Farnsworth House Underground Railroad The Civil War had just

The Civil War had just begun

Joe Mieczkowski is a Civil War historian and Licensed Battlefield Guide at the Gettysburg National Military Park

In the concluding novel of his epic Civil War tetralogy

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Farnsworth House Underground Railroad The Civil War had justBuilt in the early 1800s, the Farnsworths House is located along Gettysburgs Baltimore Avenue, just to the north of Cemetery Hill. During the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1 3, 1863, Confederate sharpshooters used the house as a snipers nest as they fired upon Union targets high atop Cemetery Hill. Bullet holes from Yankees returning fire can still be seen today on the south wall. Many historians believe the stray bullet fired that killed young Jennie