Codori Farm 1882 and Now

[Gettysburg Greg]

The Codori farm is one of the most familiar landmarks on the battlefield, specifically, the giant red, three spired barn. Ironically, though, the farm looked much different during the battle. The addition to the house extending to the east was added after the war and the battle era barn was a plain white structure. The 1882 Tipton photo below shows the farm after the house addition, but before the original barn was replaced. The building to the right of the farm house was the butcher shed located just across the Emmitsburg Road. In my now view notice the wagon shed behind the barn looks very much the same as it did in 1882.

 

[mofederal]

You always have the best views Greg. Thanks again, and I always enjoy looking at them.

 

[JOHN42768]

Thanks for posting

 

[E_just_E]

Good stuff. They really botched the restoration here, unfortunately.

 

[alexjack]

Thank you Greg.

 

[AnnaLee]

Thanks for the pics, Greg.

 

[MRB1863]

...yet another interesting comparison...thank you!

 

[hickmantn]

Thanks so much for posting this, I had never seen a picture before of the original barn at Codori farm. My great-great grandmother's brother, Pvt. John W. Agerton, Co D, 48th Georgia Infantry, was one of about 200 men taken prisoner at that barn late on July 2 after the failed assault by Ambrose Wright's Georgia Brigade. He would be taken to Point Lookout, MD, and then later be part of a group of POWs transferred to Elmira, NY, in mid-1864, where he would die from pneumonia on Dec 11, 1864, his eighth wedding anniversary. His widow would never know what happened to him, she filed for her pension with the state in 1890 and wrote "Went into battle at Gettysburg on July 2. Never seen or heard from again."