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

A Hospital Under Fire

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, July 17, 2014

1. A Hospital Under Fire Marker

Inscription.
As the threshing floor in front of you filled with wounded, W. R. Kiefer, 153rd Pennsylvania, noted, “The maimed were placed with heads next [to] the bays and middle partition (of the threshing floor) leaving a passageway at the feet of the patients.” Two days later, on July 3, wounded soldiers laying here viewed the Confederate cannonade preceding Pickett’s Charge. Pvt. Stephen Romig, 153rd Pennsylvania Infantry, recalled:

“There I had a fine view of the bursting shells coming in our direction … there were at one time six explosions of shells in one moment … the danger was becoming so great that every man was removed … the surgeon who had been in shortly before looking at my wound ran for his life.”
Pvt. Stephen Romig

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Science & Medicine • War, US Civil. A significant historical month for this entry is July 1800.

Location. 39° 48.097′ N, 77° 13.266′ W. Marker is near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in Adams County. It is in Cumberland Township. It can be reached from Blacksmith Shop Road, on the right when traveling south. Marker is located at the George Spangler Farm. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 488 Blacksmith Shop Road, 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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At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Trademark of Craftsmen (a few steps from this marker); A Farm Transformed by War (a few steps from this marker); Well, Look What We Found! (within shouting distance of this marker); Armistead Death Site (within shouting distance of this marker); A Temporary Resting Place (within shouting distance of this marker); A Family Who Would Not Leave Their Home (within shouting distance of this marker); Food Preservation of the Past (within shouting distance of this marker); The George Spangler Farm Civil War Hospital Site (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Gettysburg.

More about this marker. Portraits of Maj. Gen. Carl Schurz and Pvt. Justus Silliman appear on the marker.

Also see . . .
1. Civil War Journal - The George Spangler Farm. . Gettysburg Magazine. (Submitted on November 14, 2014, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.)

2. George Spangler Farm. Gettysburg Foundation website. (Submitted on November 14, 2014, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.)

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, July 17, 2014

2. A Hospital Under Fire Marker

Marker at the Spangler Farm image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, July 17, 2014

3. Marker at the Spangler Farm

Spangler Barn image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, July 17, 2014

4. Spangler Barn

The marker can be seen at the entrance of the barn.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 14, 2014, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 751 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on November 14, 2014, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.