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The First Shot Marker
Photographer: Larry Gertner
Taken: January 1, 2004
Caption: The First Shot Marker
Additional Description: In 1886 veterans of the 8th Illinois Cavalry dedicated a small limestone marker denoting the location of the first shot. It can be found on the far side of the house, near the Chambersburg Pike. (Ancillary wayside text)
Submitted: May 16, 2023, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.
Database Locator Identification Number: p724550
File Size: 0.479 Megabytes

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