Spangler's Spring Walnut Witness Tree Civil War Pen

At the time of the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863, Spangler’s Spring was located on Henry Spangler’s land at the southern end of Culp’s Hill. This natural water feature changed hands throughout the three-day battle, particularly on July 2, 1863.  Having failed to take Culp’s Hill the previous day, Confederate troops now faced well-entrenched Union troops to secure this critical position. It was on this day that the 10-hour Battle of Spangler’s Spring occurred. While the spring was not the tactical position desired by both sides (rather, it was the entirety of Culp’s Hill), the spring itself changed hands multiple times throughout the day. By July 3, it was again controlled by the Union.
Legend has it that soldiers from both sides formed truces in the dark of the night in order to draw water from the spring, but historians dispute this, believing that these stories came to be decades after the battle in the spirit of reconciliation. 
Gettysburg Sentinels creates products using reclaimed wood from a walnut tree that once stood near Spangler’s Spring, just south of Culp’s Hill, on the Gettysburg Battlefield.  On July 2, 1863, this tree was rooted near the 10-hour Battle of Spangler’s Spring, which resulted in large numbers of casualties for the Union and Confederate armies.