GDG- Jenny Wade, the Heroine of Gettysburg

[Mike Nugent]

I don't remember Tillie Pierce having an issue with the Wade family but I've heard something about John Burns having some some problems with their father in Burns' capacity as a constable.  I think the comment about the Wades being southern sympathizers (based on the names they gave their daughters) came from Burns also.  John Burns after all was very good at promoting his favorite Gettysburg personality, John Burns.  Supposedly he resented the attention paid to Miss Wade's death and had several derogatory comments about both her and her family.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: cameron2 at optonline.net 
  To: GDG 
  Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 12:50 PM
  Subject: Re: GDG- Jenny Wade, the Heroine of Gettysburg


  Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:


  << Her sister Georgia was instrumental in the fundraising for the monument.  She lived in Iowa by that time but still made it a priority to honor her sisters' memory.  >>


  Didn't Tillie Pierce have some rather uncomplimentary things to say about the Wade family?  Or am I confusing her with somebody else?

  I seem to recall her commenting on the fact the family were southern sympathizers, and that it was no cooincidence that Jenny (or Ginny) was short for "Virginia", and that her sister was named Georgia. 
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