Mystery Solved! Civil War Photo Location Discovered after 154 Years
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Published 2024-03-28
Watch as Garry Adelman makes his first visit to the site in 2024!
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All Comments (21)
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I grew up in Central PA and in 5th grade students would visit Gettysburg. I remember exploring Devil's Den and coming across the stone wall from the "Dead Confederate Sharpshooter" photograph, and recognized it immediately from books we had in the classroom. It made the Civil War feel palpable. At the time there was no marker, but now it's surrounded by informative signs.
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My gg grandparents, William Cicero Phillips and Martha Smith Phillips built a beautiful house at Oak Level in Henry Co. Virginia around 1840. There is a photo of it in a book about our family genealogy I lovingly refer to as the 'begat' book. Several years ago as I was scanning the internet for old properties in Virginia when I came across a beautiful old white house situated on a rolling green hill. It had recently sold and there were numerous photos available. I instantly knew that I had stumbled upon my old family home. After comparing size, windows, clapboard siding and most importantly the bricks in the double fireplaces, I discovered that it was, indeed, the original Phillips home...I was able to find the owner and confirmed my discovery. So you see why I admire your tenacity. There are treasures reserved for those who quite simply, not only look but see what others do not. Cheers!!!
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Awesome to watch these Videos! Thank you Garry for helping preserve History. And to all of the trust, thank you so for these amazing and educational videos.
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Another relic of history erased by a northern VA McMansion suburb.
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Fascinating video! It breaks my heart that they tore the house down though. 😢
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Nothing is sacred to real estate developers
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Well done Gary! Great detective work!
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History can not hide from the eyes of G-dawg
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The Civil War photo locations with Garry are the best!
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You can’t defeat the desire for a McMansion.
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Great job-Please keep up the good work!
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How awesome! Thank you so much for this.
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That is absolutely amazing detective work, Wow!😲 (& congratulations)!👍😃🇺🇸
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Thank you for all you do, Garry. This is awesome.
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Awesome video!! I wish they had not torn the original house down.
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Wow! Sad that it's gone.
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Thank you Gary. Great video on finding the location of the photo. Very cool 😎 💯👍👊
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Amazing work, thank you!
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Man, so sad that the house was torn down. Great video though. I’d like to place an order for 100 more just like it. 🙂
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Thank You for doing all that work & research for us
