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Two more pieces from the battle, unknown to the world that early summer- the Herbst name and the all important, Baltimore route. Sometimes 100's of wounded a day were sent by train, to hospitals in Baltimore, Washington DC and anywhere it was possible to receive so many.
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Herbst Barn, notation ' barn burned by rebels ', on era map
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The famous cannon ball, at Sherfy's
The (presumed) Union cannon ball embedded itself in the cherry tree on the north side of the Sherfy house either late on July 2 or on July 3. That very tree was the same one Sergeant Ellis C. Strouss of Company K, 57th Pennsylvania took refuge behind earlier on July 2:
https://civilwartalk.com/threads/fi...nnsylvania-veteran-volunteer-infantry.151900/