The McPherson Farm

This view taken from Stone's Ave

The stone barn in this photo is all that remains of the Edward McPherson farm.  This is land located along the Chambersburg Pike, about a ½ mile west of Gettysburg.  It was fought over heavily on 1 July 1863.

Edward McPherson was a lawyer and had been a member of the US House of Representatives.  President Abraham Lincoln appointed McPherson Deputy Commissioner of the Internal Revenue.  At the time of the Battle he was in Washington, DC.

The John Slentz family was renting the 66.5 acre farm at the time of the Battle.  The farm included the barn that is in the photo, a house and a wagon shed.  They had some pasture and a field of corn and one of wheat.  The barn was used during and after the Battle by the wounded.  It would be 3 months before the Slentz family could live in the house again.

The depression in the forward of photo is an unused quarry.  You will also notice several monuments in the photo, including the 150th PA and the Reynolds Equestrian Monument.

A view taken today.  Looking from Reynolds Ave.