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09/23/2026

Born on September 23, 1869, in County Tyrone, Ireland, Mary Mallon became one of the most famous figures in the history of public health. Most people know her by a name she absolutely hated: “Typhoid Mary.”

Mary immigrated to New York City as a teenager and eventually found work as a cook for wealthy families. In the summer of 1906, she was cooking for the family of banker Charles Henry Warren in Oyster Bay when something alarming happened. Within just three weeks, six of the 11 people living in the house developed typhoid fever.

Sanitary engineer George Soper was hired to investigate. When he traced Mary’s employment history, he found that she had worked for eight families during the previous decade, and seven had experienced typhoid outbreaks.

But Mary herself appeared perfectly healthy.

Investigators came to believe she was a healthy carrier, someone capable of spreading the bacteria that causes typhoid without showing symptoms herself. Mary rejected the idea that she could be responsible for making others sick.

In 1907, New York City health officials isolated her at Riverside Hospital on North Brother Island. She was eventually released on the condition that she no longer work as a cook.

But Mary returned to cooking.

In 1915, authorities discovered her working under an assumed name at Sloane Maternity Hospital in Manhattan. During her three months there, another typhoid outbreak occurred involving 25 doctors, nurses, and staff members, two of whom died.

Mary was returned to North Brother Island. This time, she would never leave.

She spent the remaining 23 years of her life in isolation, dying there on November 11, 1938, at age 69.

Mary Mallon was buried at Old Saint Raymond’s Cemetery in the Bronx. Her simple headstone bears her actual name rather than the nickname that followed her through history, along with the words:

“Jesus Mercy.”

Her story remains a fascinating and complicated chapter in medical history, raising questions about infectious disease, individual freedom, and how public health officials should respond when someone can unknowingly spread a deadly illness.

09/23/2026

I may be a little less available for the next few days because I’m heading to Los Angeles for the TikTok LIVE Creator Network Summit LA 2026!

I’m really looking forward to meeting other creators, learning new things, and bringing home fresh ideas that will hopefully make my content even better for all of you. I’m incredibly grateful for this opportunity and excited to see what I learn!

I’ll still check in when I can, but responses may be a little slower while I’m away. Los Angeles, here I come! ✈️

09/23/2026

📜 This Day in History – September 23

🏛️ Notable Events

• 1806 – Lewis and Clark return to St. Louis
After more than two years of exploration, the Corps of Discovery returned to St. Louis, completing the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The party had traveled thousands of miles to the Pacific Ocean and back, gathering geographic and scientific information along the way. Their return was greeted with cheers from residents who had not known whether the explorers were still alive.

• 1846 – Neptune is identified as a planet
German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle observed Neptune from the Berlin Observatory after French mathematician Urbain Le Verrier calculated where the unknown planet should appear. Irregularities in the orbit of Uranus had suggested that another large body was affecting its movement. The discovery became one of history’s most remarkable examples of mathematics predicting something in the physical universe before it was directly identified.

• 1863 – A massive Union troop movement begins during the Civil War
Secretary of War Edwin Stanton ordered roughly 20,000 Union soldiers moved more than 1,200 miles to reinforce the besieged Union army at Chattanooga, Tennessee. Troops and equipment were transported by rail from the Army of the Potomac in an extraordinary logistical operation. It became the largest movement of troops over such a distance accomplished by railroad before the 20th century.

• 1932 – The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is established
After years of conquest and political consolidation under Abdulaziz ibn Saud, a royal decree united his territories under the name Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. September 23 is now observed annually as Saudi National Day. Abdulaziz became the kingdom’s first king and ruled until his death in 1953.

• 1952 – Richard Nixon delivers the “Checkers” speech
Facing accusations involving a political expense fund, Republican vice-presidential candidate Richard Nixon defended himself in a nationally televised address. Nixon discussed his family’s finances and famously said that one gift they intended to keep was a cocker spaniel named Checkers. The speech helped him remain Dwight D. Eisenhower’s running mate, and the ticket won the presidential election that November.

🎂 Notable Births

• 63 BCE – Augustus, first Roman emperor
Gaius Octavius, later known as Augustus, was born in Rome. The great-nephew and adopted heir of Julius Caesar, he emerged victorious from the struggles that followed Caesar’s assassination and became Rome’s dominant ruler. In 27 BCE, the Roman Senate granted him the title Augustus, marking the beginning of the Roman Empire and a reign that lasted more than four decades.

• 1215 – Kublai Khan, Mongol ruler and founder of China’s Yuan dynasty
Kublai Khan was born into the family of Genghis Khan and eventually became one of the most powerful rulers of the Mongol world. He founded the Yuan dynasty and, after the defeat of the Southern Song, ruled all of China. His court would later become famous in Europe through accounts associated with the travels of Marco Polo.

• 1863 – Mary Church Terrell, civil rights and women’s suffrage activist
Mary Church Terrell was born in Memphis, Tennessee, to parents who had formerly been enslaved. She became one of the first Black American women to earn a college degree and served as the first president of the National Association of Colored Women. Terrell spent decades fighting racial discrimination and advocating for women’s voting rights, continuing her activism well into her 80s.

• 1889 – Walter Lippmann, American journalist and political commentator
Walter Lippmann was born in New York City and became one of the most influential American political writers of the 20th century. His long career included helping found The New Republic, advising political leaders, and writing the widely syndicated column Today and Tomorrow. His 1922 book Public Opinion became an important work in discussions of journalism, democracy, and the way people understand events beyond their direct experience.

• 1899 – Louise Nevelson, American sculptor
Louise Nevelson was born Leah Berliawsky in Pereiaslav, then part of the Russian Empire, and immigrated to the United States with her family as a child. She became famous for monumental sculptures assembled from pieces of discarded wood and other found materials, often painted entirely black, white, or gold. Her distinctive installations helped make her one of the most important American sculptors of the 20th century.

🕯️ Notable Deaths

• 1877 – Urbain Le Verrier, French mathematician and astronomer, 66
Urbain Le Verrier died in Paris exactly 31 years after the observation that confirmed one of his greatest scientific achievements. By studying unexplained irregularities in Uranus’s orbit, Le Verrier mathematically predicted where an unknown planet should be found. Johann Gottfried Galle looked in the predicted region on September 23, 1846, and identified Neptune.

• 1889 – Wilkie Collins, English novelist, 65
Wilkie Collins died in London after becoming one of the best-known writers of the Victorian era. A friend and collaborator of Charles Dickens, Collins wrote The Woman in White and The Moonstone. His work helped develop the sensation novel and contributed significantly to the evolution of detective fiction.

• 1929 – Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Austrian-born chemist and Nobel laureate, 64
Richard Adolf Zsigmondy died in Göttingen, Germany, after pioneering research into colloids, mixtures containing extremely small dispersed particles. His work included developing methods that allowed scientists to study particles previously too small to observe with ordinary microscopes. He received the 1925 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research on the nature of colloidal solutions.

• 1939 – Sigmund Freud, founder of psychoanalysis, 83
Sigmund Freud died at his home in London after a long struggle with cancer of the jaw. The Austrian neurologist developed psychoanalysis and introduced theories about the unconscious mind that profoundly influenced psychology, psychiatry, literature, and popular culture. Freud had fled N**i-controlled Austria for Britain with his family in 1938.

• 1973 – Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet and Nobel laureate, 69
Pablo Neruda died in Santiago less than two weeks after the military coup that overthrew President Salvador Allende. One of Latin America’s most celebrated writers, Neruda received the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature and also served as a Chilean diplomat and senator. Questions surrounding the circumstances and precise cause of his death have continued for decades, making it important not to present the long-disputed details of his final illness as settled fact.

09/22/2026

Born on September 22, 1791, in Southwark, England, Michael Faraday was born into a poor family and received very little formal education. Yet the boy who began working as a bookbinder’s apprentice would eventually make discoveries that helped make our modern electrical world possible.

At just 14 years old, Faraday was apprenticed to a London bookbinder. Surrounded by books, he began reading everything he could, becoming particularly fascinated by articles about electricity. He conducted simple experiments of his own and attended lectures by famous scientist Humphry Davy.

Faraday carefully compiled his notes from Davy’s lectures into a manuscript and sent it to him. That effort eventually helped Faraday secure a position at the Royal Institution, first working with Davy and later becoming one of the institution’s leading scientists.

And his discoveries were extraordinary.

In 1821, Faraday demonstrated how electromagnetism could produce continuous rotary motion, an experiment containing principles that would become fundamental to the electric motor. In 1831, he demonstrated electromagnetic induction and used the principle to create an early electric generator by rotating a copper disc between the poles of a magnet.

In other words, his experiments helped establish how electricity could be turned into motion and how motion could be turned into electricity.

Faraday wasn’t limited to electricity. His work also made important contributions to chemistry. In 1825, he discovered and isolated benzene, and his experiments involving electricity, magnetism, and light helped lay foundations that later scientists would build upon.

What makes his story even more remarkable is where he started. Faraday didn’t come from wealth, attend an elite university, or begin his life expecting to become one of history’s great scientists. He began as a teenage bookbinder’s apprentice who simply wanted to understand what he was reading.

Michael Faraday died on August 25, 1867, at age 75 and was buried at Highgate Cemetery in London.

Every time we use an electric motor or generate electricity, we’re seeing principles that Faraday helped uncover nearly two centuries ago.

09/22/2026

📜 This Day in History – September 22

🏛️ Notable Events

• 1776 – Nathan Hale is executed by the British
Continental Army officer Nathan Hale was hanged in New York City after being captured while gathering intelligence behind British lines during the American Revolution. Hale was only 21 years old. He is traditionally remembered for declaring that his only regret was having just one life to lose for his country, although the exact wording was recorded secondhand rather than by Hale himself.

• 1862 – Abraham Lincoln issues the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation
Five days after the Battle of Antietam, President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. It warned that enslaved people in states or parts of states still in rebellion on January 1, 1863, would be declared free. The final proclamation transformed the Civil War by formally making emancipation a central Union war aim.

• 1888 – The first issue of National Geographic is published
The National Geographic Society published the first issue of its new journal, just months after the organization was founded in Washington, D.C. The early publication looked very different from the photograph-filled magazine generations of readers would later recognize. Over time, it became one of the world’s best-known publications devoted to geography, science, exploration, history, and cultures around the globe.

• 1927 – Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney meet in the famous “Long Count” fight
Former heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey faced reigning champion Gene Tunney in a rematch at Chicago’s Soldier Field. The fight became famous for a controversial delay after Dempsey knocked Tunney down but initially failed to move to a neutral corner, allowing Tunney additional time before the official count began. Tunney recovered and won the fight by unanimous decision.

• 1980 – The Iran-Iraq War begins
Iraqi forces launched a large-scale invasion of Iran after months of escalating tensions and border clashes. Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein expected a relatively quick victory, but the conflict instead became a devastating war lasting nearly eight years. Hundreds of thousands of people were killed before a United Nations-brokered ceasefire took effect in 1988.

🎂 Notable Births

• 1791 – Michael Faraday, English scientist
Michael Faraday was born in Newington Butts, near London, into a family of modest means and received little formal education. Through experimentation, he made groundbreaking discoveries involving electromagnetism and electrochemistry, including electromagnetic induction. His work helped establish principles that eventually made electric motors, generators, and transformers possible.

• 1869 – Charlotte Cooper, English tennis player
Charlotte Cooper was born in Ealing, England, and became one of the leading tennis players of her era. At the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris, she won the women’s singles competition and also competed successfully in mixed doubles. She is widely recognized as the first individual female Olympic champion.

• 1876 – André Tardieu, French statesman
André Tardieu was born in Paris and became an influential French journalist, diplomat, and politician. He participated in the Paris Peace Conference following World War I and later served three separate terms as prime minister of France. His political career unfolded during the turbulent years of France’s Third Republic.

• 1902 – John Houseman, actor and theatrical producer
John Houseman was born Jacques Haussmann in Bucharest, Romania, and built a long career in American theater, radio, film, and education. He collaborated with Orson Welles on the Federal Theatre Project and Mercury Theatre and later became a respected acting teacher. Houseman won an Academy Award for his portrayal of Professor Charles Kingsfield in The Paper Chase.

• 1958 – Andrea Bocelli, Italian singer
Andrea Bocelli was born in Lajatico, Tuscany, Italy. Blind since childhood, he became internationally known for performances that crossed between classical and popular music. His recordings and performances eventually made him one of the world’s most recognizable vocalists.

🕯️ Notable Deaths

• 1776 – Nathan Hale, American Revolutionary War soldier and spy, 21
Nathan Hale was executed by the British in New York City after volunteering for an intelligence mission behind enemy lines. A graduate of Yale College and former schoolteacher, Hale had joined the Continental Army soon after the Revolutionary War began. His death turned the young officer into one of the Revolution’s enduring patriotic figures.

• 1828 – Shaka, king of the Zulu
Shaka was assassinated near his royal settlement in what is now South Africa, most likely by his half-brothers Dingane and Mhlangana with the assistance of another conspirator. During his rule, Shaka transformed the Zulu kingdom into a powerful centralized state and greatly expanded its military influence. Much of his life is known through later accounts, making some details of his biography difficult to establish with certainty.

• 1956 – Frederick Soddy, British chemist and Nobel laureate, 79
Frederick Soddy died in Brighton, England, after helping transform scientific understanding of radioactivity and the structure of matter. His research helped establish the concept of isotopes, atoms of the same element that have different atomic masses. Soddy received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on radioactive substances and isotopes.

• 1961 – Marion Davies, American actress and philanthropist, 64
Marion Davies died in Hollywood after a career that made her one of the best-known film actresses of the 1920s and 1930s. She appeared in both silent and sound films and was especially admired for her abilities as a comedic performer. Her longtime relationship with newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst often overshadowed her own accomplishments on screen.

• 1999 – George C. Scott, American actor, 71
George C. Scott died in California after a distinguished career on stage and screen. He became especially famous for portraying General George S. Patton in the 1970 film Patton, a performance that won him the Academy Award for Best Actor, although he declined the award. Scott was known for intense performances in works ranging from Dr. Strangelove to theatrical productions of classic plays.

09/21/2026

This may be one of the toughest granite headstones I have ever cleaned.

When I found this stone in Brookside Cemetery in Watertown, New York, there was so much biological growth covering it that I could not even tell it was granite. After careful cleaning with D/2 Biological Solution, water, a silicone scraper, and a wooden kabob stick, and a name finally appeared.

Elizabeth, wife of Joel Kay.

Her headstone says she died on September 20, 1889, at 55 years and 8 months old. Based on the age carved into the stone, she may have been born around January 20, 1834.

That is everything I know because I have not researched Elizabeth yet. Now it is your turn to practice your genealogy skills.

Who was Elizabeth before she became Mrs. Joel Kay? What was her maiden name? Where was she born? Did they have children? Can you find Joel’s burial place?

Please share what you discover in the comments and include your sources. We will follow the evidence together, and I will bring everything together for the Finally Friday reveal.

09/21/2026

Born on September 21, 1866, in Bromley, England, Herbert George Wells, better known as H. G. Wells, would become one of the most influential science-fiction writers in history. But his path to becoming an author began with an accident.

When Wells was seven years old, he broke his leg and spent much of his recovery reading. That experience reportedly sparked a lifelong love of books and his desire to become a writer.

His family struggled financially, and as a teenager Wells was sent to work as an apprentice in a drapery shop. He hated the work and later tried several other jobs before receiving a scholarship to the Normal School of Science, where he studied biology.

Then he began writing.

During the 1890s, Wells produced an extraordinary string of novels that helped shape modern science fiction. The Time Machine appeared in 1895, followed by The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Invisible Man, and, in 1898, The War of the Worlds.

His stories explored ideas that seemed fantastical at the time: time travel, invisibility, alien invasion, genetic experimentation, and the future of humanity. Wells wrote far beyond science fiction as well, producing novels, essays, short stories, articles, and nonfiction throughout his long career.

His outspoken views also put him in danger. As president of International PEN, Wells opposed the exclusion of Jewish and other writers by its German branch after the N***s came to power. His books were banned in N**i Germany, and his name appeared on a N**i list of prominent people targeted for arrest if Germany successfully invaded Britain.

Wells lived long enough to see the world transformed by technologies and wars that sometimes seemed eerily similar to the futures he had imagined.

He died on August 13, 1946, at age 79.

Unlike many of the people whose stories we tell here, H. G. Wells has no traditional grave to visit. He was cremated, and his ashes were scattered into the English Channel near Old Harry Rocks.

More than a century after The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds were published, we’re still fascinated by many of the same questions Wells asked about where science might eventually take humanity.

09/21/2026

📜 This Day in History – September 21

🏛️ Notable Events

• 1780 – Benedict Arnold meets with British Major John André over the West Point plot
During the American Revolution, American Major General Benedict Arnold secretly met British Major John André to finalize plans to surrender the strategically important fortress at West Point, New York, to the British. The plot unraveled when André was captured carrying incriminating documents, while Arnold escaped to British-held New York City. Arnold’s name would become so closely associated with the betrayal that “Benedict Arnold” became an American synonym for traitor.

• 1937 – J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit is published
George Allen & Unwin published the first edition of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit in Britain. The story introduced readers to Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf, and the world of Middle-earth, and the first printing quickly sold out. Its success eventually led Tolkien to write the much larger work that became The Lord of the Rings.

• 1938 – The Great New England Hurricane strikes Long Island and New England
One of the most destructive hurricanes in the region’s history raced northward and struck Long Island before tearing through southern New England. The storm brought devastating winds, flooding, and an enormous storm surge, destroying homes, boats, roads, and entire coastal communities. More than 600 people were killed across the storm’s path.

• 1981 – Sandra Day O’Connor is confirmed as the first woman on the U.S. Supreme Court
The United States Senate voted 99-0 to confirm Sandra Day O’Connor as an associate justice of the Supreme Court. President Ronald Reagan had nominated the Arizona judge earlier that year, fulfilling a campaign promise to appoint a woman to the nation’s highest court. O’Connor took the judicial oath four days later and served on the Court for nearly 25 years.

• 1991 – Armenia votes overwhelmingly for independence
Voters in Armenia went to the polls in a referendum on leaving the Soviet Union and establishing an independent state. More than 99 percent of valid votes supported independence, and Armenia’s Supreme Council formally proclaimed the country independent two days later. September 21 is now celebrated as Armenia’s Independence Day.

🎂 Notable Births

• 1788 – Margaret Taylor, future First Lady of the United States
Margaret “Peggy” Mackall Smith was born in Calvert County, Maryland. She married Army officer Zachary Taylor in 1810 and spent much of their marriage following him between military posts before he became the 12th president of the United States. As First Lady, she largely avoided the public social role of the White House and left many hostess duties to her daughter.

• 1866 – H. G. Wells, English writer
Herbert George Wells was born in Bromley, Kent, England, and became one of the most influential early writers of science fiction. His works included The Time Machine, The Invisible Man, The War of the Worlds, and The First Men in the Moon. Wells used imaginative stories about technology and the future to explore much larger questions about society and humanity.

• 1909 – Kwame Nkrumah, leader of Ghana’s independence movement
Kwame Nkrumah was born in Nkroful in the British colony of the Gold Coast, now Ghana. He became a central figure in the campaign to end British colonial rule and led Ghana when it gained independence in 1957. Nkrumah later became the country’s first president and an influential advocate for Pan-African unity.

• 1912 – Chuck Jones, American animator and director
Charles Martin “Chuck” Jones was born in Spokane, Washington, and became one of the most influential figures in American animation. During his long career, he helped shape characters including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Wile E. Coyote, and the Road Runner and created memorable characters such as Marvin the Martian and Pepé Le Pew. Jones directed hundreds of animated films and received an Honorary Academy Award for his lifetime contribution to animation.

• 1947 – Stephen King, American author
Stephen Edwin King was born in Portland, Maine, and grew up largely in the state that would later become the setting for many of his stories. Beginning with the publication of Carrie in 1974, he built an extraordinary career writing horror, suspense, fantasy, and supernatural fiction. His novels and stories, including The Shining, It, Misery, and The Green Mile, have inspired generations of film and television adaptations.

🕯️ Notable Deaths

• 1558 – Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 58
Charles V died at the Monastery of Yuste in Spain after voluntarily giving up his vast collection of titles and territories during the final years of his life. At the height of his power, his domains stretched across much of Europe and into the Americas, making him one of the most powerful rulers of the 16th century. His reign was shaped by wars with France, conflict with the Ottoman Empire, and the religious upheaval of the Protestant Reformation.

• 1832 – Sir Walter Scott, Scottish novelist and poet, 61
Sir Walter Scott died at his home, Abbotsford, in the Scottish Borders. His enormously popular novels, including Waverley, Rob Roy, and Ivanhoe, helped establish the historical novel as a major literary form. His stories also played an important role in shaping popular ideas about Scotland’s history and culture.

• 1860 – Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher, 72
Arthur Schopenhauer died at his home in Frankfurt after spending decades developing a distinctive and often pessimistic philosophy of human existence. His most important work, The World as Will and Representation, explored desire, suffering, perception, and the forces he believed drove human behavior. Although recognition came relatively late in his life, his ideas later influenced philosophy, psychology, literature, and the arts.

• 1904 – Chief Joseph, Nez Perce leader, about 64
Chief Joseph, known in his own language as Hinmatóowyalahtq̓it, died on the Colville Reservation in Washington. He had become internationally known following the Nez Perce conflict of 1877, when his people traveled more than 1,000 miles while attempting to escape forced relocation and reach safety near Canada. For the rest of his life, Joseph continued appealing to government leaders for the right of his people to return to their homeland in Oregon’s Wallowa Valley, a request that was never granted to him.

• 1947 – Harry Carey, American actor, 69
Harry Carey died in California after a film career that stretched back to the silent era. He became one of early Hollywood’s best-known Western stars and worked extensively with director John Ford before successfully transitioning into character roles in sound films. His performance in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

09/20/2026

This broken headstone in Pulaski Cemetery belongs to two children, Charles S. and Eliza B. McCarty.

Their stone tells us very little. A newspaper death notice confirms that Charles died on April 5, 1849, but his age and cause of death remain unknown. Eliza’s age and dates have not yet been found.

The records tell us more about their parents, Daniel and Mary McCarty. Daniel was a Pulaski attorney, an original vestryman of St. James Episcopal Church, and a notary public. In 1851, he announced that he was changing his residence and selling the family’s household furniture. The family eventually reached Washington, D.C., where Daniel worked in the General Land Office.

In this video, I clean the children’s damaged stone and share the part of their family story that the surviving records allow us to recover.

If you recognize this family or have additional information about Charles or Eliza, I would love to hear from you.

09/20/2026

Born on September 20, 1820, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, John Fulton Reynolds became one of the Union Army’s most respected generals during the Civil War and the highest-ranking officer killed in action at the Battle of Gettysburg.

Reynolds attended West Point, graduating in 1841 in a remarkable class that included future generals who would eventually fight on both sides of the Civil War. He served during the Mexican-American War, fighting at Monterrey and Buena Vista, and was recognized for gallantry.

When the Civil War began, Reynolds became a brigadier general and helped train the Pennsylvania Reserves. His own wartime experience included an unusual episode in 1862, when exhaustion caught up with him after the Battle of Gaines’ Mill. Reynolds fell asleep beneath a tree during the Union retreat and awoke to discover he had been captured by Confederate forces. He spent several weeks in Richmond’s Libby Prison before being exchanged.

Back with the Union Army, Reynolds fought at Second Bull Run, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville. By 1863, he had risen to major general. That June, President Abraham Lincoln reportedly offered him command of the Army of the Potomac, but Reynolds declined, apparently concerned he wouldn’t have sufficient freedom to direct the army.

Only weeks later came Gettysburg.

On the morning of July 1, 1863, Union cavalry under John Buford encountered Confederate infantry outside town. Reynolds hurried his infantry toward Gettysburg and immediately began positioning troops and artillery.

While directing soldiers of the famous Iron Brigade near Herbst Woods, Reynolds was struck in the head and killed instantly. He was only 42 years old.

A story later developed that Reynolds had been deliberately killed by a Confederate sharpshooter, but there isn’t sufficient historical evidence to establish that as fact.

His body was removed from the battlefield and eventually returned home. On July 4, 1863, as the Battle of Gettysburg was ending in Union victory, Reynolds was buried in his family’s plot at Lancaster Cemetery in Pennsylvania.

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