LADY LIBERTY PENNY, DATED 1828, RECOVERED FROM TROSTLE FARM, GETTYSBURG

LADY LIBERTY PENNY, DATED 1828, RECOVERED FROM TROSTLE FARM, GETTYSBURG

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Lady Liberty one-cent piece, dated 1828. Measures 1-1/16”.

Darkened patina, with major details visible.

Recovered from Trostle Farm woods by local Gettysburg resident John Cullison, who excavated relics on the field from 1935-1959. Cullison sold his collection to the famed Gettysburg Rosensteel family, who held the primary collection of Gettysburg artifacts.

The Abraham Trostle Farm is a 135-acre farm located on United States Avenue. The original house and barn remain standing. The barn still bears a scar of the battle - a hole near the roofline through which a cannonball passed on July 2nd, after Gen. Daniel Sickles moved his 3rd Corps forward to form a salient at the Peach Orchard not far to the west. Along the road in front of the house stands a monument for the 9th Massachusetts Battery, which had retreated to this point from its original position along the Wheatfield Road during the fighting on July 2nd. The battery stood its ground here, allowing other units to retreat safely back towards Seminary Ridge. Timothy O'Sullivan's famous photos show the many dead horses that lay near the house and barn. Still standing across US Avenue is the "witness tree" under which Sickles had his headquarters. Also located near the barn is a marker indicating the spot where Gen. Dan Sickles was seriously wounded, requiring the amputation of his leg. [sm][ph:L]

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