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

12th New Jersey Volunteers

Photographed by Craig Swain, February 21, 2009

1. 12th New Jersey Volunteers Marker

Inscription. (Front):Erected by the State of
New Jersey A.D. 1888
in honor of the 12th
Regiment of Volunteers
a detachment of which in
the afternoon of July 2, 1863.
charged the Bliss house and
barn here capturing the
enemy's skirmish reserve
of 7 officers and 85 men
stationed therein.
(Back):On the
morning of July 3,
another detachment of
the regiment charged
capturing the buildings
and one officer and
one man and driving
back the skirmish
reserve.
The regiment lost in
these charges 60
officers and men.

Erected 1888.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is July 2, 1846.

Location. 39° 48.994′ N, 77° 14.518′ W. Memorial is near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in Adams County. It is in Cumberland Township. It can be reached from Long Lane, on the left when traveling west. Located near the site of the Bliss farm in Gettysburg National Military Park. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Gettysburg PA 17325, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in South-Central Pennsylvania. It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

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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: 14th Regiment Connecticut Volunteers (a few steps from this marker); Site of the Bliss House (within shouting distance of this marker); 1st Regiment Delaware Volunteers (within shouting distance of this marker); United States Army Tank Corps (approx. ¼ mile away); 8th Ohio Infantry (approx. ¼ mile away); Camp Colt: The Tank Corps (approx. 0.3 miles away); Holding Their Line (approx. 0.3 miles away); Companies G and I, 4th Ohio Infantry (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Gettysburg.

Other markers no longer nearby. Camp Colt (was approx. ¼ mile away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); "The Isolated and Advanced Position" of the 8th Ohio Infantry (was approx. ¼ mile away but has been replaced with another marker

Back of Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Swain, February 21, 2009

2. Back of Marker

now near it); The Medal of Honor at Gettysburg (was approx. ¼ mile away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker. 12th New Jersey at Gettysburg

Also see . . . Fury at the Bliss Farm. Article from America's Civil War by John M. Archer. (Submitted on March 1, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.)

Site of Bliss Barn image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Swain, February 21, 2009

3. Site of Bliss Barn

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 1, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,480 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 1, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.