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Cited by Smith webpage for the following: "Born in Maryland in 1804, Brian had moved to Gettysburg by 1840. In 1857 he purchased twelve acres from James A. Thompson. The property contained two dwelling houses: one near the crest of Cemetery Ridge and a smaller tenant house along the Emmitsburg road.
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After the battle the house walls were filled with bullet holes, windows were broken, and the furniture was tossed about. Farm fences were gone, crops were trampled, and his orchard trees were useless. Bryan's $ 1,028 federal claim for property damage resulted in $ 15 paid for damage by Union troops
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for HQ after Battle. … One-and-one half story 2 bay wide by one room deep frame farm house… Centered entrance flanked by 6/6 double hung sash. Flush laid horizontal siding, gable roof with wood shakes, Gable ends have two 2/2 double hung sash. One end gable internal stone and brick chimney stack
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Entered-Documented … 01/23/2004 … House figured prominently in Battle due to its position within Union line on Cemetery Ridge during 2nd & 3rd days of Battle. …house suffered from infantry & artillery fire. Used by Gen
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Brian and his family lived in the house near the crest. He usually kept at least one or two horses and cows. In 1863 he was growing wheat, barley, and hay, and had some of his land in meadows and orchards."
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The white cottage in the field at the left was General Hays' headquarters. It has received a second story since the battle. The Union line ran between the house and barn...
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2' high. Approximately 500' of fragment of north and south boundaries. North boundary is shared with Ziegler property, south boundary is shared with Leister property.
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the 2-story farm house was demolished, and a 1-story reproduction of the Civil War structure was built. Battlefield monuments on the tract include the
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Opposite the Y of the trolly is located the Third Brigade … extending until they practically join the town in the Tawney field on Washington Street.
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Mid-July 1863 Bryan Farm House and outdoor oven (left). In 1985, this photo was discovered to show biaxially tapered
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acquired a 19th-century right-of-way and built a carriage road between the house and barn--
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Bryan as early as 1891) was a free black man who purchased the farm in 1857 just south of
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with stones exposed on east end. Pent roof porch runs length of house on South side.
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American Civil War site in Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania
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Gettysburg National Military Park Commission (June 30, 1905).
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Buildings and structures in Adams County, Pennsylvania
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The last inhabitant was Ernest Strickhouser in 1940,
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Emmitsburg Rd
Y
the trolly
American Civil War
Gettysburg National Military Park
Pennsylvania
39°48.928′N 77°14.11′W / 39.815467°N 77.23517°W / 39.815467; -77.23517

shakes
clay roof tiles
American Civil War
Gettysburg Battlefield
Pickett's Charge
historic district contributing structures
Camp Colt
postwar camps
colloquially
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Emmitsburg Road
Prior to the battle
Battle of Gettysburg
Confederate troops
J. Johnston Pettigrew
Gettysburg Cyclorama
William H. Tipton
111th New York Infantry Monument
11th Mississippi Infantry Marker
Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association
Grand Central Avenue

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