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

Home, Headquarters, Hospital (cont'd)

Photographed by Mike McKeown, March 23, 2025

1. Home, Headquarters, Hospital(cont'd) Marker

Inscription. Without any personal accounts from the family, and no photographs taken here in the aftermath of the battle, it is hard to imagine what the family encountered upon their return.

This quote and image illustrate the horrors that would have overcome the Ladys at their July 4th homecoming:
"....Two men dead and covered with blood are carried down the stairs...on a table a man was undergoing amputation of the leg. In the opposite room are ten dying or wounded men. Next to us are three, one with a gangrenous thigh where it is amputated. In another room are five, one dying. Downstairs there are some forty men in various stages of death or possible recovery. Blood runs on the floor, the smell is dreadful, but no language can describe it..."
-Fannie Ricketts, visiting a field hospital in the aftermath of the Battle of First Manassas.

(caption) Photo of a field hospital, Savage's Station, Virginia,1862.

Erected 2024 by Historic Daniel Lady Farm.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is July 4, 1862.

Location. 39° 49.677′ N, 77° 12.42′ W. Marker is near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in Adams County. It is in Straban Township. It can be reached

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from Hanover Road 0.8 miles east of Sixth Street, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1008 Hanover Rd, 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: General Lee on The Lady Farm (a few steps from this marker); Home, Headquarters, Hospital (a few steps from this marker); The Union 12th Corps (within shouting distance of this marker); CSA Field Hospital (within shouting distance of this marker); Daniel Lady Farm (within shouting distance of this marker); Civil War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Milledge's Battery - Nelson's Battalion (approx. 0.3 miles away); Nelson's Battalion (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Gettysburg.

Also see . . . Historic Daniel Lady Farm. (Submitted on March 25, 2025.)

Photographed by Mike McKeown, March 23, 2025

2. Home, Headquarters, Hospital(cont'd) Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on April 7, 2025. It was originally submitted on March 23, 2025, by Mike McKeown of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 176 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 23, 2025, by Mike McKeown of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.