Reading Township near New Oxford in Adams County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Gettysburg Campaign

Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2011

1. Gettysburg Campaign Marker

Inscription. Part of General Jubal Early's Confederate Division, marching by Mummasburg and Hunterstown, passed here June 27, 1863, on the way to York. Returning June 30, they passed a little to the north, toward Heidlersburg.

Erected 2008 by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Gettysburg Campaign, and the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series lists. A significant historical month for this entry is June 1779.

Location. 39° 55.753′ N, 77° 3.512′ W. Marker is near New Oxford, Pennsylvania, in Adams County. It is in Reading Township. It is on Hunterstown Hampton Road (Pennsylvania Route 394) near Carlisle Pike ( Route 94), on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 5394 Carlisle St, New Oxford PA 17350, 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 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: East Berlin (approx. 3.8 miles away); Lion and the Lamb (approx. 3.9 miles away); Original Studebaker Wagon Shop (approx. 4.1 miles away); Studebaker Home (approx. 4.2 miles away); a different marker also named East Berlin

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(approx. 4.3 miles away); War Dog Memorial (approx. 4.3 miles away); U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcat No. 162916 (approx. 4.3 miles away); M60-A3 Tank (approx. 4.3 miles away).

Another marker is no longer nearby. John Studebaker (was approx. 4.1 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Gettysburg Campaign Marker near the intersection of Hunterstown Hampton Road and Carlisle Pike image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, June 18, 2011

2. Gettysburg Campaign Marker near the intersection of Hunterstown Hampton Road and Carlisle Pike

Gettysburg Campaign Marker, looking west along Hunterstown Hampton Road image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2011

3. Gettysburg Campaign Marker, looking west along Hunterstown Hampton Road

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 30, 2011, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,290 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 1, 2011, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.