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Nathaniel Lightner Farm |
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Nathaniel Lightner Farm
The Union Sixth and Twelfth Corps used this farm as a hospital for
several weeks after the battle. Near his fathers house on Baltimore
Pike during action at the Witmer Farm Near Gettysburg, PA, Friday June
26th, 1863, Nathaniel Lightner of the 21st PA Cavalry and fellow
Gettysburg native George Washington Sandoe sat on their cavalry mounts
in the roadside. They were spotted by one of Colonel Elijah V. Whites
35th Virginia Cavalry patrols. Sandoe opened fire on the Rebels, but was
killed in the ensuing brief exchange of small arms fire. Lightner
spurred his horse away to safety
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