Historic Haunts: The Gettysburg National Soldiers' Orphans' Homestead (James Rada, Jr., Felicia Rizzo -PP) medals A comprehensive look at how

A comprehensive look at how slavery and resistance to it have shaped Yale University

Knit with Gettysburg applique

The site of the most intense clashes became forever known as the Bloody Angle

whether it was Pemberton inside Vicksburg or Johnston outside

one hopes it never ends

Historic Haunts: The Gettysburg National Soldiers' Orphans' Homestead (James Rada, Jr., Felicia Rizzo -PP) medals A comprehensive look at howIn 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: