Authentic Jennie Wade House Brick Relic with Bullet
The Jenny Wade home was very famous. So, when you get a chance to buy an authentic brick piece from this house you should jump at the chance. The Gettysburg Museum of History sells many different and very intriguing civil war relics.
The Authentic Jennie Wade House Brick Relic with Bullet is one such relic that is worth buying. The bullet in question was one that was recovered near the house on Cemetery Hill. The relic is also certified by the Gettysburg Museum of History.
This particular bullet is a good example of the kind of civil war relics that you can buy from the Gettysburg Museum of History. The bullet was recovered before Gettysburg was transformed into the National Park and is hundred percent legal to own. It is sold with Museum documentation. Jennie Wade was a well-known heroine of the Battle of Gettysburg.
On third July 1863, Jennie Wade was kneading dough for bread when a Minie bullet and which struck Jennie on her left shoulder blade breached her kitchen door. The bullet also pierced her heart and finally came to rest in her corset. She died instantly. It is not known for sure which side fired the bullet though some authors think that an unknown soldier of the Confederate Army may have fired it. Soon after Jennie Wade died, three soldiers from the Union Army found her body and informed her family of her death.
They placed her body in a temporary grave in the backyard of the McClellan home. The body was then relocated in January of 1864 to a cemetery of the German Reformed Church on Stratton Street. On the fourth of July, Jennie’s mom baked fifteen loaves of bread with the dough her daughter had kneaded.
Jennie had earlier given Union soldiers (who were retreating) some water on first of July 1863. The bullet that is shown in this display was actually recovered from Cemetery Hill on which the Jennie Wade home lies.