Abraham Brian farm house
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Abraham Brian farm house
The Abraham Brian Farm House is a monument at Gettysburg National Military Park [1] recognized as a significant contributing feature commemorating the Battle of Gettysburg.
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Abraham Bryan
| Abraham Brian[2] | |
|---|---|
| Died | May 30, 1879[2] |
| Resting place | Lincoln Cemetery (with 1st 2 wives). |
| Occupation | farmer |
Abraham Bryan, or Brian was a free black man who owned a 12-acre[3] farm on Cemetery Ridge at the time of the Battle of Gettysburg near the High Water Mark of the Confederacy. During the battle, Bryan and several other blacks left the area to avoid capture and enslavement. Federal troops positioned around the Bryan House and barn were assaulted by Confederate troops under the command of J. Johnston Pettigrew. The small farm was the target of an attack by Mississippi troops. When Bryan returned after the battle he discovered his house was nearly destroyed; its walls filled with bullet holes, windows broken, and furniture tossed about. His fences were gone, crops trampled, and his orchard trees were useless. Bryan assisted in the reburial of Union soldiers and received $1 ($19 in current dollar terms)/body, which were reinterred in the Gettysburg National Cemetery. Later, Bryan filed a claim with the Federal government for damages to his property totalling $1,028 and received $15 as compensation for damage by Union troops.
Bryan had purchased the farm in 1857 just south of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and his wife died soon after (he had five children). He then married a third wife.
In spite of the setbacks, Bryan successfully returned to his farm, living until 1879.[3]
Brady photo and the 1985 rediscovery of biaxially tapered shakes roofing
Mathew Brady photographed the house shortly after the Battle of Gettysburg. In 1985, the photograph led to the rediscovery of a roofing technique used in Germanic settlements up to the end of the 1800s. Initially believed to be clay tiles, a closer examination of the photograph determined the roofing to be the so-called biaxially tapered shakes. Further analysis of 19th-century photos found 16 additional such roofs around the Gettysburg area.[4]
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- ^ List of Classified Structures at nps.gov
- ^ a b (gravestone) Abraham Brien, findagrave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GScid=1994163&GRid=14873920&, retrieved 2011-01-19
- ^ a b The Abraham Bryan House
- ^ Restoration of a roofing
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