December 19, 2014

Is it just me, or has the Copse been growing increasingly scraggly over the years? (Thanks to Garry Adelman, I now know that ‘copse of trees’ is not a proper term, as ‘copse’ actually means “small grove of trees" :-) ) I saw from photos that it already looked kind of rough in 2004, but on my first visits (early 1990s through early 2000s) the copse seemed so much “thicker.” On a side note, there are lots of interesting things visible on this photo: From left to right, the 106^TH Pennsylvania monument, the High Water Mark memorial complete with artillery pieces, the Nicholas Codori farm, and the 69^TH Pennsylvania monument.

**HONORED TODAY**

PVT. GREEN BERRY NEAL

Co. D, 37^TH North Carolina Infantry

Born 1838 --- Died August 27, 1863

Pvt. Neal, who went by the name “Berry”, enlisted in August 1862. He was a brick mason by trade and was married to Barbara. Together they had Daniel (born 1858) and John A. (born 1860). Pvt. Neal died at a U.S. hospital in Chester, PA, while a prisoner of war.


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