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MagsStardustBlack said:
the pictures are from Gettysburg, PA, which is obviously, in America. not sure the family had British family influences, but these pictures are all about the Jenny Wade killing during the civil war battle there in Gettysburg. she was the only civilian casualty in that town due to the battles that took place, as you will read later here.
the man's picture shows Corp. Johnston H. Skelly of the 87th Pennsylvania. he was engaged to be married to Jenny Wade. I am not sure if he was a business man before the war.magsstardustblack said:
mags said:
now this is a great post!!!
the name Burns is most likely for John L. Burns. John Burns was a veteran of the War of 1812 and at 70 years of age also fought in teh civil war in Gettysburg, PA. he was wounded in teh war, but he lived to become quite well known. Gettysburg, PA was his 'home' and he is buried in Evergeen Cemetery there, where Jenny Wade and her fiance are buried also. Jenny and John Burns graves are the only two graves that have permission to fly the American Flag 24 hours a day. interesting that you got his name so clearly! 
I cannot place teh initials though. and i cannot place the sounds of soul music or mixed ethenic community things.not sure if he had a famous father or brother at all, i'm afraid. i don't know much about him, really, save teh fact that he was taken prisioner by the Rebels and eventually died from wounds--never knowing that his bride to be was already killed. I believe he was from a wealthy family though, so he probably was spoiled, yes. you got a great hit with the woman ill in bed upstairs. Jennie's sister, Georgia had just given birth to her first born--a boy. It was Jennie and her mother who tended Georgia, who had a very difficult birth. good one, ming!!!mingbop said:
CANID!!!canid said:
OMG! A WHOREHOUSE???!!! 
now, as for someone being 'plastered against the left side of the house", yes, that is very possible. the day of the birthing of Georgia's son, the battle of Gettysburg had just begun. there was a gunfight on that street, and this is how Jennie died. across the street in the Farnsworth Home, the confederates had taken possession of and had shooters in each of the windows firing at the union soldiers. it is very possible that a union soldier was hiding--or trying to at the house where Jenny was killed.it was determined that as she was kneading bread in the kitchen, a sharp shooter from teh Farnsworth Home (a confederate) shot out the window and the bullet went through the door and hit and killed Jenny instantly. there are some stones/rocks nearby everything in Gettysburg. I'm not sure if they were there at the time of the civil war or not though. but as you know, Gettysburg is a 'museum' for the civil war era. the war took place all over the town, and there are stone markers and statues everywhere to commemorate each and every part of the battle.
GOOD JOB ALL!!! now, here is the story of Jennie Wade:
Mary Virginia "Jennie" Wade was a 20-year-old resident of Gettysburg engaged to be married to Corp. Johnston H. Skelly of the 87th Pennsylvania. She worked as a seamstress with her mother in their home on Breckenridge Street. To make ends meet, they also took care of a 6-year-old boarder named Isaac. For safety during the first day's battle, Jennie and her family moved to the home of Jennie's sister, Georgia Wade McClellan on Baltimore Street. Her sister had given birth with great difficulty around 2:15 P.M., one hour before the Confederates rode into Gettysburg, and Jennie was caring for her. The McClellan side of the house on Baltimore Street, less than 50 yards north of Cemetery Hill, thus housed Mrs. Wade, Jennie, her brother Harry, her young boarder Isaac, her sister Georgia, and the newborn son. There was no heavy fighting in the area but a Federal picket line did run behind the little brick house, there was intermittent skirmishing between it and Confederate outposts in the Town proper. Protected by the sturdy brick walls of the house, they lived for three days in the midst of the greatest battle ever seen in this hemisphere. Jennie spent most of July 1 distributing bread to Union soldiers and filling their canteens with water. By late afternoon on July 2, the diminishing supply of bread made it apparent that more bread would be needed the next day. Jennie and her mother left the yeast to rise until the morning of the 3rd. At about 7 A.M. on the morning of July 3, the Confederate sharpshooters began firing at the north windows of the house. The prep work to bake biscuits was begun at 8 A.M. At about 8:30 A.M. while Jennie stood in the kitchen kneading dough, a Confederate musket ball smashed through a door on the north side of the house, pierced another into the kitchen, and struck Jennie in the back beneath her left shoulder blade embedding itself in her corset, killing her instantly. The cries of her sister and mother attracted Federal soldiers who carried her body to the cellar. Later she was buried in Evergreen Cemetery in a coffin some Confederate soldiers had fashioned for an officer. In the early afternoon of July 4, Jennie's mother baked 15 loaves of bread from the dough which Jennie had kneaded.
Jennie Wade was the only civilian casualty of the battle of Gettysburg. Nor was the tragedy complete, for unbeknownst to Jennie, her fiance` Corp. Skelly had been wounded and taken prisoner at Winchester on May 13. Transferred to Virginia, he died in a hospital on July 12. News that he had died in Confederate hands came several days after the Southern Army had withdrawn from Gettysburg.
the picture of the house was the house of Jenny's sister and where Jenny was killed. the picture of the single woman, was Jenny and the picture of the 3 women together is Jenny, her sister, Georgia and their mother in the middle. the wooden box contained teh dough that Jenny was kneading when she was killed.
