Middlesex Township near Carlisle in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Pine Cottage

Pine Cabin Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Larry Gertner, September 11, 2012

1. Pine Cabin Marker

Inscription. “Pine Cottage”, (reconstructed) demonstrates vertical log construction. Instead of laying logs horizontally and joining them at the corners with “custom” cut, corner notches, logs were placed upright and tied together at the top and bottom with a “stinger”. This method was faster and easier, because the logs could be of any size and did not require the corner notches. The absence of a chimney or a stove pipe suggests it is on the unseen side of the building, or was yet to be added.

The photograph posed nine Soldiers to demonstrate some of the fatigue duty performed in winter camp. A Soldier is brushing the first sergeant’s coat, while others are seen polishing a shoe, fixing a sock, chopping firewood, and sweeping. The Soldier on the roof appears ready to be dropping something on the Soldier eating below, representing a lighter side of camp life. In the second image, the Soldiers have donned their dress coats and stacked their Enfield rifle-muskets.

Erected by U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.

Location. 40° 12.312′ N,

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77° 9.523′ W. Marker is near Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in Cumberland County. It is in Middlesex Township. It can be reached from Army Heritage Drive. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Carlisle PA 17013, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in South-Central Pennsylvania and in Greater Harrisburg.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Civil War Cabins (a few steps from this marker); Civil War Winter Cabins (within shouting distance of this marker); Colonel Robert W. Black (within shouting distance of this marker); General Francis “Swamp Fox” Marion (within shouting distance of this marker); Lieutenant Colonel William Orlando Darby (within shouting distance

Insert - The Matthew Brady photographs image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Larry Gertner, September 11, 2012

2. Insert - The Matthew Brady photographs

of this marker); Specialist Fourth Class Robert D. Law (within shouting distance of this marker); Sergeant Frederick A. Counsel (within shouting distance of this marker); World War II Core Area (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Carlisle.

Other markers no longer nearby. Colonel Robert W. Black (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Stations Upon the Road (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it); The Army Introduces a Heavyweight: The 3-Inch Antitank Gun M5/M6 (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

The pine cottage (left) and the others on display image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Larry Gertner, September 11, 2012

3. The pine cottage (left) and the others on display

Credits. This page was last revised on August 7, 2026. It was originally submitted on July 4, 2017, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. This page has been viewed 791 times since then and 60 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 4, 2017, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.