Historic Haunts: The Gettysburg National Soldiers' Orphans' Homestead (James Rada, Jr., Felicia Rizzo -PP) pats White convincingly revises many commonly

White convincingly revises many commonly held assumptions about the Civil War era and provides a deeper understanding of the Union Army

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Release date: January 2

Historic Haunts: The Gettysburg National Soldiers' Orphans' Homestead (James Rada, Jr., Felicia Rizzo -PP) pats White convincingly revises many commonlyIn the shadow of Gettysburgs blood soaked fields stands a brick building haunted by more than just memories. Born from the tragic death of Sergeant Amos Humistonwho died clutching a photo of his three childrenthe National Soldiers Orphans' Homestead opened in 1866 as a beacon of hope for the wars fatherless children. But hope quickly turned to horror. Under the tyrannical rule of matron Rosa Carmichael, the orphanage became a house of cruelty: