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Rose farm has always been my favorite battlefield farm. Not only am I a sucker
for stone, but the setting is beautiful, quiet, and storied. It’s close enough
to Emmitsburg Road that you could hop into town if necessary, but far enough
away from the rest of the battlefield that there’s a general feeling of peace
and seclusion. This was the place many Confederates ever saw before succumbing
to their wounds. It was known as a particularly brutal field hospital for quite
some time after the battle . . . yet there’s no hint of that bloody history
now.
**HONORED TODAY**
PVT. FRANK GREENWOOD
GOODWIN
Co. B, 8TH
Georgia Infantry
Born November 13, 1846
--- Died July 02, 1863
I’m not sure how he did it, but somehow Pvt. Goodwin, at age 14,
managed to convince the recruiters in Savannah that he was old enough to fight.
He suffered his first wound at Seven Pines in 1862 but quickly returned to
combat, receiving a mortal wound from which he would not escape. Pvt. Goodwin
died at the age of 16, never having reached his 17TH birthday.
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