Gettysburg PA Mehring Farm Fairfield Rd McPherson Ridge Civil War Dug Relic Ball

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THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG / 1ST DAY OF THE BATTLE NEAR THE FAIRFIELD ROAD -
fired lead .69 Caliber Musket Ball or Artillery Case Shot Ball
- found by Robert Mehring on September 21, 1963 - From The Famous Rosensteel Collection
This fired lead .69 Caliber Musket Ball or Artillery Case Shot Ball was once part of the famous Rosensteel Collection of Gettysburg. This specific relic was identified as having been found on the Mehring Farm by Robert Mehring on September 21, 1963. Please see the attached images with the circled areas being the approximate location of the Farm. The Mehring Farm (this was not what the area was called during the battle - the name applies to the 20th century owners of the farm at that time), based upon newspaper articles found on the internet, was located on the Fairfield Road (Route 116) just west of Reynolds Avenue. During the beginning of the Battle of Gettysburg it was the scene of a pitched two hour battle US Devin’s Second Brigade Cavalry Corps and CS Davis’ Mississippi Infantry Regiment.
The precise location of the farm is a bit of a mystery to us. The Mehring reference is from the 20th Century - it was not called that during the battle. In our research, we found a reference about something being found on the Mehring Farm along the Fairfield Rd and another reference from the 1970s about plans of the park service to build something on the Mehring Farm. Andy asked around - including to a couple of battlefield guides, and no one knew. We never tried the historical society.
Andy even considered the possibility that the Herbst Farm was owned by the Mehrings.
We found the following information regarding the Mehring family farm. We believe that the Robert Mehring who recovered these artifacts is Robert T.  Mehring, born on the 4th of July 1922 and died 11 May 2007.
From - The Gettysburg Times May 10, 1933
Theodore Marshall Mehring, 63, died at his home at Hilltop farm, along the Fairfield road just beyond the borough limits, Tuesday evening at 10:00 after an illness of six months duration from a complication of diseases.
The deceased was born in Carroll county Maryland, a son of the late Jacob and Martha (Bostion) Mehring, and was the last of a family of eight children, he spent his early life in Carroll County and in 1886 he and his family moved to a farm near Arendtsville. Later they moved to McKnightstown where they conducted a store. For 21 years the family resided on the Mehring farm, just off the Fairfield road and in 1920 they moved to the Hilltop farm.
He was elected prothonotary in 1911 and served a four year term. Later he was deputy prothonotary for Harry L. Roth and S. L. Allison. He was township auditor for a number of years.
The Eisenhower Parkway proved to be a lofty ambition.  The Park Service could not gather popular support for it; over 1,200 acres of farmland would have been destroyed to build the ten-mile bypass.  Nor could the NPS obtain the financial resources necessary, estimated at million.  As a result, the NPS finally abandoned plans for the Eisenhower bypass in 1974.  Management already had begun to consider explore alternative sites for the new information center.  Four sites came under consideration included: the Mehring farm along McPherson Ridge, near the Fairfield Road; the Winebrenner Farm between Route 30 and the Mummasburg Road; the intersection of the proposed Route 30 bypass and the Mummasburg Road; and the Cobean farm, along Route
Deceased
Name:     Mr Robert T Mehring
Event Type:     Obituary
Event Date:     12 May 2007
Event Place:     Carlisle, Pennsylvania, United States
Residence Place:     Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Residence Date:     11 May 2007
Sex:     Male
Age:     84
Birth Date:     04 Jul 1922
Birthplace:     Gettysburg
Death Date:     11 May 2007
Death Place:     Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
The Rosensteel Collection is arguably the most famous collection of Gettysburg relics that has ever existed. John Rosensteel opened his Round Top Museum of Gettysburg artifacts in 1888. The collection, which grew in size as a variety of local collections were acquired, became the nucleus of the Electric Map Museum collection and ultimately the Gettysburg National Park Visitor Center collection. A provenance letter and copy of the tag will be included.
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