Mount Joy Township near Gettysburg in Adams County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Field Hospitals - Third Corps
Medical Department
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Photographed by Craig Swain, April 4, 2009
1. Field Hospitals - Third Corps Tablet
Medical Department
Field Hospitals
Third Corps
The Division Field Hospitals of the Third Corps were located July 2nd in houses and barns along the Taneytown Road from the Schoolhouse Road to the Mill Road. During the night they were removed to the south side of White Run three hundred yards from its junction with Rock Creek. These Hospitals cared for more than 2500 wounded. They were closed about August 6th 1863.
Medical Director 3rd Corps Surgeon Thomas Sim U.S. Volunteers
1st Division Surgeon J.W. Lyman 57th Pennsylvania Infantry
2nd Division Assistant Surgeon J.T. Calhoun U.S. Army
Medical Officer in charge of the Corps Hospitals Surgeon Thaddeus Hildreth 3rd Maine Infantry.
Erected 1914 by Gettysburg National Military Park Commission.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Gettysburg National Military Park Commission series list. A significant historical date for this entry is July 2, 1863.
Location. 39° 46.947′ N, 77° 12.246′ W. Marker is near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in Adams County. It is in Mount Joy Township. It is on Goulden Road half a mile west of White Church Road, on the right when traveling west. 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.
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Photographed by Craig Swain, April 4, 2009
2. Field Hospitals - Third Corps Tablet
The field hospital was located due north from the tablet location.
Credits. This page was last revised on August 18, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 13, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. This page has been viewed 2,845 times since then and 83 times this year. Last updated on August 15, 2025, by Mike McKeown of Baltimore, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 13, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
