Who is this person?

[Gene C]

(06-03-2014 03:28 PM)PaigeBooth Wrote:  Who is this person?

William Norris of the Confederate Signal Bureau?

[PaigeBooth]

Hi, Gene, that was a great guess. I am sorry, unfortunately, this is not William Norris. There is a resemblance between the man in the photo and Norris, though.

[RJNorton]

Could it be George Thomas Anderson?

[PaigeBooth]

Mr. Norton, that was a really great guess. However, I am sorry, this is not correct. I think I will give everyone a hint now.

1st Hint: He was a Union Brigade General.

[RJNorton]

One more guess, Paige.....Truman A. Seymour?

[PaigeBooth]

A very good try, Mr. Norton, Seymour and the fellow pictured above are strikingly similar, however it is not him.... I'd like to give another hint for anyone trying to guess.

2nd Hint: This person's initials are S.W. and from what I know about him, I would say he is approximately 30 years of age in this photo.

[RJNorton]

Stephen H. Weed

http://www.gettysburg.stonesentinels.com...-5-2-3.php

Paige, I didn't know this; I went through a ton of photos.

[PaigeBooth]

That is correct, Mr. Norton! Wonderful! The man in the photograph is in fact Stephen Weed. I find Mr. Weed's life and story to be an extremely interesting piece of Civil War history.

I first learned about General Weed after visiting Gettysburg with my family last year. During out stay, we visited the Shriver House on what I believe is still called Baltimore Street. As I learned while touring, the home was occupied by Mrs. Shriver and her two little girls when the battle broke out. Mrs. Shriver's husband, George, was enlisted in the war at that time and eventually, and also quite unfortunately, died while imprisoned at Andersonville (Libby) prison in 1864. Mrs. Shriver's neighbor, fifteen-year-old Tillie Pierce, who often baby sat Mrs. Shriver's daughters, accompanied Mrs. Shriver when she and her children fled their home in town, as the battle broke out on July 1st. Afraid of the battle, Mrs. Shriver, her girls, and Tillie then went to Mrs. Shriver's parents' home where they stayed throughout the battle. I was told Tillie's parents felt she would be safer out of town with Mrs. Shriver, and therefore consented for her to go along. Tillie Pierce later wrote a book about her experiences, titled ''At Gettysburg or What a Girl Saw and Heard of the Battle." My tour guide suggested I should read it, so I purchased a copy at the Shriver House. Tillie's account is very accurate. But to get back to the subject of Mr. Weed, it is in Tillie's book where he is mentioned. Though it has always been said that General Weed died on Little Round Top after he was wounded, Tillie Pierce challenges history. She says in her book that although Mr. Weed was wounded on Little Round Top, he did not die there. The website you found, Mr. Norton, appears to agree with Tillie's book. Mr. Weed was carried down from Little Round Top to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Weikert (Mrs. Shriver's parents) to have his wounds cared for. Tillie obviously knows this first hand because she was in that house and saw Mr. Weed. I felt it most touching when Tillie tells of how she sat with General Weed on the night of July 2, 1863, as he suffered with his wound. As Tillie says, she asked Weed if he suffered much, to which he replied, "Yes, pretty badly." When Tillie asked if there was anything she could do for him, he answered, "Will you promise me to come back in the morning and see me?" When Tillie came to his side the next morning, Weed was dead. She did not know the identity of Mr. Weed until after his death. Well, I hope some of this was interesting to those who tried to guess Stephen Weed. Like many at Gettysburg, Weed certainly gave his "last full measure of devotion."

[L Verge]

I had never heard this story in all the times I have visited Gettysburg, Thanks for sharing with us, Paige. I must also say that, after declaring him a good-looking man, I kept feeling like I had seen this man before! It dawned on me later that he is the spitting image of a USA Today reporter who covered much of the Mudd stories when Dr. Richard Mudd was fighting the Army in the 1990s. They literally could be twin brothers if 150 years didn't separate them!

[RJNorton]

Paige, thanks for sharing such a moving story!

[RJNorton]

This is a trivia question from Laurie. Who is this person?

[Gene C]

that's Fido's playmate, Thomas (Tad) Lincoln

[RJNorton]

Good job, Gene. Now for the hard part. Laurie also sent a follow-up question. Who is this man?

[Gene C]

That's what he would have looked like had he not died at the early age of 18.

[Eva Elisabeth]

I don't know who it is, but I once tried to dig up a photo of Dr. Hohagen, and this gentleman looks like what I would have expected to find. (Since the Stadtarchiv Frankfurt had no photo, I doubt it's Dr. Hohagen.)
So I guess Alexander Williamson?