Reynolds Battery at the George Spangler Farm & Field Hospital

Join us July 9-11, 2021, from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. at the George Spangler Farm & Field Hospital to experience living history at the best surviving example of a corps-level field hospital used during the Battle of Gettysburg. Reynolds Battery, We the People Living History Association and docents will be on-site this weekend for guests to interact and learn more about Civil War medicine, medical techniques, the role of surgeons and caregivers, soldiers’ experiences, the humanity of citizens, the Spangler family and the role of civilians during and after the battle.

Blacksmiths will demonstrate techniques of drawing, upsetting, bending, twisting, punching and double striking as used during the Civil War to repair Artillery and Cavalry equipment. One of only a few units in the country that use a replica (1849) of the traveling blacksmith forge while participating in reenactments East of the Mississippi River, Reynolds Battery’s traveling forge has been featured on the C-Span network’s “American Artifacts.” A large group of living historians will be on-site displaying a 3″ ordinance rifle (cannon) and portraying camp life with a cook, leather worker/harness maker, medical staff with equipment, wounded soldiers, drummer and music, a Confederate grave digger and a carpenter.

Admission to the historic site is included with the purchase of a ticket to the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum & Visitor Center programs. Those with a Friends of Gettysburg membership receive complimentary admission to the site during regular summer weekends. Guests may drive directly to the property where on-site parking is available.