The Spangler Farm

This painting was done en plein air and near the site of Picketts Charge.

History of the barn and home:  On July 1, 1863, the home and its buildings were converted to a field hospital for the 2nd Division of the 11th Union Army Corps. Pretty soon, all the wounded of the corps were brought there to be treated. Reports indicate some 1,800 Union soldiers and 100 Confederate troops were attended to at the Spangler Farm. At least seven Federal surgeons are known to have been assigned to the site. The Elliott Burial Map, published in 1864, illustrates many burials on the farm, including at least 20 Confederate soldiers. The wounded who were at the farm were moved by August 1863 to other hospitals, including Camp Letterman General Hospital, located along the York Road east of Gettysburg. George Spangler rebuilt and repaired his home and farm buildings. He lived on the property until his death in 1904.