Cumberland Township near Gettysburg in Adams County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
3d Corps Headquarters
Major General Danile E. Sickles
3d. Corps Headquarters
Major General
Daniel E. Sickles
July 1, 2. 1863
Erected 1913 by Gettysburg National Military Park Commission.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is July 1, 1868.
Location. 39° 48.114′ N, 77° 14.586′ W. Marker is near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in Adams County. It is in Cumberland Township. Memorial is on United States Avenue, on the right when traveling east. Located at the Trostle Farm in Gettysburg National Military Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Gettysburg PA 17325, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Unflinching Under Fire (a few steps from this marker); Ninth Massachusetts Battery (within shouting distance of this marker); 150th New York Infantry (within shouting distance of this marker); Major General Sickles (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Ninth Massachusetts Battery (approx. 0.2 miles away); A Costly Day (approx. 0.2 miles away); 2nd Position of 118th Pennsylvania Volunteers (approx. 0.2 miles away); 7th New Jersey Volunteers (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Gettysburg.
Also see . . . The Sickles' Witness Tree. Article from Gettysburg Daily. (Submitted on March 29, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.)
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