Brian Farm
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The Brian Farm[1][3] is an American Civil War area of the Gettysburg Battlefield used during the Pickett's Charge. On January 23, 2004, the farm's buildings, Boundary Stone Wall, and ID tablet were designated historic district contributing structures[4] after the tract was used for the 1918 Camp Colt[5] and other postwar camps.
History
Abraham Brian (colloquially Bryan as early as 1891)[6] was a free black man who purchased the farm in 1857 just south of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (his wife died soon and he married a third wife.) The farm included an additional farm dwelling along the Emmitsburg Road.[7] Prior to the battle, Bryan and several other blacks left the area to avoid capture and enslavement.
Battle of Gettysburg: Federal troops positioned around the Bryan House and barn were assaulted by Confederate troops of MississippiScript error: No such module "Unsubst". under the command of J. Johnston Pettigrew.
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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Bryan's $1,028 federal claim for property damage resultedScript error: No such module "Unsubst". in $15 paid for damage by Union troopsScript error: No such module "Unsubst". (he sold the farm in 1869.)[8] Postbellum additions to the Abraham Brian Farm House included a 2nd floor.[9]
The 1883 Gettysburg Cyclorama (which was made in conjunction with William H. Tipton photographs) has a painted image of the house.[10][11][12]
The last inhabitant was Ernest Strickhouser in 1940,[10] c. 1950Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". the 2-story farm house was demolished, and a 1-story reproduction of the Civil War structure was built.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Battlefield monuments on the tract include the 111th New York Infantry Monument, 11th Mississippi Infantry Marker, and the Camp Colt commemorative pine tree and marker. The Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association acquired a 19th-century right-of-way and built a carriage road between the house and barn--Grand Central Avenue (now Hancock Avenue) was Telfordized (paved) shortly after GBMA lands transferred to the War Department before the turn of the century.[13]
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References
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- ↑ Template:Cite Gettysburg Commission Reports "176 acres of the Codori farm, 10 acres of the Smith farm, and 6 acres of the Bryan House place"
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- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". 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. 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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