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. Bill Thomas