Highland Township near Gettysburg in Adams County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Civil War Hospital

Photographed by Larry Gertner, July 11, 2015

1. Civil War Hospital Marker

Inscription.
David Stewart Farm
July-August 1863
Hospital Association of Pennsylvania and HG-AC, 1983

Erected 1983 by Hospital Association of Pennsylvania and HG-AC,.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Science & Medicine • War, US Civil. A significant historical year for this entry is 1863.

Location. 39° 48.767′ N, 77° 18.834′ W. Marker is near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in Adams County. It is in Highland Township. It is on Fairfield Road west of Knorr Road, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2795 Fairfield Road, Gettysburg PA 17325, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in South-Central Pennsylvania. 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

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within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Lower Marsh Creek Church (approx. 0.4 miles away); Manor of Maske (approx. 0.4 miles away); Christian Byers Farm (approx. ¾ mile away); a different marker also named Civil War Hospital (approx. 1.4 miles away); Charles J. Gilland AmVets (approx. 1.6 miles away); McLaws's and Pickett's Divisions (approx. 1.6 miles away); Francis Bream Black Horse Tavern (approx. 1.7 miles away); The Black Horse Tavern (approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Gettysburg.

Regarding Civil War Hospital.
The farmhouse has rooms available for rental, and, like so many locations in and around Gettysburg, is claimed to be haunted.

David Stewart farmhouse image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Air B&b, unknown

2. David Stewart farmhouse

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 1, 2020, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. This page has been viewed 951 times since then and 95 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 1, 2020, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.