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

Michael Trostle Farm

Civil War Hospital

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, June 7, 2013

1. Michael Trostle Farm Marker

Inscription. Michael Trostle Farm

♣ Second, ♦ Third,

✠ Fifth & ✚ Sixth Corps

July, 1863

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

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Science & Medicine • War, US Civil. A significant historical month for this entry is July 1863.

Location. 39° 46.945′ N, 77° 12.369′ W. Marker is near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in Adams County. It is in Mount Joy Township. It is on Sachs Road, on the right when traveling east. 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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker:

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Field Hospitals - Sixth Corps (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Field Hospitals - Third Corps (about 600 feet away); Field Hospitals - Fifth Corps (approx. ¼ mile away); Field Hospitals - Second Corps (approx. 0.7 miles away); U.S. Field Hospitals at Gettysburg (approx. 0.7 miles away); Field Hospitals - Twelfth Corps (approx. ¾ mile away); George Bushman Farm (approx. ¾ mile away); a different marker also named U.S. Field Hospitals at Gettysburg (approx. 0.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Gettysburg.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, June 7, 2013

2. Michael Trostle Farm Marker

Marker on Sachs Road image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, June 7, 2013

3. Marker on Sachs Road

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, June 7, 2013

4. Michael Trostle Farm Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 7, 2013, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 1,323 times since then and 50 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on June 7, 2013, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.