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Jennie Wade House cellar.
Soon after Jennie Wade was killed, her
body was moved to the cellar and kept there for about 18 hours. Jennie Wade's
body was placed onto a wooden bench and covered with a quilt. She was then
buried in her sister's yard for about 6 months, then transferred to a cemetery
adjoined to the German Reformed Church, until her final resting place in
November 1865, in the
Evergreen Cemetery.
Mary Virginia Wade was born
in this house.
Mary Virginia Wade or "Jennie" was born in this house
on Baltimore Street, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on May 21, 1843. |
Location: Jennie Wade
House
Gettysburg Pennsylvania.
Plaque Reads:
JENNIE WADE, AGED 20 YEARS 2 MONTHS
KILLED HERE - JULY 3, 1863
WHILE MAKING BREAD FOR THE UNION SOLDIERS
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Notes:
Famous heroine, Mary Virginia Wade was born in this
house at 242-246 Baltimore Street.
This house was built between 1814 and 1820. The Wade family rented the
northern half from a tailor named John Pfoutz. John was using the southern
side for his shop.
An addition was added in 1870 which
included a kitchen. The Wade family never owned this house.
The tablet on the house reads:
MARY VIRGINIA WADE
A HEROINE OF THE
BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG
WAS BORN IN THIS HOUSE
MAY 21, 1843
THIS TABLET WAS UNVEILED BY HER SISTER
GEORGIA WADE McCLELLAN MAY 21, 1922 |
Location: Jennie Wade Monument
Evergreen
Cemetery Gettysburg, PA.
Made in Italy for a cost of $1,200
The Jennie Wade Monument reads:
(Front Side)
JENNIE WADE
AGED 20 YEARS 2 MO
KILLED JULY 3 1863
WHILE MAKING BREAD
FOR THE UNION SOLDIERS.
JENNIE WADE
MARY VIRGINIA WADE
(Opposite Side)
ERECTED BY THE WOMAN'S
RELIEF CORPS OF IOWA, A.D. 1901
(Third Side)
(Wade Family Motto)
WHATSOEVER GOD WILLETH MUST BE, THOUGH A NATION MOURNS
(Remaining Side)
Jennie Wade Epitaph reads:
SHE HATH DONE WHAT SHE COULD |
