GDG- Re: McClellan Pub

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Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2006 00:50:41 +0000
From: mdblough1 at comcast.net  (Margaret D. Blough)
Subject: Re: GDG- Re: A Sad State of Affairs
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Actually, Steve, the McClellan Pub at  the Gettysburg Hotel has nothing to do 
with Gen. George McClellan.  That  was the name of the hotel that was on the 
site of the current Gettysburg Hotel  in 1863.  It was called the McClellan 
House Hotel after the two brothers  who owned it, John H. and George (who were 
55 and 57 respectively in 1863 &,  so far as I know, no relation to the famous 
George McClellan, who turned 37 on  December 3, 1863).  One thing that is 
ironic in having a pub bearing the  McClellan brothers' name is that, according to 
"Firestorm at Gettysburg:  Civilian Voices" by Jim Slade & John Alexander, it 
was said that some called  the McClellan House Hotel "the temperance hotel" 
because the local temperance  society held its meetings there.  Also, according 
to "Firestorm at  Gettysburg," in the aftermath of the battle, the McClellan 
House Hotel gave its  parlor over to the Sisters of Charity from Emmitsburg 
who slept on the parlor  floor when not nursing the wounded.

I don't drink so I can't vouch for  the McClellan Pub, but you can consume 
its products without fear of historical  inaccuracy.

Regards,

Margaret


Margaret,
 
Thanks. :)  I did know the history of the Pub and  always found it ironic 
that one of the brothers was named George.  Did not  know that the Sisters of 
Charity stayed there though.  Learn something new  every day. :)
 
Hope all is well.
 
Regards from the Garden State,
 
Steve Basic