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

Civil War Hospital

Photographed by Larry Gertner, May 8, 2022

1. Civil War Hospital Marker

Inscription. John Currens Farm
Pickett’s Division
July 1863

Erected 1983 by The Hospital and Healthsystem Assoc. of PA & HG-AC.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Science & Medicine • War, US Civil.

Location. 39° 48.721′ N, 77° 17.214′ W. Memorial is near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in Adams County. It is in Cumberland Township. It is on Plank Road, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: unknown Plank Road, 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,

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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: McLaws's and Pickett's Divisions

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(approx. half a mile away); The Black Horse Tavern (approx. half a mile away); Francis Bream Black Horse Tavern (approx. half a mile away); Gettysburg Campaign (approx. half a mile away); Christian Byers Farm (approx. 0.8 miles away); Sachs Covered Bridge (approx. one mile away); Adam Butt Farm & Schoolhouse (approx. one mile away); a different marker also named Sachs Covered Bridge (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Gettysburg.

Photographed by Larry Gertner, May 8, 2022

2. Civil War Hospital Marker

The barn looks like is dates to the Civil War.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 17, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. This page has been viewed 1,014 times since then and 48 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 17, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.