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Photographer: Craig Swain
Taken: July 27, 2008
Caption: A Road to Gettysburg
Additional Description: Looking north from the marker location. With so many local roads converging on Gettysburg, it is hard to find a farm lane in Adams County that did not witness some traffic related to the great battle. In addition to Meade, the Federal II Corps used the Taneytown Road to reach Gettysburg. Upon hearing of the death of General John Reynolds on July 1, 1863 at Gettysburg, General Meade dispatched the II Corps commander, General Winfield S. Hancock, to take charge at Gettysburg. Hancock traveled the thirteen miles from Taneytown to Gettysburg, arriving at around 3 p.m. that day.
Submitted: August 29, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p33519
File Size: 0.893 Megabytes

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