4-10-18 Identify

[Trivia Master]

Born in Germany, I immigrated to America and raised a family in a beautiful, peaceful community. Some might consider our home a bit strange, but we loved it. Sadly, our life was interrupted by the rebellion, and I took on new responsibilities. When the opposing armies fought in our community, we lost most of our belongings, but were able to keep our home. We named our child, born soon after, for the victorious U. S. Army commander. Years later, I became the subject of a statue that stands near our home, but it is not named for me.

credit: @WJC

 

[hughes]

Elizabeth Thorn

 

[Copperhead-mi]

Elizabeth Thorn

 

[Northern Light]

You are Elizabeth Thorn. https://www.civilwarwomenblog.com/elizabeth-thorn/

 

[SWMODave]

You are Elizabeth Thorn

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[DBF]

I'm not sure what the question is: Elizabeth Thorn/Gettysburg (future Evergreen Cemetery Gate house)/Child-Rose Meade/The Gettysburg Civil War Women's Memorial.

 

[TinCan]

Elizabeth Thorn

 

[kholland]

Elizabeth Thorn, who with her husband lived on one side of the very recognizable (for Civil War buffs anyway) Evergreen Cemetery Gatehouse in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

 

[Wallyfish]

She was Elizabeth Thorn.

Elizabeth Thorn along with her husband Peter were caretakers of Evergreen Cemetery located in Gettysburg.
Elizabeth was pregnant in July 1863 and they named their daughter Rose Meade Thorn who unfortunately died young. Elizabeth claimed that the stress of the battle contributed to het daughters poor health. Note that she is holding a shovel in her statue depicting her burying the many dead. Her husband Peter was off fighting for the Union.

Her statue is located in Evergreen Cemetery near the famous Evergreen Gatehouse. Can you imagine if Cemetery Hill was never renamed? The original property owner of Cemetery Hill was named Peter Raffensperger. Raffensperger Hill just doesn't have the same ring to it as Cemetery Hill.

The Evergreen Cemetery is worth a visit. You will see Elizabeth's statue along with John Burns and Jennie Wade's graves along with other famous Gettysburg residents.

 

[captaindrew]

Elizabeth Thorn

 

[GS]

Gettysburg Women's Civil War Memorial, in honor of all women who were involved in the War, the statue is Elizabeth Thorn, wife of a cemetery caretaker, Evergreen at Gettysburg.

 

[Brenal]

Elizabeth Thorn.
The monument is The Gettysburg Women's Memorial
The child of Elizabeth and her husband Peter Thorn was named Rose Meade after George Meade.

 

[BlueNGrey]

Name: Mrs Peter Thorn, aka Elizabeth Thorn, née Masser
Memorial name: Gettysburg Women's Civil War Memorial
Child, Rose Meade Thorn, named after General Meade

 

[lelliott19]

Elizabeth Thorn (28 December 1832- 17 October 1907)

 

[Florida Lee]

Elizabeth Masser Thorn

 

[Eleanor Rose]

Elizabeth Thorn - The baby Elizabeth was expecting in July 1863 was named Rose Meade, but she was never healthy and died at the age of 14.

Source: https://www.civilwarwomenblog.com/elizabeth-thorn/

 

[MC44]

The statue is the Women's Memorial at Gettysburg.
It depicts Elizabeth Thorn, wife of the caretaker of Evergreen Cemetery. At the time of the battle she was six months pregnant and caring for three sons and her elderly parents. Her husband was away serving with the 138th Pennsylvania Infantry, which was serving in Virginia during the Gettysburg Campaign.

During the battle Thorn and her family were forced to flee their home in the gatehouse, which was witness to hand-to-hand fighting on July 2nd. She returned to find her food and possessions stolen and dead bodies lying unburied everywhere.

As caretaker of the cemetery, she was ordered to begin burying casualties, Men were detailed to help but one by one they slipped away, unable to bear the work. The statue depicts a weary Thorn leaning on a shovel as she rests from burying 91 casualties from the battle.

Elizabeth gave birth to a daughter, Rose Meade, that month. The child was never healthy, though, and died at the age of 14. Elizabeth always believed the stress of the battle and her work burying its victims affected her unborn daughter.

Elizabeth's husband returned safely after Appomattox, and the couple stayed at the cemetery until 1874. (StoneSentinels.com)

 

[Jimklag]

You are Elizabeth Thorn and your daughter was named Rose Meade Thorn and the statue is Gettysburg Women's Civil War Memorial.

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[Stony]

Elizabeth Masser and Peter Thorn are the parents. The child named after the victorious Army commander is Rose Meade Thorn. The statue was sculpted by Ron Tunison, and dedicated on November 16, 2002. It is known as the Gettysburg Women's Civil War Memorial and represents the work of all the women involved in the battle and the Civil War.
The sculpture depicts Elizabeth attending to burial duties. Her face is full of anguish, an apron covers her pregnant abdomen, and she holds a spade representing all she did. Some refer to her as the "Angel of Gettysburg."

source-https://americacomesalive.com/2014/...-six-months-pregnant-burying-dead-gettysburg/

 

[Wellwords]

Elizabeth Thorn

Statue of the Pregnant Gravedigger (Gettysburg, PA)
"Elizabeth Thorn buried as many as 100 soldiers who died at Gettysburg. The bronze 2002 statue depicts her leaning on her spade and holding her pregnant belly as she wipes her brow. In 1865, after the battle of Gettysburg, civilian Elizabeth Thorn was reported to have buried as many as 100 soldiers. She was in her third trimester, 7 or 8 months pregnant, at the time."