Confederate Soldiers Marker

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McConnellsburg in Fulton County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Confederate Soldiers

By William Fischer, Jr., December 23, 2009

1. Confederate Soldiers Marker

Inscription.
W. B. Moore of VA.
F. A. Shelton of N.C.
Killed near here
in first battle on Penn. soil
June 30, 1863

Erected 1929 by Elliott Grays Chapter 1877 and North Carolina Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy.

Location. 39° 55.442′ N, 77° 59.025′ W. Marker is in McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania, in Fulton County. Marker is on Buchanan Trail (Pennsylvania Route 16), on the right when traveling north. Click for map. Memorial is about 150 feet north of the intersection of Buchanan Trail and Horton Road (Township Road 505). Marker is at or near this postal address: 547 Buchanan Trail (PA Route 16), Mc Connellsburg PA 17233, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 1 mile of this marker, as the crow flies. Confederate Dead (here, next to this marker); Pleasures of Roadside Dining (approx. 0.5 miles away); Changing Main Street (approx. 0.9 miles away); Traveling the Lincoln Highway (approx. 1 miles away); a different marker also named Changing Main Street (approx. 1 miles away); Fulton County Civil War, Spanish-American War, and World War I Memorial (approx. 1 miles away); Fulton County Veterans Memorial (approx. 1 miles away); Fulton County World War II, Korea, and Vietnam Memorial (approx. 1 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in McConnellsburg.

Confederate Dead Marker Photo, Click for full size

By William Fischer, Jr.

2. Confederate Dead Marker

UDC Memorial to right.

Also see . . .
1. Elliott Grays Chapter Rechartering. (Submitted on February 5, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Fort Scott, Kansas.)
2. Store Ledger of Items Taken in CSA Raid. (Submitted on February 5, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Fort Scott, Kansas.)