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GETTYSBURG. A name widely known in U.S.
and World history. In the third year of the American
Civil War, 90,000 Northern soldiers, 70,000 Southern
soldiers, 72,000 horses and mules, over 600 cannon,
met in mortal combat in three days of battle. This
was the largest battle ever conducted on the North
American continent. The battle was conducted over
6,000 acres of approximately 38 separate farms
surrounding the town of Gettysburg.
Mountain View Farm, host farm for the Gettysburg
Stars and Stripes Sale, sits less than two miles
from the battlefield. The Stars and Stripes Sales
Group is pleased to offer a complimentary tour of the
Gettysburg Battlefield as part of this year’s sale.
Tour leaders again this year are Dr. Carol Reardon
of Penn State University and sale host Colonel
Tom Vossler. Carol is also co-owner of two of the
producing dams in the Mountain View Farm herd.
Carol and Tom are both military historians who
specialize in history of the American Civil War. In
2013 their multiple award winning book on the Battle
at Gettysburg entitled A Field Guide to Gettysburg
was published by the University of North Carolina
Press. The tour Tom and Carol will lead will include
a lot of what is in their book. The tour will also
include visits to the state memorials of Virginia, North
Carolina, Maryland, Pennsylvania and New York.
To reserve your space(s) on this popular battlefield
tour, call Tom or Barbara Vossler at 717-337-1615.
If no answer to your call, leave a voice mail with
your name and headcount for the tour. The tour will
depart the sale barn on Friday, May 1
st
at 1:00 pm
and will last about two and one-half hours giving you
plenty of time to view the cattle prior to the social
hour at the farm house at 5:30 pm.
C
omplimentary guided tour of the
Gettysburg Battlefield on Friday, May
1
st
