Gettysburg in Adams County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Christ Lutheran Church
Civil War Hospital
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, August 14, 2013
1. Civil War Hospital Marker
First Corps
July - August, 1863
Erected 2013 by Christ Lutheran Church & Historic Gettysburg - Adams County.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Religion & Religious Structures • Science & Medicine • War, US Civil. A significant historical year for this entry is 1863.
Location. 39° 49.846′ N, 77° 13.945′ W. Memorial is in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in Adams County. It is on Chambersburg Street (U.S. 30) just east of South Washington Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 30 Chambersburg Street, Gettysburg PA 17325, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial 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: " the pathos of those poor wounded men " (here, next to this marker); Reverend Horatio S. Howell (a few steps from this marker); " expecting to find all dead." (a few steps from this marker); Parish House (a few steps from this marker); Thaddeus Stevens (within shouting distance of this marker); The James Gettys Hotel (within shouting distance of this marker); The Eagle Hotel (within shouting distance of this marker); Citizens of Gettysburg (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Gettysburg.
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Photographed by Karl Stelly, July 8, 2013
2. Civil War Hospital Marker
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, August 14, 2013
3. Civil War Hospital Marker
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, August 14, 2013
4. Christ Lutheran Church
The Civil War Hospital marker can be seen to the left of the stairs.
Credits. This page was last revised on November 12, 2020. It was originally submitted on July 14, 2013, by Karl Stelly of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 996 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on August 15, 2013, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. 2. submitted on July 14, 2013, by Karl Stelly of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. 3, 4. submitted on August 15, 2013, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
