The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-28
Special to The INQUIRER.

GETTYSBURG, PA. DEC. Is, 1900
The fact that the Women's Relief
Corps of Iowa has decided to erect
monument in this place in honor of Jen-
ME Wade, the heroine of the battle of
Gettysburg, whose grave for the past
thirty-seven years has been unmarked
save by small tombstone, again re-
calls her heroic deeds. The monument
will probab bly, be erected in the spring,
and will be dedicated July'3. 1901, the
thirty-eighth anniversary of the bat
tie.
Jennie Wade was. at the time of the
battle of Gettysburg, but 20 years of
age. and many Of her old friends still
living in this place remember her as
generous and noble hearted girl. The
first and second days of the battle she
spentin carrying water to the soldiers
on the firing line and in helping to
take care OF the sick and wounded.
4, Early on the morning OF the Bird of
July, 1853, she was astir, getting in
wood to heat the old-fashioned brick
oven, to bake bread for the soldiers.
While thus engaged she was called to
the door and had started to go when a.
bullet from the gun of Confederate
sharpshooter crashed through the
kitchen door, passing through the
heart of the brave girl and killing her
almost instantly.
She was buried in the evening after
the battle by the soldiers she soaSably
assisted during the fight. in a coffin
prepared for Confederate colonel
who had been killed during the battle.
Every year on Memorial Day her grave
lis decorated with flowers and little
American flag is placed over it by her
friends and members of the G. A. r.
post of this place. Philadelphia Inquir-
ser.
We can add another interesting
chapter to this already interesting
story The ''little house" referred to
was the modest home provided by our
citizen soldier, Mr.. Lew Mcclellan, for
his family from which he went to the;
war, little dreaming OF the sad scenes
to be enacted there Mrs. McClellen,
whose name is synonymous with every
thing that is helpful, beneicient or be-
nevolent in our community, was the
happy mother OF baby boy only few
days old, when that terrific struggle
forced its direful way through the lit
tie village, and this home soon became
a center in the conflict. Some Union
soldiers, aware of the extreme danger
in which this family was placed, sought
to shelter and save them by carrying
the HELPLESS mother and babe to the
cellar of the other part of the house,
farthest from the enemy. To this cell
lar. also, was carried the body of Jen-
ME Wade on that fateful morning.
Pausesa moment, and if possible real
ize the pathetic situation. In the lit
tie yard fifteen boys in blue 'sslept the
sleep that knoweth no waking, in the
dim uncertain lightof the cellars. a
lifeless sister, new born babe and a
helpless mother. This is but one of
the many sad experiences of war, but
! it certainly proves that the ''price OF
peace is a costly one. Let us show
our appreciation of present blessings
by aiding the w. r. c. of Iowa to erect
near this historic spot, a suitable mon
umentto the only woman who lost her
life, directly in the line of patriotic
duty in this, the most memorable bat
tie of the Civil war.
depot to bid him last farewell and