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Confederate Stronghold:
In the afternoon of July 1st, 1863, after Union troops retreated south to Cemetery Hill, this 2-1/2 story brick house was occupied by Confederate sharpshooters. Catherine Sweney and her daughter, Lizzie, residents of the house, fled to safety.
The house was strategically located near Federal lines and its garret window provided a protected site for the Confederate during the next two days while they maintained a deadly fire against Union forces on Cemetery Hill.
Some 150 bullet scars are visible in the brick wall in the proximity of the garret window, which now bear silent witness to the efforts of Union riflemen who sought to overcome this Confederate stronghold. |