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Learn the story of the only civilian to be killed during the Battle of Gettysburg. Authentically furnished from cellar to attic, the Jennie Wade House is a shrine to Jennie and to life during the American Civil War.
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Jennie Wade House Museum. Experience the tragedy of Jennie...
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Authentically furnished from cellar to attic, the Jennie Wade House is a shrine to Jennie and to life during the American Civil War. Just 20 years old at the time of the Battle, Jennie was kneading dough in the kitchen when a rifle bullet pierced two doors and claimed her life.
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Learn about the life and death of Jennie Wade, the only civilian casualty of the Battle of Gettysburg, who was killed by a Confederate bullet in 1863. Visit the historic house where she lived and worked as a seamstress and baker.
Early 1900s photograph of Jennie Wade's house. Wade, her mother, and two younger brothers left their home in central Gettysburg [4] and traveled to the house of her sister, Georgia Anna Wade McClellan at 548 Baltimore Street to assist her and her newborn child.
Visit the 1863 home where Jennie Wade was killed by a stray bullet during the Battle of Gettysburg. Learn about her life, the battle, and the history of the house at this museum.
The Jennie Wade House is a historic landmark that memorializes the life and untimely death of Jennie Wade, the only civilian killed during the Battle of Gettysburg. Informational signage outside the house.
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Visit the house where Jennie Wade, the only civilian killed during the Battle of Gettysburg, lived and worked. Learn about her life, the Civil War era, and the ghost stories of the house.
