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

Imboden's Brigade

Stuart's Cavalry Division

— Army of Northern Virginia —

 
 
A Somewhat Battered Imboden's Brigade Tablet image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Swain, August 16, 2008
1. A Somewhat Battered Imboden's Brigade Tablet
Inscription.
Army of Northern Virginia
Stuart's Cavalry Division
Imboden's Brigade


18th. Virginia Cavalry, 62nd. Virginia Infantry
Virginia Partisan Rangers and Virginia Battery

July 3 Command guarding trains.
Reached the field at noon and retired with the trains that night.
No report or details of losses.
 
Erected 1910 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 3, 1863.
 
Location. 39° 53.077′ N, 77° 21.619′ W. Marker is near Cashtown, Pennsylvania, in Adams County. It is in Franklin Township. It is on Chambersburg Road 0.1 miles west of High Street, on the right when traveling west. Located on Old U.S. Highway 30. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Cashtown PA 17310, 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Cashtown Inn (a few steps from this marker); Roads West (within shouting distance of this marker); Gettysburg Campaign (within shouting distance of this marker); Cashtown (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); a different marker also named Cashtown (approx.
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half a mile away); The Battle of Gettysburg: The Cashtown Road (approx. 1.3 miles away); Site of School House and Burial Ground (approx. 1.3 miles away); Traveling the Highway (approx. 1.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cashtown.
 
Imboden's Brigade Tablet in front of the Cashtown Inn image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Swain, August 16, 2008
2. Imboden's Brigade Tablet in front of the Cashtown Inn
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 4, 2024. It was originally submitted on September 20, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. This page has been viewed 2,740 times since then and 37 times this year. Last updated on August 4, 2024, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on September 20, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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