GDG- "The Old Brick" on the Baltimore Pike

[Brenda Wells]

Jack,
  Check out the "Sword and Saber" (CW relic dealer) web site  The owner 
lives in the Schaeffer farmhouse.

http://www.swordandsaber.com/
 Here is a brief description of the history of the property:

> SWORD & SABER is located just outside Gettysburg at the historic 
> Shaeffer Farm, originally known as Wolf's Walk, from an original 
> William Penn Land Grant. The house was built in 1780, and was at first 
> a Tavern, under the sign of 'George Washington'. Colonial Troops 
> drilled on the green in front of the house. Just before the Battle of 
> Gettysburg, Joshua Chamberlain's 20th Maine marched past the house, up 
> the Baltimore Pike and into legend. The field to the rear of the 
> property was used as a Prisoner of War camp for captured Rebels, and 
> the house was designated a Union Field Hospital. After his wounding in 
> the fighting at the Peach Orchard, New York General Daniel Sickles was 
> carried to the house for the amputation of his leg. The house was used 
> for other casualties as well, and holes were drilled in the floors to 
> facilitate the draining of spilled blood. The holes and bloodstains 
> are visible to this day.
>
Regards,
Brenda Wells


Jack Kelly wrote:

> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>
>
> Greetings,
>
> Re-reading J. Howard Wert's EPISODES OF GETTYSBURG AND THE UNDERGROUND 
> RAILROAD (Edited by Craig Caba), I came across reference to a house on 
> the Baltimore Pike near White's Run called the "Old Brick", formerly a 
> tavern. During the battle, it was owned by a Daniel Schaeffer, and 
> this is supposedly where General Dan Sickles had his leg amputated on 
> July 2nd.
> Is this the same farm which we visited on one of our hospital tours 
> with Roland Maust?  And, if so, is the house brick?  We visited the 
> barn, but never got to the house.
>