JPK Huson 1863
Brev. Brig. Gen'l
- Joined
- Feb 14, 2012
- Location
- Central Pennsylvania
The Wentz Farmhouse, according to the Ebay seller.
It doesn't seem to have survived. The split, I mean- another family story of losing each other in a conflict so appalling blood became thin as air, vanquishing generational ties.
Another Ebay find, it appears to not be a fake? You DO never know- on the back is written " Emmitsburg Road, Gettysburg ". Photo is of predictably shaped, Pennsylvania farmhouse, a farm family posed on doorstep. Their dress seems close to era, just post, perhaps? One shattered pane and windows seemingly with curtains tightly drawn or ( paper blocking them ) seem to verify a report I bumped into stating the house miraculously escaped major damage.
Also linking a CWT thread, thankfully there's a discussion on the Wentz family. There is someone who had done research on a son reported to have marched into town with Longstreet- so this is an awfully significant home. We hear much of Culp's Hill and Wesley, coming home to die there wearing gray. Another boy who remained hundreds of miles away in his own house was named Wentz.
http://civilwartalk.com/threads/the-henry-wentz-mystery.119362/
Easy enough, marking fighting in and around here. Here's part of a Sneden map from Day 2.
The original, before I put shadows in there-
The thing is, the original couple were 70 years old. Perhaps one of the men, by the gate on left could be? And one woman on the steps could also be- rest must be the children and grandchildren. I see one pane of glass broken, another maybe covered with a board.
Foundations only, left of original home.
http://www.waymarking.com/gallery/image.aspx?f=1&guid=29c43d87-f9c4-4920-9bee-98951814937c&gid=3
VERY short blurb, from the linked book- as we look at the house's foundation, it always feels a little crazy we cannot hear all echoes of the past.
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