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young Gettysburg native Mary Virginia “Jennie” Wade rode out the firestorm at her sister’s home

As the tide of the Civil War turned in the spring of 1865

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the dashing Yankee boy-general

He gave twelve speeches in eleven days to audiences who responded with everything from catcalls to laughter to applause

Northern Central Railway and Heritage Rail Trail Guidebook: Mason-Dixon Sites (Robert L. Williams & Scott Mingus LH) pistol young Gettysburg native Mary Virginiaby Robert L. Williams & Scott Mingus The Northern Central Railway was the primary railroad between Baltimore, Maryland, and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and point farther north from the mid 1800s for more than 100 years. Part of the route on both sides of the Mason Dixon Line is now a heritage rail trail, highlighted by a few restored stations. Abraham Lincoln rode these rails on his way to and from Gettysburg to deliver the famed Gettysburg Address in