On July 3, we are commemorate the Gettysburg Civil War Cavalry Battle on our farm here at Battlefield Bed & Breakfast. We are on the South Cavalry Battlefield. The fighting on our property occurred during and slightly after Pickett’s Charge, (also known as Longstreet’s Assault) The battle on our property was Union Cavalry against Confederate infantry.
Image what the farm residents, abolutionists Cornelius and Anna Houghtelin, must have seen
Because the fighting here lasted longer than the infantry charge called Pickett’s charge, our property may have had the last gunshot of the Battle of Gettysburg, 162 years ago on this day, July 3.
The Houghtelin Farmhouse on the South Cavalry Battlefield in Gettysburg, PA.