Shriver House

Schriver House can be found at Baltimore St 309. The following is offered: Theater. The entry is present with us since Sep 10, 2010 and was last updated on Nov 14, 2013. In Gettysburg there are 10 other Theater. An overview can be found here.

The Shriver House was the home of George and Henrietta Shriver and their two children, and shows what civilian life was like during the war. After George joined the Union troops and his family fled to safety, the home was taken over by Confederate sharpshooters, two of whom were killed in its garret during the battle. The restored home is a recipient of the Pennsylvania State Historic...

Award winning Gettysburg museum dedicated to the civilian experience during the Battle of Gettysburg. Occupied by Confederate sharpshooters, a major gettysburg attraction

The museum's mission is to provide a unique perspective often overlooked by interpreters of the Battle of Gettysburg. That perspective is "The Civilian Experience" during the battle and in particular, the story of one family, the Shrivers'. Additionally, the museum offers an authentic glimpse of what life was like during the war years. Guides in period attire tell the Shriver's story as they...

You know what happened on battlefield...but do you know what happened to the families and their homes in town?
The Shriver House Museum is an award-winning Civil War museum dedicated to the civilian experience during the Battle of Gettysburg. The story is told through the eyes of the Shriver family whose ancestors settled in the area in the 1700s. While George Shriver served in the Union army,...