Most on this list are familiar with the Dunker Church that was in the middle of the Civil War Battle of Antietam, in 1862. What I didn't realize until recently reading a book on Gettysburg, that there were Brethren connections to that battle as well. 1.. Those familiar with the Battle of Gettysburg are familiar with the bloody confrontation at the Peach Orchard. What I didn't realize was who owned the Peach Orchard. It was Joseph Sherfy, a deacon in the Marsh Creek Church of the Brethren. Sherfy is also a name found in Roger Sappington's book 'Brethren in the New Nation'. 2.. During Day-1 of the Battle of Gettysburg, Union General Otis Howard, used the widows walk to view the battle, on the store of Henry J. Fahnestock. Henry was a descendent of the Fahnestock families that were members of the Ephrata Community. I thought some might be interested in these factoids. ********** I'll add other addenda - The Rummel family became Brethren at Nappanee IN - after Isaiah Rummel came home from the war (Youngstown OH, then Nappanee) - but Isaiah Rummel's gr grandfather, George Rummel (a child immigrant) owned part or most of the land of the "Cavalry Field" east of Gettysburg - a grandson, John Rummel, owned it at the time of the battle [that was where Brig Gen George Custer and the 7th Michigan Cavalry (2000, with 7 shot Spencer Rifles) stopped JEB Stuart and the Confederate Cavalry (8000 strong) - Stuart was to hit the back of the Union Lines as Pickett hit the front, and without that support, Pickett's Charge went to disaster]. Culps Hill was another grandson (Henry Culp, son of Christian Culp) - with the interesting story there. A couple younger Culp nephews had joined on the Confederate side - one was injured at Harpers Ferry - so he wrote a letter to his fiance - Jenny Wade, and gave it to his cousin - who took it to Gettysburg, and was killed on Culps Hill, before he had a chance to give Jenny Wade the letter. Of course, Jenny Wade was the only civilian killed in Gettysburg. Daniel Culp had a carpentry shop, and was building a coffin for the Confederate Brig General, William Barksdale. When Lee pulled out of Gettysburg, the coffin was used to bury Jenny Wade. Daniel Culp's son, James (17), was killed after the battle, salvaging off the battlefield, a shell exploded in his hands. There are a number of stories - - Isaiah Rummel was in the 139th Ohio Volunteer Infantry - was stationed as a guard (and barberer) at the Point Lookout Prisoner of War Camp, on the Potomac River, below Washington DC. He was a 100 day man. When his brother, Joseph, was killed at the Battle of Atlanta (GA), he came home, then came to his cousins at Nappanee IN - where I was born. Christian Culp, who married Barbara Rummel, was in the Gettysburg Volunteer Fire Department. When I was at the Seminary (Museum) in Gettysburg, they went and got his leather fire bucket, and took a picture of me holding it. One of the Battlefield Guides lives at the Rummel Farm, and he let me hold one of the 7 shot Spencer Rifles, that by serial number was in the battle. I always did wish that my Rummels at Gettysburg were Brethren at Marsh Creek - but so far - no luck - Isaiah married Stump Girl - and we are Brethren - at Nappanee and since. Merle C Rummel

While none of these families are in my husband's Brethren lines, I find the information very interesting as I have been researching various family members who were in the Civil War. Some of these 'stories behind the story' give special meaning to the families of those involved and the researchers who are interested in that particular time period. Thank you for sharing!

Hi Merle... as usual, you are a wealth of interesting info! My maternal great grandfather's brother was at Pt Lookout until after the end of the war... He was there involuntarily, I might add, being a Virginian, and all... Blessings to all, Kendal Elmore -----Original Message----- From: Merle Rummel <cliff@nwwnet.net> To: brethren <brethren@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sun, Sep 22, 2013 6:19 pm Subject: Re: [BRE] Gettysburg Brethren Trivia Most on this list are familiar with the Dunker Church that was in the middle of the Civil War Battle of Antietam, in 1862. What I didn't realize until recently reading a book on Gettysburg, that there were Brethren connections to that battle as well. 1.. Those familiar with the Battle of Gettysburg are familiar with the bloody confrontation at the Peach Orchard. What I didn't realize was who owned the Peach Orchard. It was Joseph Sherfy, a deacon in the Marsh Creek Church of the Brethren. Sherfy is also a name found in Roger Sappington's book 'Brethren in the New Nation'. 2.. During Day-1 of the Battle of Gettysburg, Union General Otis Howard, used the widows walk to view the battle, on the store of Henry J. Fahnestock. Henry was a descendent of the Fahnestock families that were members of the Ephrata Community. I thought some might be interested in these factoids. ********** I'll add other addenda - The Rummel family became Brethren at Nappanee IN - after Isaiah Rummel came home from the war (Youngstown OH, then Nappanee) - but Isaiah Rummel's gr grandfather, George Rummel (a child immigrant) owned part or most of the land of the "Cavalry Field" east of Gettysburg - a grandson, John Rummel, owned it at the time of the battle [that was where Brig Gen George Custer and the 7th Michigan Cavalry (2000, with 7 shot Spencer Rifles) stopped JEB Stuart and the Confederate Cavalry (8000 strong) - Stuart was to hit the back of the Union Lines as Pickett hit the front, and without that support, Pickett's Charge went to disaster]. Culps Hill was another grandson (Henry Culp, son of Christian Culp) - with the interesting story there. A couple younger Culp nephews had joined on the Confederate side - one was injured at Harpers Ferry - so he wrote a letter to his fiance - Jenny Wade, and gave it to his cousin - who took it to Gettysburg, and was killed on Cu! lps Hill, before he had a chance to give Jenny Wade the letter. Of course, Jenny Wade was the only civilian killed in Gettysburg. Daniel Culp had a carpentry shop, and was building a coffin for the Confederate Brig General, William Barksdale. When Lee pulled out of Gettysburg, the coffin was used to bury Jenny Wade. Daniel Culp's son, James (17), was killed after the battle, salvaging off the battlefield, a shell exploded in his hands. There are a number of stories - - Isaiah Rummel was in the 139th Ohio Volunteer Infantry - was stationed as a guard (and barberer) at the Point Lookout Prisoner of War Camp, on the Potomac River, below Washington DC. He was a 100 day man. When his brother, Joseph, was killed at the Battle of Atlanta (GA), he came home, then came to his cousins at Nappanee IN - where I was born. Christian Culp, who married Barbara Rummel, was in the Gettysburg Volunteer Fire Department. When I was at the Seminary (Museum) in Gettysburg, they went and got his leather fire bucket, and took a picture of me holding it. One of the Battlefield Guides lives at the Rummel Farm, and he let me hold one of the 7 shot Spencer Rifles, that by serial number was in the battle. I always did wish that my Rummels at Gettysburg were Brethren at Marsh Creek - but so far - no luck - Isaiah married Stump Girl - and we are Brethren - at Nappanee and since. Merle C Rummel ------------------------ Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN ------------------------ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRETHREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Merle: interesting info. I can't recall where I read or saw it, but there were a number of civilians killed after the battle, when scavenging or plowing the fields, from unexploded ammunition. And there was plenty of it out there. The vast majority of bullets and artillery shells never hit their intended target. You typically couldn't even see what your were shooting at due to the smoke from the back powder, one can assume the original meaning of the term 'fog of war'. Bill T.

I noted with interest "The Rummel family became Brethren at Nappanee IN - after Isaiah Rummel came home from the war". My Great-Grandparents Lewis Henry REHERD & Margaret Elizabeth "Maggie" SHAVER REHERD also became Brethren after the Civil War. I've often wondered if Pacifist churches picked up a number of Veterans who had seen too much war. **Does anyone have any information relating to Veterans joining Pacifist Churchs?** My GGF Lewis was baptized at Friedens German Reformed Church, Rockingham Co, VA in 1829 (record in German) and Maggie was baptized in the same church in 1839 (record in English). Lewis was 32 years old and had never been married when the war started, and he enlisted in Company B, 10th VA Infantry [Rockingham Rifles]. By the end of 1861 he is listed as the Company blacksmith, by 1862 he is the Regimental blacksmith, and in 1863 he was the Stonewall Brigade blacksmith, yet never was promoted above private. Lewis went to Gettysburg, and apparently left the night of 3 July as a mechanic/blacksmith heading South with the wagon train of supplies and wounded. The wagon train had arrived at the flooding Potomac River at Williamsport, MD by the morning of 6 July, where it was attacked by Union Calvary in The Battle of the Wagoneers [simultaneously there was a battle a few miles away in Hagerstown]. During the Battle of the Wagoneers Lewis was shot through the eye and the ball lodged on the inside of his temple. The Confederate Army finally managed to cross the flooding Potomac on the night of 13-14 July. The ball was surgically removed from Lewis' head probably 15 July probably at Winchester, VA. Lewis appears on Confederate Muster Rolls as home on Medical Leave through October 1864, and presumably stayed there for the duration of the War. [By Oct 1864 the siege of Richmond is tightening, and keeping track of Lewis was probably not high on the list for the Confederate War Department] Lewis and Maggie married in 1866 and they settled near Dry River in Rockingham Co, VA where they are buried at Beaver Creek Church of the Brethren. My grandmother was born in 1867, and two more girls were born before Lewis died suddenly in 1876, probably of stroke or heart attack. Maggie remarried in 1888 after having a Pre-Nuptial agreement filed in the Deeds Room of the Rockingham Courthouse; Maggie received $500 and the right to keep all her property, and her new husband got to keep his property (they both had children from their respective first marriages). Both partners of this second marriage were buried with their first spouses. Thom Flory -----Original Message----- From: Merle Rummel <cliff@nwwnet.net> To: brethren <brethren@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sun, Sep 22, 2013 6:22 pm Subject: Re: [BRE] Gettysburg Brethren Trivia Most on this list are familiar with the Dunker Church that was in the middle of the Civil War Battle of Antietam, in 1862. What I didn't realize until recently reading a book on Gettysburg, that there were Brethren connections to that battle as well. 1.. Those familiar with the Battle of Gettysburg are familiar with the bloody confrontation at the Peach Orchard. What I didn't realize was who owned the Peach Orchard. It was Joseph Sherfy, a deacon in the Marsh Creek Church of the Brethren. Sherfy is also a name found in Roger Sappington's book 'Brethren in the New Nation'. 2.. During Day-1 of the Battle of Gettysburg, Union General Otis Howard, used the widows walk to view the battle, on the store of Henry J. Fahnestock. Henry was a descendent of the Fahnestock families that were members of the Ephrata Community. I thought some might be interested in these factoids. ********** I'll add other addenda - The Rummel family became Brethren at Nappanee IN - after Isaiah Rummel came home from the war (Youngstown OH, then Nappanee) - but Isaiah Rummel's gr grandfather, George Rummel (a child immigrant) owned part or most of the land of the "Cavalry Field" east of Gettysburg - a grandson, John Rummel, owned it at the time of the battle [that was where Brig Gen George Custer and the 7th Michigan Cavalry (2000, with 7 shot Spencer Rifles) stopped JEB Stuart and the Confederate Cavalry (8000 strong) - Stuart was to hit the back of the Union Lines as Pickett hit the front, and without that support, Pickett's Charge went to disaster]. Culps Hill was another grandson (Henry Culp, son of Christian Culp) - with the interesting story there. A couple younger Culp nephews had joined on the Confederate side - one was injured at Harpers Ferry - so he wrote a letter to his fiance - Jenny Wade, and gave it to his cousin - who took it to Gettysburg, and was killed on Cu! lps Hill, before he had a chance to give Jenny Wade the letter. Of course, Jenny Wade was the only civilian killed in Gettysburg. Daniel Culp had a carpentry shop, and was building a coffin for the Confederate Brig General, William Barksdale. When Lee pulled out of Gettysburg, the coffin was used to bury Jenny Wade. Daniel Culp's son, James (17), was killed after the battle, salvaging off the battlefield, a shell exploded in his hands. There are a number of stories - - Isaiah Rummel was in the 139th Ohio Volunteer Infantry - was stationed as a guard (and barberer) at the Point Lookout Prisoner of War Camp, on the Potomac River, below Washington DC. He was a 100 day man. When his brother, Joseph, was killed at the Battle of Atlanta (GA), he came home, then came to his cousins at Nappanee IN - where I was born. Christian Culp, who married Barbara Rummel, was in the Gettysburg Volunteer Fire Department. When I was at the Seminary (Museum) in Gettysburg, they went and got his leather fire bucket, and took a picture of me holding it. One of the Battlefield Guides lives at the Rummel Farm, and he let me hold one of the 7 shot Spencer Rifles, that by serial number was in the battle. I always did wish that my Rummels at Gettysburg were Brethren at Marsh Creek - but so far - no luck - Isaiah married Stump Girl - and we are Brethren - at Nappanee and since. Merle C Rummel ------------------------ Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN ------------------------ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRETHREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message