Pure Jenny Wade is a barn burner honoring the only civilian killed during the Battle of Gettysburg. As she baked bread for Union soldiers, a single bullet ended her life—leaving behind a love story half-told. The song Read more
Pure Jenny Wade is a barn burner honoring the only civilian killed during the Battle of Gettysburg. As she baked bread for Union soldiers, a single bullet ended her life—leaving behind a love story half-told. The song draws from both history and the myths that grow around it, blurring the line between fact and feeling, as folk music so often does. Vocal by Isabelle Gottfried.
“While it’s not entirely true that her fiancé was killed the same day Jenny was—or that she was killed by a female Confederate soldier, of which there were more than a few, that’s the way I first heard it. TOHH. We're doing our bit to preserve oral tradition!” – Tom Dolan