Sherfy Farmhouse is a photograph by Hugh Smith which was uploaded on September 27th, 2015.
Sherfy Farmhouse
The Joseph Sherfy farm featured prominently in the Battle of Gettysburg & was added as a contributing structure to this historic district. The house... more
by Hugh Smith
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Sherfy Farmhouse
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Hugh Smith
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Photograph - Photographs
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The Joseph Sherfy farm featured prominently in the Battle of Gettysburg & was added as a contributing structure to this historic district. The house stood between line of CS & US troops on July 2 & 3 1863.
At the time of the battle the fifty acre farm was owned by Reverend Joseph Sherfy and included the famous Peach Orchard to the south of Wheatfield Road as well as both Big and Little Round Tops and the Devil’s Den. The house is the original house built in the 1840’s and still displays bullet holes in its brickwork, signs of the fierce fighting that took place around it on July 2nd and 3rd, 1863. The current barn replaced the original, which had been used by the Confederates as a field hospital but had burned during the battle.
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September 27th, 2015
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