This chunk of wood measures 3.75” square x 6.5” long. Recovered from the threshing floor of the Jacob Schwartz barn. There is a portion on the bottom that had rotted away and it is likely that this piece was cut out to be replaced. The wood remains solid. A single iron “cut nail” remains along with a few nail holes. A letter accompanies this relating that it originally was acquired from Hank Schaeffer, who owned the farm.

The 2^nd Corps set up their hospital on the Jacob Schwartz Farm around Rock Creek. This was the third and final location of that Corps’ field hospital. Initially moved due to Confederate artillery over-shots during Pickett’s Charge, and then from flooding along Rock Creek. The Schwartz farm buildings and fields eventually held over 3200 wounded Union and Confederate soldiers.

This comes from the Gregory A. Coco collection. Greg was born in Marksville, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana in 1946. He served in Vietnam and was a Park Ranger at Gettysburg NMP for many years. Greg enjoyed historical research and authored many books relating to the Battle of Gettysburg, most notably “A Vast Sea of Misery” and “A Strange and Blighted Land”.   [jet] [ph:L]

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