Mumma Farm

As the possibility of the armies converging upon their home became apparent in mid-September 1862, Samuel and Elizabeth Mumma fled. Confederates worried that should the Mumma's buildings be overtaken by Union troops, sharpshooters would use their good protection to harass their lines. In response, the home was ordered to be set on fire. Within a few minutes, the entire house and some other outbuildings were burning. Many soldiers from both sides forever remembered the billowing smoke that poured above the home on September 17, 1862. The family rebuilt the house in 1863. Today, both Samuel and Elizabeth rest with other generations of Mummas in their family cemetery on the battlefield.