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

Field Hospitals - Twelfth Corps

Medical Department

— Army of the Potomac —

Field Hospitals - Twelfth Corps Tablet image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Craig Swain, April 4, 2009

1. Field Hospitals - Twelfth Corps Tablet

Inscription. Army of the Potomac
Medical Department
Field Hospitals
Twelfth Corps
The Division Field Hospitals of the Twelfth Corps were located July 2nd at the Bushman House one hundred and sixty yards east. These hospitals cared for about 1200 wounded and were in operation until about August 5th, 1863.

Medical Director 12th Corps Surgeon John McNulty U.S. Volunteers
1st Division Surgeon Artemus Chapel U.S. Volunteers
2nd Division Surgeon John E. Herbst U.S. Volunteers
Medical Officer in charge of 12th Corps Hospitals
Surgeon H. Ernest Goodman, 28th Penna. Infantry.

Erected 1914 by Gettysburg National Military Park Commission.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is July 2, 1775.

Location. 39° 47.446′ N, 77° 12.893′ W. Marker is near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in Adams County. It is in Cumberland Township. Marker is on Hospital Road, on the right when traveling north. Located at a lane leading to the George Bushman Farm, south of 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. George Bushman Farm (here, next to this marker); Field Hospitals - Second Corps (about 600 feet away,

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measured in a direct line); U.S. Field Hospitals at Gettysburg (approx. 0.7 miles away); a different marker also named U.S. Field Hospitals at Gettysburg (approx. 0.7 miles away); a different marker also named U.S. Field Hospitals at Gettysburg (approx. 0.7 miles away); Field Hospitals - Eleventh Corps (approx. ¾ mile away); Armistead and Hancock (approx. ¾ mile away); George Spangler Farm (approx. ¾ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Gettysburg.

Entrance to the Bushman Farm image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Craig Swain, April 4, 2009

2. Entrance to the Bushman Farm

The War Department tablet stands next to a sign erected by the Historic Gettysburg-Adams County Society.

George Bushman Farm image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Craig Swain, April 4, 2009

3. George Bushman Farm

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 13, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,455 times since then and 50 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 13, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.