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GETTYSBURG, Pa. (WHTM) \u2013 Baltimore Street was filled with dirt and green screens were set up over the weekend for a film production.<\/p>\n
\u2018Gettysburg 1863\u2019 follows the story of a family, a mother and three daughters, and a father who\u2019s away fighting in the war.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe story it opens in 1861,\u201d Brinkman says. \u201cOur lead actors say goodbye. They think it\u2019s going to be over quick and they\u2019ll see each other soon and we pick up the first battle, 1863.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Daniel Lady Farm was used as a Confederate camp and aid station in 1863. Tents have been pitched to reenact that for the movie. Facilities Manager Chris Jones helped to coordinate reenactors, costumes, and more.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe male lead, I got to loan him one of my uniforms, which was pretty cool and then it was getting a cavalry unit, and then it was getting horse drawn carriages and wagons and all of that equine activity,\u201d Jones says<\/p>\n
The Gettysburg Film Commission<\/a>, Gettysburg History<\/a>, and Borough of Gettysburg also helped bring the vision to life.<\/p>\n The farm is one of four locations that were used to film over the weekend. Flohr\u2019s Church Cemetery was used for the Gettysburg Address scene. Sachs Covered Bridge was also a part of the production, along with the Shriver House Museum<\/a>.<\/p>\n Museum director Abbie Hoffman says the film pays homage to the story the Shriver House Museum tells, which is also that of a family who lived in Gettysburg during the Civil War.<\/p>\n \u201cWe got to see soldiers and cannon and debris of battle, just like the Shriver\u2019s would have seen 160 some years ago,\u201d Hoffman says.<\/p>\n