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

Carlisle Barracks

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 29, 2009

1. Carlisle Barracks Marker

Inscription. Second oldest army post in U.S. A powder magazine built by Hessian prisoners, 1777, survives. Burned by Confederates, July 1, 1863. Indian School, 1879-1918. Army Medical Field Service School, 1920-1946.

Erected 1947 by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Military • War, US Civil • War, US Revolutionary • War, World II. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series list. A significant historical date for this entry is July 1, 1764.

Location. 40° 12.757′ N, 77° 10.715′ W. Marker is in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in Cumberland County. It is at the intersection of Hanover Street (U.S. 11) and Ashburn Drive, on the right when traveling south on Hanover Street. Marker is 100 feet north of the Ashburn Gate entrance to the US Army's Carlisle Barracks. 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: Carlisle (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Site of Revolutionary War Forge (approx. 0.2 miles away); Upton Hall (approx. 0.2 miles away); Thorpe Hall

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(approx. 0.2 miles away); To Commemorate the First Home of the "Mobile Arm" (approx. ¼ mile away); Dragoon Circle (approx. ¼ mile away); Washington Hall (approx. ¼ mile away); Army Medical Department Memorial (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Carlisle.

Also see . . . Carlisle Barracks History. The post is now home to the U.S. Army War College. (Submitted on February 13, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.)

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 29, 2009

2. Carlisle Barracks Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on May 28, 2022. It was originally submitted on February 12, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 2,139 times since then and 41 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 12, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.