The Trostle Farm where Union Major General Daniel Sickles
lost his leg to a 12 pound cannon ball. The cannon
belongs to the 9th Massachusetts Artillery
Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania
 

The Trostle Farm barn in 1863.
Courtesy of the Library of Congress
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
 

An 1863 image of the Trostle Barn showing in grim detail the price horses often paid for
pulling artillery onto the fields of battle.
Courtesy of the Library of Congress
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania