Friends of South Mountain State Battlefield Event, 4/12/08
The Friends of South Mountain State Battlefield will hold an open house and membership drive Saturday, April 12, from noon to 3 p.m. at the Greenbrier State Park Visitor Center. The Friends of South Mountain State Battlefield originally began as the Friends of Gathland and the Friends of Washington Monument State Parks in 1992. The two groups later merged to form the new organization shortly after the creation of the State Battlefield in 2000. Since that time, the group has been active in assisting the battlefield staff in the preservation and interpretation of the battlefield.
Some of the accomplishments of the Friends have been the installation of interpretive markers at Gathland State Park telling of the life of Civil War correspondent George Alfred Townsend, additional interpretive markers describing the Battle of South Mountain, printing of interpretive materials and the acquisition of several important artifacts.
The most recent acquisition was the pistol carried by Sgt. Charles Goodwin during the battle. Sgt. Goodwin was a courier assigned to deliver a message to Maj. Gen. Jesse Reno toward the end of the Sept. 14, 1862 battle. Sgt. Goodwin was with Maj. Gen. Reno when the general was mortally wounded on the field.
Sgt. Goodwin grabbed the reins of the general’s horse and led it off the field so the Confederates wouldn’t capture the general. Reno would die later that evening from his wounds.
The full article is at:
http://www.herald- mail.com/ ?cmd=displaystor y&story_id= 190756&format= html
Tags: Battle of South Mountain, Friends of South Mountain State Battlefield, George Alfred Townsend, Maj. Gen. Jesse Reno, September 14 1862, Sgt. Charles Goodwin
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