[Major General Wesley Merritt of 2nd Regular Army Cavalry Regiment and General Staff U.S. Volunteers Infantry Regiment in uniform] courtesy the Library of Congress
On July 3, we 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, abolitionists 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.
