. The true story of "Jennie" Wade : a Gettysburg maid . THE McCLELLAN RESIDENCE (Popularly called the Jennie Wade House,as it appears today. Now used as a <war wheel in front of the house is a battlefieldrelic.) ©©©©©©©©©©©O©©©© o©©©©©©©©©©©o© OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOC50000000000000000000000000000000000 Page Twenty-six qqqqqqoqqqqqqqqqqqqqoooqqqqoqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqoqqqqqqqqqqqqq ©©©©©©©©©©©©©o©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©© ©© © ©©©©. CHAPTER VII (July 4, 1863) T five oclock on the afternoon of July 4th a little groupconsisting of Mrs. Wade, Mrs. McCl
. The true story of "Jennie" Wade : a Gettysburg maid . THE McCLELLAN RESIDENCE (Popularly called the Jennie Wade House,as it appears today. Now used as a <war wheel in front of the house is a battlefieldrelic.) ©©©©©©©©©©©O©©©© o©©©©©©©©©©©o© OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOC50000000000000000000000000000000000 Page Twenty-six qqqqqqoqqqqqqqqqqqqqoooqqqqoqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqoqqqqqqqqqqqqq ©©©©©©©©©©©©©o©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©© ©© © ©©©©. CHAPTER VII (July 4, 1863) T five oclock on the afternoon of July 4th a little groupconsisting of Mrs. Wade, Mrs. McClellan, —the mother of Mrs. Wade, Harry Wade andsome six or eight soldiers, stood beside an open gravewhich had been prepared in the garden at the rearof the house. The body on being taken from the cellarrested in a coffin which had been brought to the south side andplaced on the brick pavement outside the cellar doors. It isbelieved that this casket was originally intended for a Confederate Col-onel, the construction of the case having been started by Confederateworkmen. This coffin was completed by Mr. Charles Comfort, ofGettysburg, and is the one in which our heroine still sleeps. No preparations whatsoever were made for the cleansing, embalm-ing or redressing of the deceased. She was placed in the coffin withthe quilt wrapped about her. The dough which was still on her handsand arms gave mute evidence of the service which she had and wasfaithfully endeavo
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