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Step inside the Jennie Wade House in Gettysburg for a powerful look at the civilian experience during the Civil War—told through one young woman's tragic story.
Jennie Wade House is ranked #6 out of 12 things to do in Gettysburg. See pictures and our review of Jennie Wade House.
A secret room was found at the home where Jennie Wade – the only known civilian casualty of the Battle of Gettysburg – was born.
A small space was recently found at the birthplace of Jennie Wade, the only known civilian casualty of the Battle of Gettysburg.While renovations were being done at the house on Baltimore Street ...
The house is known for being the site of the only civilian death of the Battle of Gettysburg, when Mary Virginia Wade, also known as Jennie Wade, was killed by a stray bullet on July 3, 1863.
Like the Jennie Wade House, the Shriver House Museum aims to portray what life was like for Gettysburg residents during the Civil War. The home, which belonged to the Shriver family, was ...
A new museum tells their stories. Gettysburg’s newest museum uncovers the stories of the townspeople who lived there: those who fed the soldiers, nursed the wounded, and buried the dead.
Jennie Wade House We then made our way down the block to the Jennie Wade House. But as it turns out, there was no Jennie Wade. Twenty years old at the time of the battle, her name was Mary ...
Located just steps from the Shriver Museum, Tillie Pierce House, and a stone’s throw from the Gettysburg Battlefield itself, the Jennie Wade Birthplace is one of the town’s oldest surviving ...
Ghostly Images of Gettysburg hosts ghost tours of the Jennie Wade House, the orphanage, and haunted bus tours and investigations.