Shriver House Museum
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

CONFEDERATES TAKE THE SHRIVER HOUSE - TWO KILLED!

Gettysburg , PA – On Saturday, July 2, 2011 , from 5 to 9 pm , Confederates  occupied the home of George and Hettie (Weikert) Shriver just as they did during the Battle of Gettysburg. This time visitors are invited to talk to the soldiers to learn “first-hand” what occurred during those three days of terror in July, 1863. Hear how Hettie took her two girls, Sadie (7) and Mollie (5), and her fifteen-year-old neighbor, Tillie Pierce, to seek safety outside town only to find themselves deep within the battle lines.

This living history presentation provides visitors an opportunity to speak with Confederate soldiers as they prepare for battle. Watch the sharpshooters as they occupy the attic, fire muskets at their enemy on Cemetery Hill and, in some cases, take their last breath before meeting their maker. A make-shift hospital in the summer kitchen is manned by doctors and civilians who stepped up to assist in the aftermath. Children can have their "wounds" bandaged or make period toys such as whirli-gigs or church dolls. At the conclusion of the tour, cool off with a root beer in Shriver's Saloon with some of the Confederates and "local citizens" of the time who have their own harrowing stories to share.

Visitors can also see Civil War medical supplies, live cartridges, and much more, discovered during the restoration of the Shrivers home - 133 years after the fighting ended.