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

Field Hospitals - Second Corps

Medical Department

— Army of the Potomac —

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

Photographed by Craig Swain, April 4, 2009

1. Field Hospitals - Second Corps Tablet

Inscription. Army of the Potomac
Medical Department
Field Hospitals
Second Corps
The Division Hospitals of the Second Corps were located July 2nd at the Granite School House but were soon removed to near Rock Creek west of the creek and six hundred yards southeast of the Bushman House. They remained there until closed August 7th, 1863. These Hospitals cared for 2200 Union and 952 Confederate wounded.

Medial Director 2nd Corps Surgeon A.N. Dougherty U.S. Volunteers
1st Division Surgeon R.C. Stiles U.S. Volunteers
2nd Division Surgeon J.F. Dyer 10th Massachusetts Infantry
3rd Division Surgeon Isaac Scott 7th West Va. Infantry
Medical Officer in charge of the Corps Hospitals Surgeon Justin Dwinelle 106th Pennsylvania.

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° 47.355′ N, 77° 12.875′ W. Marker is near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in Adams County. It is in Cumberland Township. It is on Hospital Road, on the right when traveling north. Located near 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.

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 within walking distance of this marker: Field Hospitals - Twelfth Corps (about 600

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feet away, measured in a direct line); George Bushman Farm (about 600 feet away); Michael Trostle Farm (approx. 0.7 miles away); U.S. Field Hospitals at Gettysburg (approx. 0.7 miles away); Field Hospitals - Sixth Corps (approx. 0.7 miles away); Field Hospitals - Third Corps (approx. ¾ mile away); a different marker also named U.S. Field Hospitals at Gettysburg (approx. ¾ mile away); a different marker also named U.S. Field Hospitals at Gettysburg (approx. ¾ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Gettysburg.

Tablet Location image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Swain, April 4, 2009

2. Tablet Location

South of the Bushman Farm image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Swain, April 4, 2009

3. South of the Bushman Farm

Looking through the cedar bushes across the pasture. Today U.S. Highway 15, behind the tree line to the right, cuts across the area where the field hospital stood.

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 3,278 times since then and 110 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 13, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.