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"No voice of speaker, student, or stranger was heard in our halls... Instead the voice of prayer, the cry of the wounded, and the groans of the dying." - Dr. Heny L. Baugher, College President, 1850-1868 When Michael Culver, Class of 1863, retu…
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This 1860 home was the wartime residence of George and Hettie Schriver. The cellar housed Schriver's Saloon and Ten-pin Alley. At the time of the battle, George was away serving in Cole's cavalry. In the early afternoon of July 1st, Hettie took…
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The residence hall straight ahead of you is named after Thaddeus Stevens, a trustee of Pennsylvania College (now Gettysburg College)from 1834 to 1868. During the Civil War, Stevens was a powerful abolitionist Congressman. He led efforts to pass th…
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The U.S. Signal Corps, soon after came into the College... This created considerable noise and aroused suspicions." - Horatio Watkins, Class of 1864 When completed in the fall of 1837, the Edifice, known today as Pennsylvania Hall, became the h…
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After leaving the White House in 1861, former President and Commanding General Dwight David Eisenhower retired to his permanent Gettysburg home. The adjacent building, located on the campus of Gettysburg College at 300 Carlisle Street, was used by…
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"The College at that day, was but a large family." - Reverend William F. Eyster, Class of 1839 In 1832, Lutheran theologian Samuel Simon Schmucker founded Pennsylvania College (now Gettysburg College). Chartered to provide instruction "in learn…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NCZ_history-of-american-field-music_Gettysburg-PA.html
"The Fire of Patriotism was Burning Me Up...My Mind Was Made Up and I was Bound to Enlist" George T. Ulmer - 8th Maine Volunteers America's First Music Music has always been a significant part of the American military experience. Throughout t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NCX_unity-through-music_Gettysburg-PA.html
"Music has done its share, and more than its share, of winning this war" Union Cavalry General Philip Sheridan Common Bond There are many written accounts of how music inspired and united the armies during the civil war. During the winter of …
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"I don't believe we can have an army without music" General Robert E. Lee, 1864 During the American Civil War, field music provided invaluable communication in camps and on the battlefields. In camp, musicians were always placed near commandin…
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Jennie Wade, aged 20 years 2 months Killed here—July 3, 1863 While making bread for the Union soldiers
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