three children with him before his death at Andersonville. She then married Daniel Pittenturf after his wife, Virginia Powers, died of illness a year after the battle.
John Jacob Weikert (FamilySearch ID: LHHM-5HX): His farm near Little Round Top became the field hospital of the Fifth Corps and saw huge numbers of wounded and dead. But Jacob, husband of Henrietta and relative of George W. Weikert, was more than his farm.
John Thomas Weikert (FamilySearch ID: 9M93-MWP): The Union veteran and son of George Washington Weikert led a troubled post-War life.
Elizabeth Wible: The widow of Reverend John Wible, she lived on a farm several miles north of town. Her farm became a field hospital and burial ground for Confederates wounded and killed on Day 1 of the battle.
Catherine Wills (Family Search ID: MR4W-H28): The wife of attorney David Wills, she was renowned for hosting Abraham Lincoln and numerous dignitaries while raising a large family and supporting her husband.
David Wills (FamilySearch ID: G4HM-JJ5): A prominent local attorney who assisted in the creation of the National Cemetery, he hosted Abraham Lincoln when the president came to stay for the dedication.
Anna Wolf (FamilySearch ID: KHG6-QJP): The second wife of George Bushman
John Wolford: A Union veteran and farmer, he fathered three children with Caroline Shenabrook, though never married her.
William Wright: A prominent Quaker in Adams County who was renowned for assisting on the Underground Railroad and supporting the Matthews Hill settlement, he was married to Phebe.
Phebe Wright: Wife of William Wright, she was a ready partner in the abolitionist cause and in assisting travelers on the Underground Railroad.
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Colonel Strong Vincent Bushman
Reverend Michael Bushman (house is part of the Gettysburg National Military Park)
General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson