Help us ˜ nish the job! - VMI
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...all the barns were burned last fall and nearly everything else in the eating line destroyed. Your father’s barn was not burned… ---family letter April 23, 1865 Aſter the battle, Jacob Bushong’s 1830s barn became a field hospital for both Union and Confederate soldiers. e barn was not burned during the Shenandoah Campaign of 1864, perhaps because it had served as a hospital for Union soldiers. is is the first re-siding of the barn in over 70 years. Deterioration is severe. Each board costs $15 to purchase and install. Help us finish the job! Jacob Bushong’s “Pennsylvania” style barn features a ramped entrance and threshing floor space that extended over the lower level stalls. e barn was struck by lightning and burned on July 6, 1939. It was rebuilt on the original foundation in 1942. 1899
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...all the barns were burned last fall and nearly everything else in the eating line destroyed. Your father’s barn was not burned… ---family letter April 23, 1865
A� er the battle, Jacob Bushong’s 1830s barn became a � eld hospital for both Union and Confederate soldiers.
� e barn was not burned during the Shenandoah Campaign of 1864, perhaps because it had served as a hospital for Union soldiers.
� is is the � rst re-siding of the barn in over 70 years. Deterioration is severe. Each board costs $15 to purchase and install.
Help us � nish the job!
Jacob Bushong’s “Pennsylvania” style barn features a ramped entrance and threshing � oor space that extended over the lower level stalls. � e barn was struck by lightning and burned on July 6, 1939. It was rebuilt on the original foundation in 1942.
1899
