LARGE IRON STRAP HINGE FROM JACOB SCHWARTZ BARN, 2ND CORPS HOSPITAL, GETTYSBURG – GREG COCO COLLECTION

LARGE IRON STRAP HINGE FROM JACOB SCHWARTZ BARN, 2ND CORPS HOSPITAL, GETTYSBURG – GREG COCO COLLECTION

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Item Code: 1300-12

This iron hinge measures 23” long x 1.5” wide at the barrel. Tapered edges, three bolt holes, heart-shaped end. Rusty and lightly pitted, but remains solid.

A large luggage tag is tied to the piece. Written by Greg Coco in January of 1995, it reads in part: “This large hand forged iron strap hinge was given to me by Henry “Hank” Schaeffer who owns the old Jacob Schwartz farm in Mt. Joy Township, Adams Co., PA. The hinge was on a door from the lower level of the barn….”

The 2nd Corps set up their hospital on the Jacob Schwartz Farm around Rock Creek. This was the third and final location of that Corps’ field hospital. Initially moved due to Confederate artillery over-shots during Pickett’s Charge, and then from flooding along Rock Creek. The Schwartz farm buildings and fields eventually held over 3200 wounded Union and Confederate soldiers.

This comes from the Gregory A. Coco collection. Greg was born in Marksville, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana in 1946. He served in Vietnam and was a Park Ranger at Gettysburg NMP for many years. Greg enjoyed historical research and authored many books relating to the Battle of Gettysburg, most notably “A Vast Sea of Misery” and “A Strange and Blighted Land”.   [jet][ph:L]

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