“Cease Firing!” Life and Death at The Swope Manor
Adams County Historical Society 625 Biglerville Rd., Gettysburg, PA, United StatesDrawing inspiration from Lt. William H. Pohlman’s reported final words—“Cease firing”—writer Kellie Gormly spent years researching the history of The Swope Manor, a Gettysburg home that sheltered the town’s wealthiest family and served as the place where Pohlman died in 1863 after being wounded during Pickett’s Charge. Her work culminated in the book Cease Firing! […]
