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- Jan 16, 2015
Five brigades representing five Confederate states composed Major General Richard H. Anderson's Division: Alabamians of Wilcox's brigade, Georgians of Wright's brigade, Mississippians of Posey's brigade, Virginians of Mahone's brigade, and Floridians of Perry's (Lang) brigade.
Most of the division's wounded were clustered around the Adam Butt farm and schoolhouse near the Fairfield road, two miles west southwest of Gettysburg. (To pinpoint the spot, see 1stMN's recent post - First overlay attempt: 1863 Hospital locations) The "S. Hebst" [Herbst] place (shown as a hospital), was actually Adam Butt's stone house and barn, which Butt is thought to have acquired from Samuel Herbst around the time of the battle. Butt also ran the nearby schoolhouse on the Fairfield Road, which bears his name. The wounded in the immediate vicinity were under the care of Surgeon Henry Augustine Minor (of the 9th Alabama).
Wilcox's wounded were concentrated in Butt's barn, but burials from the brigade were also recorded around the house and in the woods closer to the Fairfield Road. The wounded remained in the barn for at least ten days following the battle; Adam Butt claimed the hospital continued in operation on his property for five to six weeks. Those who were not sent on directly by train to Federal hospitals further east were temporarily moved to Camp Letterman.
Wright's wounded were also in this vicinity, but perhaps concentrated at Butt's schoolhouse, where at least one burial was recorded.
Posey's wounded were also here, as one burial was recorded south of the Butt house. It also appears that a field hospital closer to the front was established at the Emanuel Pitzer farm, as a burial from the brigade is recorded in the latter location.
The placement of Mahone's wounded is not as clear. One burial was at the John Edward Plank farm on Willoughby Run, while another was at John Horting's place on the Fairfield Road near Willoughby Run.
The clear exception was Lang's wounded. Eight known burials of Floridians were recorded at the hospital established at Pennsylvania College (now Gettysburg College), north of town. About 700 wounded occupied this hospital at one point, so there were many others besides Floridians. The Pennsylvania College hospital was under the direction of a Surgeon Frazier, who I believe was Henry D. Fraser, Surgeon-in-Charge of the CSA Third Corps hospitals at Gettysburg.
(principal sources: Greg Coco's, A Vast Sea of Misery and also Gettysburg's Confederate Dead; I Saw the Elephant, Bailey George McClelan's (10th Alabama) reminiscences)
Most of the division's wounded were clustered around the Adam Butt farm and schoolhouse near the Fairfield road, two miles west southwest of Gettysburg. (To pinpoint the spot, see 1stMN's recent post - First overlay attempt: 1863 Hospital locations) The "S. Hebst" [Herbst] place (shown as a hospital), was actually Adam Butt's stone house and barn, which Butt is thought to have acquired from Samuel Herbst around the time of the battle. Butt also ran the nearby schoolhouse on the Fairfield Road, which bears his name. The wounded in the immediate vicinity were under the care of Surgeon Henry Augustine Minor (of the 9th Alabama).
Wilcox's wounded were concentrated in Butt's barn, but burials from the brigade were also recorded around the house and in the woods closer to the Fairfield Road. The wounded remained in the barn for at least ten days following the battle; Adam Butt claimed the hospital continued in operation on his property for five to six weeks. Those who were not sent on directly by train to Federal hospitals further east were temporarily moved to Camp Letterman.
Wright's wounded were also in this vicinity, but perhaps concentrated at Butt's schoolhouse, where at least one burial was recorded.
Posey's wounded were also here, as one burial was recorded south of the Butt house. It also appears that a field hospital closer to the front was established at the Emanuel Pitzer farm, as a burial from the brigade is recorded in the latter location.
The placement of Mahone's wounded is not as clear. One burial was at the John Edward Plank farm on Willoughby Run, while another was at John Horting's place on the Fairfield Road near Willoughby Run.
The clear exception was Lang's wounded. Eight known burials of Floridians were recorded at the hospital established at Pennsylvania College (now Gettysburg College), north of town. About 700 wounded occupied this hospital at one point, so there were many others besides Floridians. The Pennsylvania College hospital was under the direction of a Surgeon Frazier, who I believe was Henry D. Fraser, Surgeon-in-Charge of the CSA Third Corps hospitals at Gettysburg.
(principal sources: Greg Coco's, A Vast Sea of Misery and also Gettysburg's Confederate Dead; I Saw the Elephant, Bailey George McClelan's (10th Alabama) reminiscences)