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(Hanover Area Historical Society, Hanover, PA /Hanover Area Historical Society, Hanover, PA). <p>William Samuel Weaver aged 90, of Carlisle passed away November 21, 2022, at the Church of God Home in Carlisle. Besides private efforts, in the years after the war the task of mourning the dead and building a Confederate memory fell to the ladies of the South, and numerous Ladies Memorial Associations sprang up. It is estimated that approximately 7,800 men were killed during the three days of that battle. In 1889, Weaver wrote to his friend, Ada Egerton: Over 16 years have now passed away and today over twelve thousand dollars (including interest) is due me without a line from any of those interested in the debtdebt which you have often truly said is one of Sacred honor. Weaver certainly had a right to be aggrieved, for $12,000 in 1889 is the equivalent of more than $350,000 today. Gettysburg National Cemetery is a United States national cemetery created for Union/Federal casualties of the July 1 to 3, 1863 Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War (1861-1865). While the ladies of the HMA primarily were concerned with honoring the dead, the younger members of the UDC were focused on influencing the future by shaping the minds of the young. Samuel lived in 1900, at address, Missouri. Most were the simple items that the average Billy Yank might carry a comb, a pipe, a toothbrush, a knife, a fork and a spoon. The land was part of the Gettysburg Battlefield, and the cemetery is within Gettysburg National Military Park . Blocher removed the plate and refused to give it up until he was given $10. Photographs of soldiers corpses remind us of the unfathomable human cost of the Civil Warboth for the nation as a whole, as Drew Faust writes in This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War, and for individual families. can say with the greatest satisfaction to myself and to the friends of the soldiers that I saw every body taken out of its temporary resting place, and all the pockets carefully searched.. Weaver praised the ladies for their efforts but stopped short of calling the debt settled. Watch. Despite the money still owed to him, Weaver commenced work again in the spring of 1873, shipping 333 sets of remains on May 17 in time for the Memorial Day celebration on Gettysburg Hill. Hanover photographer Peter S. Weaver, who operated a studio on Baltimore Street, recorded this view dated February 6, 1864. Home; Trees; Search; DNA; Explore; Help; Extras; Subscribe; . Biggs and another man then used their horse teams to take the coffins to the new cemetery for reburial. When Samuel W. Weaver was born on 21 January 1862, in Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Jacob Boger Weaver, was 29 and his mother, Catherine Carroll, was 24. Amazing Fact About the Negro No. Biggs also discovered that forty-five dead Confederates were buried on the farm, according to the website Pennsylvania Quest for Freedom. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. Samuel married Malindy Weaver circa 1846, at age 22. In no instance was a body allowed to be removed which had any portion of the rebel clothing on it, Weaver reported. This week's article is by Gettysburg Connection contributor Jenine Weaver. We are sad to announce that on November 21, 2022, at the age of 90, William Samuel Weaver of Carlisle, Pennsylvania passed away. But since then, historians, including Creighton, William Switala and James Paradis, have helped us understand how Basil Biggs took part in this complex and dangerous operation. During that summer of 1871, the family of Lt. Col. David Winn of the 4th Georgia contracted with Weaver to collect and return his body, which had been buried on the David Blocher Farm. They would not finish their workwhich amounted to more than 3500 corpsesuntil the Middle of March 1864. In other words, it took President Lincoln little more than two minutes to orate what he had written, while it took Biggs and his crew four months to finish their grisly task. HistoryNet.com contains daily features, photo galleries and over 25,000 articles originally published in our nine magazines. Weaver was far less sanguine than the ladies about the prospects of recovery from the Maury estate. She is currently pursuing her PhD at West Virginia University with research on mental trauma in the Civil War. This page lists soldiers named August Sungrist through Isaac Sweeney who served in Pennsylvania infantry units during the Civil War. Gettysburg Compiler August 18, 1896. A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in York September 4,. In June 1873, however, Colonel W. C. Carrington, a member of the Southern Cross Brotherhood in Richmond (a fraternal organization of former Confederate officers), informed Egerton that Mrs. Brown had told him that she had enough Gettysburg funds to finish removing all our dead from that point but they were in the hands of a banker who will finally pay out but [has] suspended and thus locked the money up for the present. Carrington told Egerton that Weaver could safely rely on eventual payment of all due on that score.. How could an obligation of this size have been created? On Thursday he ate his dinner with the family after which he said he did not feel well, and would go upstairs . According to an article written in 1929, Rose refused to let the bodies be removed unless the ladies were willing to pay for them. Biggs June 13, 1906, obituary in he Gettysburg Compiler reveals his most impressive accomplishment of all. Walking through the Soldiers National Cemetery at Gettysburg, Im always struck by how neat and orderly the rows of headstones appear, where a century and a half before, the soldiers now resting peacefully fought and died during one of the fiercest, and most fabled, military campaigns ever waged on American soil. Why didnt Weaver sue the HMA for the money he was owed? Cons. The original obligation was created in the decade following the end of the Civil War, when Southern women sought to provide proper resting places for their fallen husbands, sons, and fathers. The stakes then couldnt have been higherslavery vs. freedomnor the ground the soldiers fell on more hallowed. Thomas Doman, of the 25th Ohio regiment, was found with $4 and a gold locket. In a letter written to Mrs. K.L. in Economics from the University of Virginia and an MBA from Dartmouth College. Most of these local organizations fundraised and solicited donations in order to locate, exhume, and reinter the Confederate dead into local or Confederate cemeteries, but struggled financially throughout the process. Did Biggs have nightmares? In making the dead and their families whole, Biggs saw a way to make his family whole. He included a list of what was found. The men picked up coffins at the railway station, brought them to the original burial site, and, under the supervision of a man named Samuel Weaver, took their time to inspect and remove the remains. Subscribe to our HistoryNet Now! Although known primarily for its proximity to the battlefield, the Borough of 7620 residents is also . From Virginia, the prominent Hollywood Memorial Association based in Richmond approached Weaver to claim the dead from their state. The result was that many fallen soldiers went unidentified. William S. Hodgdon, of the 20th Maine, had a fish hook with him. He is also editor-in-chief ofThe Root. In addition to the $6,356 of unpaid principal, Weaver calculated interest on the unpaid debt of more than $6,000. Two weeks later, Weaver wrote Egerton again, asking her to inquire among her friends in Richmond if there was anything more to be had from the Maury estate. view on February 6, 1864. How it ended. In today's post, Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide Deb Novotny describes some highlights of the life of Samuel Weaver, one of . The wagons were draped in white and black and covered with flowers and Confederate banners. But Blocher demanded to be paid for allowing the remains to rest in the ground as long as they had. . A white Gettysburg resident, F.W. Once Confederate dead had been retrieved, and lacking funds for any other enterprises, the HMA essentially dissolved. The cemetery authorities paid $1.59 a body, and Washington supplied the pine coffins. There were seldom coffins. Dr. Rufus Benjamin Weaver was a professor of human anatomy at Hahnemann Medical College and a pioneer in the field of anatomy. At some point, the ladies of the Hollywood Memorial Association expanded the scope of the enterprise to include all unidentified remains, in addition to the known Virginia dead. They petitioned influential members of the legislature, and Board member Joseph Bryan presented their claim before the state Finance Committee. While it is probable that she became acquainted with the ladies of the HMA through her association with the Southern Relief Fair, it is unclear how she became acquainted with Weaver. Levi H. Mumper was born on May 8, 1843, to Samuel Weaver Mumper and Mary Catherine (Shultz) Mumper in a house near Dillsburg. Feb 25, 2012 - Samuel Weaver supervised the exhumation of Union soldiers from the battlefield and surrounding communities so[.] In 2014, a bronze marker honoring Weaver was erected on Lefevre Street in Gettysburg, and in 2015 a similar plaque was placed in Hollywood Cemetery, on Gettysburg Hill, acknowledging a debt of honor owed by all Southerners, and recognizing his generosity and humanity. Perhaps, after all, its better to be memorialized in bronze than to be paid in coppers. According to historian Caroline E. Janney, it was less risky for women to memorialize the dead because it was within the established female sphere to bury and mourn deceased relatives. Weavers legitimate claim unfortunately fell victim to the animosity of the HMA toward the UDC. Biggs chose to make his move at a fateful moment in our nations history. In addition, Kathleen has been a seasonal interpreter at Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park since 2010 and has worked on various other publications and projects. Memorial ID. The citys streets and rooftops were jammed, according to a history of the cemetery by Mary H. Mitchell. Appalling post-battle scenes had prompted Pennsylvania Gov. After the elder Weavers death, Southerners turned to his son. With more than 50,000 estimated casualties, the three-day engagement was the bloodiest single battle of the conflict. Instrumental in that process was teamster Samuel Weaver, who was hired as superintendent for the exhuming of bodies from the battlefield. An appeal published in newspapers across the South raised enough money to allow the ladies to buy land and gather the remains of 2,489 Confederate soldiers who had been buried in scattered places across the lower Shenandoah Valley. Basil Biggs, James Warfield, and Abraham Brian (also spelled Bryan and Brien) were farmers on what would become the Gettysburg battlefield. Kate Pleasants Minor, the new secretary of the HMA, referred to it as thunder in a clear sky. Many who were members in 1871-73 had died or moved away. The procession was headed by a band, along with the mayor and city officials. Every stone at Gettysburg contains a story of valiancy and suffering. Uh-oh, overstock: Wayfair put their surplus on sale for up to 50% off. Rufus Weaver had been born in Gettysburg and by 1869 was finishing his medical studies and was a demonstrator of anatomy at Philadelphias Hahnemann Medical College. A great Southern Relief Fair was held in Baltimore in April 1866, the proceeds of which were intended to help recovery efforts in the still devastated South. Once again, the ladies of the HMA reacted angrily, demanding the UDC cease its efforts in that regard because the matter is entirely between the HMA and Dr. Weaver. Their reaction might have stemmed from the growing rivalry between the ladies of the HMA and the newer, larger organization. @1861), Emma Maria (b. It would have been far too dangerous for everyone involved. Most had been buried in hastily dug holes that were easily disturbed by animals, rain or a plough. A soldier identified as Charles Sets had a pocketbook and locks of hair from his father, mother, sister and brother. Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. National Park Service History Electronic Library & Archive There was not a grave permitted to be opened or a body searched unless I was present, Weaver, a Gettysburg merchant hired to supervise the exhumations, wrote the year after the battle. Keep supporting great journalism by turning off your ad blocker. It was a bloodbath. Unfortunately for the ladies of the South, Samuel Weaver was killed in a railroad accident in February 1871. In the process of examining the bodies, he often found things the men had been carrying. RPI Calculations NOTE: These are only projected participants. By then Southern social organizations in several cities had started lobbying and raising funds to return to the South Confederate soldiers buried at Gettysburg. Round 1 - Dylan Weaver (Shenandoah University) 22-8 won by decision over Eli Crum (Lycoming College) 1-2 (Dec 7-3) In the days after the Confederate Army retreated from the North in July 1863, civilians labored to bury the thousands of soldiers lying dead in towns and hillsides across south-central Pennsylvania. Ancestors. Between the Confederates and Unions . The streets were lined with weeping spectators, and when they were laid to rest on what would become known as Gettysburg Hill in Hollywood Cemetery, the Rev. He and his team were searching only for boys in blue our fallen heroes to be removed to Gettysburgs new National Cemetery. On December 31, 1891, the Board gave the ladies the unwelcome news that Weavers claims were legitimate. In November 1871, Mrs. E.H. Brown, secretary of the Hollywood Memorial Association (HMA) of Richmond, wrote to Dr. Weaver, who by then had returned to his academic post in Philadelphia, and asked that he meet her in Gettysburg in order to enter into arrangements and make contracts for the removal of the Confederate Virginia soldiers from Gettysburg to Richmond. She was accompanied by Captain Charles Dimmock, formerly of the Confederate Corps of Engineers, at that time city engineer of Richmond. Gettysburg must have appealed to him as a safe haven for his family, in a state famous for its long history of opposing slavery. In total Weaver sent 3,320 Confederate soldiers to the south for burial; 40 bodies were left in Sherfys peach orchard and hundreds more could not be located, having been washed away or obliterated in the years after the battle. Reading his claim for damages, calculated at $1,506, we can see that he lost everythingfrom livestock to crops to furnitureeven his reserves of jams and jellies! It would become one of the busiest Confederate hospital stations during that devastating battle. And another unknown soldier was found with a handkerchief spread over his face. He had a crew of eight or ten negroes in his employ.. Weaver must have been a compassionate man, or perhaps he sensed a future business opportunity, for he made a record of Confederate graves where . At the end of the war, tens of thousands of soldiers graves dotted battlefields from Pennsylvania to Louisiana. The man holding the notebook is Samuel Weaver, Peter's father. Dimmock that you should be the go between them and me, feeling that her involvementone of their own, he called herwould make them more comfortable in their dealings with him, a stranger. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2008. @1857), Anna Mary (b. (Biggs, as we will learn later, had steep experience in these matters!) Historical Person Search Search Search Results Results Samuel Weaver (1781 - 1820) . (He was mistaken in his belief that no Confederates had been moved to the new cemetery. Mr. Maury has given landed security and the matter is eventually secured and Dr. Weaver will certainly secure funds when realized. Unfortunately, Major Stiles was wrong. The documents she presented caused quite a stir among the ladies of the association. Basil Biggs. As the battles of the Civil War faded, Creighton writes, Gettysburgs black community continued to witness the public segregation of memory. They celebrated Emancipation Day on their own ground and decorated the graves of black and white soldiers, but few outside the race returned the favor. L.H. But Samuel Weaver was killed in February 1871, in a fluke railroad mishap. It was not long before Weaver heard from the Virginians. The ladies of the South sprang into action, and before the end of the year the Ladies Memorial Associations of Charleston, Raleigh, Richmond, and Savannah were raising funds to pay for the exhumation, transfer, and reburial in their native soil of the fallen soldiers from their states. 3. Weaver agreed to forgo the interest if the original principal of $6,356 could be paid. . Casualties are listed by state and unit, in many cases with specifics regarding wounds, circumstances of casualty, military service, genealogy and physical descriptions. He went on to say that I have sent South all the State lists and none but you, North Carolina and South Carolina have done anything.It seems very strange to me that Virginia, who is so near and whose known list is not so great as yours does not recall her dead. He went on to say that if all could see what I have seen and know what I know, I am sure that there would be no rest until every Southern father, brother and son would be removed from the North.. The constant farming over the graves, the remains were generally yielding to decay or absorption, and hence the work had to be done then or never, he wrote years later. In 1863, in the aftermath of the Battle of Gettysburg, efforts quickly got underway to bury the thousands of dead men scattered around the town. Weaver began work in April 1872, writing to Mrs. Egerton, The farmers are now getting their land ready for corn and I want to do all I can before the fields are planted. On June 13 a first shipment of 708 remains was sent to Richmond. He spared the trees and in 1881 sold seven acres to the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association (GBMA) for $125 an acre, plus an additional $475.12 for damages to his property caused by the opening of what would be called Hancock Avenue. William Samuel Weaver Obituary. Some individual families were able to make the trek, but operations on a mass scale would have to wait until the South recovered financially. Exhumations of the estimated 2,500-3,000 bodies remaining on the field began on April 19, 1872. Perhaps it was nothing more than the approach of another years end that made him want to resolve this matter at last. During the nine months following the fight, the bodies of 3,354 Union soldiers were exhumed and reburied in Soldiers National Cemetery, dedicated in November 1863. estimated that approximately 7,800 men were killed during the three days of that battle, Think Youre a Gettysburg Fan? He was born February 13, 1932, in Carlisle, PA. 2. In addition, former Confederate men had to tread carefully when it came to glorifying the deeds of their former comrades, for fear of repercussions during Reconstruction. in History from West Virginia University in May 2012. Gettysburg was founded in 1786 and named after Samuel Gettys, an early settler and tavern owner. The second best result is Samuel W Weaver age 70s in Coal Township, PA. Samuel is related to Geraldine T Weaver and Eric S Weaver as well as 2 additional people. . Weaver was not some Wall Street financier or speculator in land or railroad stocks. It was a gruesome task. To CorRESPONDENTS. Touch device users, explore by touch or with swipe gestures. He billed the ladies $2,151 for these shipments, for which he received payments totaling $880. The visit must have proved satisfactory to all parties, for in February 1872 Weaver supplied Dimmock with a list of the remains he intended to collect and apparently suggested that the ladies apply to the state of Pennsylvania for financial assistance with the project. But Biggs wasnt just concerned with honoring the white fighting men at Gettysburg. I not only superintended the general work on the field, but personally did the most important part myself, viz picking up the bones for, in the absence of boxes, it required one with Anatomical Knowledge, to gather all the bones; (which workmen could not do) and, regarding each bone important and sacred as an integral part of the skeleton, Ive moved them so that none might be left or lost., Had I followed the 8 or 10 hour system for a days work, it would have taken twice as long to have completed the work.My custom was by, and very often before, daybreak to start out on the field with my men and would not reach home, with precious freight, until dark, & after supper I would arrange, in proper place and order, and Label every remain or lot of remains, and then by the time I had written out the record etc. Biggs, however, wasnt just a successful farmer. Othersparticularly those who had been buried in sandy soilwere nearly gone. 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