Historic Structures Report, Part I: Spangler House and Farm
1956. Historic Structures Report, Part I: Spangler House and Farm. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
The Battle of Gettysburg was a turning point in the Civil War, the Union victory that ended General Robert E. Lee's second and most ambitious invasion of the North. Often referred to as the "High Water Mark of the Rebellion", Gettysburg was the Civil War's bloodiest battle and was also the inspiration for President Abraham Lincoln's immortal "Gettysburg Address". The Gettysburg National Military Park protects and interprets the landscape of the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg. This historic structure report concerns the Spangler Farm buildings at Gettysburg, consisting of nine buildings located south of Gettysburg approximately midway between Emmitsburg Road and Spangler's Wood. The Confederate brigades commanded by General C. Wilcox and Colonel David Lang in Longstreet's assault of July 2 charged across the Spangler farm against the Union line on the Emmitsburg Road. Condition of all structures was found to be fair to good; the house and barn in a very good state of repair. The report recommends the removal of all metal roofing and replacement with hand-split wood shakes. Changes in exterior appearances of all structures are not anticipated under this proposed work.
- Type
- Published Report
- Date of Issue
- 1956-10
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- GETT , NER
- Keywords
- agriculture, barn, Civil War, farm, homestead, Spangler, vernacular architecture
- Subjects
- CRIS-HS: 000469: Henry Spangler Farm House