Last Confederate Bivouac Marker

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

Last Confederate Bivouac

By William Fischer, Jr., December 23, 2009

1. Last Confederate Bivouac Marker

Inscription.
General Bradley T. Johnson
of the
Confederate Army
encamped 20 rods west
of this marker at
the Patterson home
July 31, 1864
after the burning of
Chambersburg
This was the last
Confederate bivouac
north of the
Mason and Dixon line.

Dedicated by
the Pittsburgh Chapter
United Daughters of the Confederacy

Erected 1930 by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, and the Fulton County Historical Society.

Location. 39° 55.237′ N, 78° 0.379′ W. Marker is near McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania, in Fulton County. Marker is at the intersection of Great Cove Road (U.S. 522) and Confederate Lane, on the right when traveling south on Great Cove Road. Click for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 131 Great Cove Road, 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. A different marker also named Last Confederate Bivouac (a few steps from this marker); Changing Main Street (approx. 0.9 miles away); a different marker also named Changing Main Street (approx. 0.9 miles away); Traveling the Lincoln Highway (approx. 0.9 miles away); Fulton County (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); Fulton County War on Terrorism Memorial (approx. 1 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in McConnellsburg.

By William Fischer, Jr., December 23, 2009

2. Last Confederate Bivouac Marker

Also see . . .
1. Report by Brig Gen Johnson. (Submitted on February 8, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Fort Scott, Kansas.)
2. Brig Gen Johnson' s "Maryland in the Civil War". (Submitted on February 8, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Fort Scott, Kansas.)
3. Bradley Tyler Johnson. (Submitted on February 8, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Fort Scott, Kansas.)