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Franconia
Museum,
Inc.
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Organization
BOTH
SIDES
TOUR
VIII Lee’s Maryland Campaign of 150 Years Ago Visit the site of Stonewall Jackson’s bombardment that aided in the fall of Harpers Ferry. See a current residence that was constructed from the bricks of the destroyed United States Arsenal two years after the war. Spend the afternoon at Sharpsburg/Antietam, where Union and Confederate forces clashed on the bloodiest day in U.S. military history. View all stages of the battle starting with the initial Union charge, the carnage at Bloody Lane, the standoff at Burnside Bridge and the arrival of troops on the right flank that saved the Confederates from total defeat after the Union breakthrough. Saturday, April 28, 2012 Sponsored by the Franconia Museum
Franconia Museum Elects Officers for 2012
"Thank
God He
Survived
Pickett's
Charge"
After writing two books for the Franconia Museum, Carl Sell has authored a novel about his great grandfather, a Confederate private who survived the Civil War. He was wounded as part of Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg, also wounded at a later battle, hospitalized twice and captured nine days before the war ended. The book also includes info about his granddaughter's relatives, one of whom who was a private in the Union army who was wounded at Fairfax Station. And, there is a chapter about the relative of one of Carl's cousins who was a Medal of Honor recipient for his gallantry at Cold Harbor before the age of 18. The book is based on fact. It traces Private James Farthing through the war and reports on his tragic death in a railroad accident 23 years later. He fathered one daughter, who in turn had 13 children. One of them was Carl's mother. (Available at the Museum and on-line in the e-Store.)
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