One surprising aspect is, there was only one Civilian Death in the battle. Jennie Wade was a 17 year old local gal who was baking bread for the Union Soldiers when her house was peppered by bullets. 150 in all. She was the only civilian killed in the three days of fighting. However by the time the battle in town got hot, a ton of people left for safety. Also, what those poor people had to do after the battle was heart-rendering. The people had to bury almost 8,000 dead soldiers and 5,000 mules and horses to get away from the stench. Sickening.
