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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Adams County, Pennsylvania
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GEOGRAPHIC SORT
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This old stone marked the grave of John Abbott, son of town’s founder. Since 1763, in a fence row at upper end of town at a site 128 ft east of Abbott Street 35 feet south of Water Street. Moved to this place in 1976 to make way for a parking . . . — — Map (db m118927) HM |
| | The Lincoln Highway was the first coast-to-coast highway built in 1913. A group of visionary businessmen from the automotive industry, led by Henry B. Joy and Carl Fisher, formed the Lincoln Highway Association. The Association successfully . . . — — Map (db m11715) HM |
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Abbottstown, PA
Honors and Remembers
Our
Veterans
May God Bless You — — Map (db m130307) WM |
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Arendtsville serves as serves as a Gateway to South Mountain and its earliest history was connected to the Native American tribes who hunted its rich forestlands. Various artifacts and arrowheads can still be found along local streams in the . . . — — Map (db m159861) HM |
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Agriculture has always been a part of the culture of the South Mountain area. Settlers were originally drawn to a wild land to cultivate the soils and raise crops, and today agricultural and community leaders to work together to inspire a new . . . — — Map (db m159876) HM |
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"Don't let forest land area fall below 15 percent of the state's surface; save land with trees, for the air we breathe, to protect watersheds, and for future timber. Stop wasting and burning ripe trees."
The rising hills you see . . . — — Map (db m159875) HM |
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In honor of Arendtsville Veterans of the Armed Forces
Past-Present-Future — — Map (db m159879) WM |
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The Historic South Mountain Fruit Belt encompasses about 20,000 acres and forms a fertile crescent (half moon shape) covering the southeastern slopes of South Mountain in the western half of Adams County. The soils are deep, well drained and . . . — — Map (db m159877) HM |
| | Gen. George G. Meade, who had replaced Hooker as Union commander, June 28, 1863, traveled this road from Taneytown to Gettysburg the night of July 1. He made his headquarters just south of Gettysburg. — — Map (db m10826) HM |
| | The Union Army 11th Corps, crossing from the Emmitsburg Road, July 1, 1863, turned north here toward Gettysburg. The Union 2nd Corps camped here on the same night. — — Map (db m43640) HM |
| | In the early hours of July 24, 1845, five men left their horses at Myers' Tavern, got into a wagon, and proceeded north to Bear Mountain. There they entered the cabin where Kitty Payne and her children slept, forced them into the wagon at gunpoint, . . . — — Map (db m38972) HM |
| | Bendersville – 4 Biglerville Named for Gov. William Bigler Founded 1817 — — Map (db m64409) HM |
| | George Washington returning from expedition to quell Whiskey Insurrection spent the night ¼ mile west of here at Russell’s Tavern — — Map (db m67676) HM |
| | Dedicated in honor of P.O.W.'s & M.I.A.'s of all wars — — Map (db m159884) WM |
| | The original building in which George Washington lodged in October, 1794, while engaged in quelling the Whiskey Rebellion is standing just west within view of this point. — — Map (db m63676) HM |
| | - This is the original building - George Washington spent the night here Oct. 24, 1794. — — Map (db m64297) HM |
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The Historic
Thomas Bros. Country Store
Biglerville, PA.
Est. 1909
has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior.
— — Map (db m159880) HM |
| | This stone has been placed here to dedicate the memory and service to all the Veteran membership that are no longer with us. — — Map (db m159881) WM |
| | All gave some, some gave all — — Map (db m159883) WM |
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"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."
Winston Churchill
Dedicated to all WWII Veterans — — Map (db m159882) WM |
| | To the Glory of God, St. John Neumann, then Bishop of Philadelphia, laid the original cornerstone of St. Joseph's Church on July 31, 1859. The church was completed the following year through the work of Rev. Basil A. Shorb, founding pastor. This . . . — — Map (db m130320) HM |
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Dedicated to the
men and women
of the
Bonneauville
Area
who served in
the wars of this
country — — Map (db m130321) WM |
| | (Top Sidebar): After a stunning victory at Chancellorsville in May 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee led the Army of Northern Virginia through Maryland into Pennsylvania, marching east to threaten Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, . . . — — Map (db m27034) HM |
| | Crossing South Mountain from Chambersburg, Gen. Hill's Corps of Lee's army assembled here on June 29-30, 1863. On July 1, his advance guard moved up from near Marsh Creek and met Union Troops west of Gettysburg. — — Map (db m5814) HM |
| | Army of Northern Virginia Stuart's Cavalry Division Imboden's Brigade 18th Virginia Cavalry, 62nd. Virginia Infantry Virginia Partisan Rangers and Virginia Battery July 3 Command guarding trains. Reached the field at noon and retired with the . . . — — Map (db m11622) HM |
| | In 1758, during the French & Indian War, a party of French soldiers and Shawnee took Mary Jemison from her home 3 miles north of here. Although most of her family and neighbors were killed, Mary was adopted by two Seneca women. Jemison lived with . . . — — Map (db m11620) HM |
| | The historic Cashtown Inn has been offering lodging and dining to weary travelers since the turn of the 19th Century. Roads were important to town development, just as the automobile was important to their prosperity. As roads brought travelers . . . — — Map (db m68558) HM |
| | German Society of Franklin Twp Lutheran Calvinist Reformed and Mennonite Congregation 1795-1908 — — Map (db m11714) HM |
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Pennsylvania is well known for its beautiful farming country, fruit belts and unique barns. Many are located along the historic Lincoln Highway route. The Round Barn is one of the more unique examples.
Considered an "endangered species," . . . — — Map (db m159860) HM |
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The Catholic Faith was brought from Maryland about 1730 to Conewago which became an important Jesuit mission foundation. ,br>
From here the faith spread over a great area of Pennsylvania and Western Maryland.
A log chapel was . . . — — Map (db m159892) HM |
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When the church was constructed in 1787, there was only a weather vane on the roof.
In 1830, a cupola was built, and a bell cast in 1816 in Belgium and weighing 300 pounds was installed. This bell was removed in 1891, sent first to . . . — — Map (db m159890) HM |
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The stone used in the construction of this building are from the Robert Owings "Mass House," which was erected approximately one-half mile directly north of this site on a 500 acre tract of land granted to him in 1732 by Lord Baltimore. . . . — — Map (db m159893) HM |
| | The Barlow Fire Company, founded in 1931, their mission being to save lives and property, constructed on this site in 1939 a Fire Hall that also served as a Community Center. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, having served eight successful years as . . . — — Map (db m130322) HM |
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East Berlin
Named for
Berlin, Germany
Founded
1764 — — Map (db m130310) HM |
| | Placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior
September 3, 1985
East Berlin Historical Preservation Society — — Map (db m151759) HM |
| | Built ca. 1790 by David Studebaker, carpenter, farmer, and minister. He was related to the family that later built wagons and automobiles. The house is privately maintained as a museum. — — Map (db m11638) HM |
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This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m100652) HM |
| | Begun in 1836 by the State of Pennsylvania, largely through the efforts of Thaddeus Stevens. The meandering railroad's nickname was provided by its opponents. It was put up for sale in 1842. Just west of here stands its granite stone viaduct. — — Map (db m10767) HM |
| | First Corps marched from Gettysburg to Emmitsburg. Fifth Corps from Marsh Run to Moritz's Cross-Roads. Sixth Corps from Fairfield to Emmitsburg except the Third brigade, Second Division which in conjunction with the First Brigade, Second Cavalry . . . — — Map (db m10770) HM |
| | (Preface): After Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's stunning victory at Chancellorsville in May 1863, he led the Army of Northern Virginia west to the Shenandoah Valley, then north through central Maryland and across the Mason-Dixon Line . . . — — Map (db m60301) HM |
| | Wounded of the Sixth U.S. Cavalry and Sixth Virginia Cavalry C.S.A. were cared for in this church building after a severe engagement that took place two miles north of here on July 3, 1863. — — Map (db m10773) HM |
| | This "fire gong" came from the Fairfield farm of
Harry E. Brown
1874-1951
Volunteer Fireman
Church leader
Civic elder
School Board president
First "Pennsylvania Master Farmer" of Adams County (1935)
Given in memory by his grandsons
Thomas . . . — — Map (db m103690) HM |
| | Historic Gettysburg
Historic Fairfield Inn
1757
Adams County
Honored 2007
Civil War
Building
July 1863 — — Map (db m113667) HM |
| | The Jacks Mountain Road Covered Bridge has been placed on the
National Register of Historic Places
by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m136403) HM |
| | Indian trader and interpreter of Maryland and Pennsylvania. First settler in this valley. Born of Swedish parents along the Delaware. This tablet erected by Liberty Twp. and Fairfield Area Bicentennial Cmte. First Marker Placed in 1924 by . . . — — Map (db m29543) HM |
| | Army of Northern Virginia Stuart's Cavalry Division Jones's Brigade 6th. 7th. 11th. 12th. Cavalry Regiments and 35th. Virginia Cavalry BattalionJuly 1 The 12th. Regiment was detached and remained on the south side of the Potomac River. White's . . . — — Map (db m27033) HM |
| | Major Samuel S. Starr and other wounded officers of the 6th U.S. Cavalry were cared for here July 3, 1863 — — Map (db m103691) HM |
| | The Marshall and Culberson House were the temporary field hospitals of the Regiment on July 3rd 1863The Regiment commanded by Major S.H. Starr was sent to Fairfield to capture a Confederate wagon train, guarded by Jones' Brigade of Confederate . . . — — Map (db m27032) HM |
| | This bell is from St. John's United Church of Christ which united with Zion Lutheran to form a new congregation in 1968, St. John Lutheran Church. It is a reminder of God's call to the faithful to worship in this region and a symbol of Christian . . . — — Map (db m159858) HM |
| | Fountain Dale is located between Jack's Mountain and Beard's Hill, and is also connected to two major mountain gaps, Monterey Pass and Fairfield Gap, which would prove to be fighting ground all of it's own. Troops on both sides needed to keep the . . . — — Map (db m8512) HM |
| | On the morning of July 4, Union General Judson Kilpatrick's Cavalry Division consisting of General George Custer and Colonel Nathaniel Richmond's Brigades were ordered from Gettysburg to attack the wagon trains that were moving on the road between . . . — — Map (db m30968) HM |
| | Founded 1681 by William Penn as a Quaker Commonwealth. birthplace of The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution of The United States — — Map (db m8055) HM |
| | On June 22, 1863, a skirmish erupted at Monterey Pass when Company D of the 4th Virginia Cavalry attacked portions of Union cavalry under the command of Captain Robert Bell, Captain Samuel Randall, and several members of the Gettysburg Home Guard. . . . — — Map (db m148604) HM |
| | On the afternoon of July 4, Union General Judson Kilpatrick left Emmitsburg with three brigades of cavalry, supported by three batteries of rifled artillery. Kilpatrick was ordered to locate and attack a Confederate wagon train that was moving over . . . — — Map (db m104827) HM |
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At this site, on December 8, 1842, the Lutheran Church of Fountaindale was consecrated by pastor Solomon Sentman. The church was built on land owned by Joseph and Isaac Baugher, and previously owned by Daniel Sprenkle. In 1842, there were 55 . . . — — Map (db m134154) HM |
| | This is the site of Pine Grove Furnace Prisoner of War Interrogation Camp (1943-1945). Here the U.S War Department operated a clandestine facility where intelligence officers interrogated enemy prisoners. During its thirty-month existence, thousands . . . — — Map (db m84037) WM |
| | During WWII, the US War Dept. operated this secret facility a mile north along Michaux Rd., one of three such sites in the US. Military intelligence relating to topics such as weaponry development and Axis operations was gained from thousands of . . . — — Map (db m84036) HM |
| | On the afternoon of June 26, 1863, Confederate cavalry dashed up Chambersburg Street and into the square. Shocked and frightened citizens fled the streets. Sara Broadhead recorded in her diary: "They came with such horrid yells that it was enough to . . . — — Map (db m32437) HM |
| | "We will close...you know nothing about the lesson anyhow." With those words, Pennsylvania College Professor Michael Jacobs reluctantly gave in to the distraction of mounting cannon and musketry fire on the morning of July 1, 1863, and dismissed his . . . — — Map (db m32375) HM |
| | The students of Rebecca Eyster's Young Ladies Seminary were studying in this "old Academy Building" on June 26, 1863. One of those students, Tillie Pierce, described the arrival of the Confederate troops from Seminary Ridge in her book, At . . . — — Map (db m12003) HM |
| | Four years after Gettysburg became the county seat in 1800, the first Adams County Courthouse was placed in Lincoln Square (one block to your right). In 1859 this larger building was erected to serve the growing populace. The arrival of the Union . . . — — Map (db m19251) HM |
| | On July 8, 1863, the U.S. Sanitary Commission commandeered the three story Fahnestock Bros. buildings as their "stone house" for food and other supplies. From here these critical provisions were distributed daily to the many field hospitals in and . . . — — Map (db m32509) HM |
| | Built for the County by workers under David Stoner in 1852, the Sachs Bridge is an Adams County landmark. It was crossed by both armies during the battle of Gettysburg in 1863, and carried parts of the Army of Northern Virginia as it retreated. . . . — — Map (db m8196) HM |
| | This building was the Professor Michael Jacobs residence which remained in the family from 1934 until 1901. One of the town's leading citizens, Professor Jacobs was a member of the Gettysburg College faculty from its foundation in 1832 until his . . . — — Map (db m19253) HM |
| | In 1863 this building was the home of the John and Martha Scott family, and Martha's sister, Mary McAllister. On the morning of July 1st, Mary McAllister went across the street to the Christ Lutheran Church to volunteer as a nurse. During the . . . — — Map (db m18117) HM |
| | Completed in 1836, Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church's building is the oldest in Gettysburg used continuously for religious worship. During the battle of Gettysburg it became a haven for serving humanity. When the first wounded appeared along . . . — — Map (db m18121) HM |
| | On July 1, 1863, Gettysburg's center square was the eye in the storm of panic and confusion that swirled in the town's streets and alleys as the routed Union 1st and 11th Corps fled toward the safety of Cemetery Hill. Some Union soldiers rallied . . . — — Map (db m32458) HM |
| | The rare image reproduced at right, courtesy of William A. Frassanito, Gettysburg Then & Now (Thomas Publications), is one of only 9 photos known to have been taken of the dedication ceremonies in Gettysburg on Nov. 19, 1863, during which . . . — — Map (db m19064) HM |
| | This was the site of the GLOBE INN, one of Gettysburg's oldest hotel-taverns, originally owned and operated in 1798 by townfounder James Gettys, and traditionally the unofficial headquarters for the local Democratic party. Such political . . . — — Map (db m32474) HM |
| | Among the hundreds of soldiers, nurses, and volunteers who worked at Camp Letterman was Private Justus Silliman of the 17th Connecticut Volunteers, a resident of New Canaan. Slightly wounded in the fighting on July 1st, he remained behind to care . . . — — Map (db m19256) HM |
| | On the afternoon of July 2, 1863 Union General Gouverneur K. Warren found Little Round Top undefended. He quickly sent his staff to find troops to defend this vital position. General George Sykes, commanding the 5th Corps, agreed to send a brigade . . . — — Map (db m14987) HM |
| | Here was the yard and the site of the Samuel
McCreary house, along the extreme advance of
the Confederate skirmish line before Cemetery
Hill. The 1863 McCreary residence, along with its
architectural twin, the Winebrenner house
(standing to . . . — — Map (db m66435) HM |
| | During the retreat on July 1st by the Union 11th Corps, this area was a mass of demoralized troops and military vehicles frantically trying to escape pursuing Confederate rifle fire. Captain Fred Winkler, 26th Wisconsin Regiment, stood here and . . . — — Map (db m32436) HM |
| | On July 1-4, 1913, the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg was celebrated with the first joint reunion for all Union and Confederate veterans, many of whom fought here in 1863.
53,407 veterans attended. 44,713 Union and 8,694 . . . — — Map (db m19063) HM |
| | "I received an order... to move my regiment...to the front of our position...and to hold my line to the last man." Lt. Col. Franklin Sawyer, 8th Ohio At 4:00 p.m. on July 2nd the 209 men of the 8th Ohio were ordered to advance and hold this . . . — — Map (db m15122) HM |
| | With the departure of the two armies following the battle, the burden of caring for the wounded fell largely on the shoulders of the local civilians. Although much attention has been paid to the United States Sanitary Commission and the Christian . . . — — Map (db m19254) HM |
| | Following the retreat of Union forces to Cemetery Hill on the afternoon of July 1, 1863, the Confederates occupied the town of Gettysburg until early morning, July 4th. The main Confederate battle line facing the Union forces on Cemetery Hill ran . . . — — Map (db m18129) HM |
| | This tablet commemorates the founding of the College Alumni Association, September 16, 1835, and honors its eleven founders,
Bacon — Barnitz — Smith — Bittle
Dale — Keller — Ruthrauff — Shuman
Stevenson . . . — — Map (db m130280) HM |
| | Erected in 1853, this church served as a field hospital during and after the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. While the church was substantially altered in 1925, much of the original Civl War era structure remains intact. Within its walls some 200 . . . — — Map (db m65783) HM |
| | The original German Reformed Church located here in 1814, served as a “Union brick church” with the town’s Lutheran congregation until 1848. The core of the present building, erected in 1851, was newly refurbished at the time of the . . . — — Map (db m65780) HM |
| | On the morning of July 1st, Gettysburg resident Jennie Wade and her family fled their town home to this brick double house shared by her sister Georgia McClellan, to distance themselves from the fighting. The Union retreat to Cemetery Hill soon . . . — — Map (db m37616) HM |
| | In 1863 this was the home of James and Catherine Foster and their daughter, Catherine. Prior to the battle the town was cut off from communications, and rumors of approaching “Rebels” and the whereabouts of the Union army prompted the . . . — — Map (db m16353) HM |
| | The High Street or “Common” School was Gettysburg’s first consolidated public school building. Prior to its erection in 1857 classes were held in individual buildings, often the home of the teacher. Like the rest of the town’s public . . . — — Map (db m65781) HM |
| | This building was the home of the James Pierce family during the Battle of Gettysburg. Tillie Pierce, a 15 year old school girl at the time, provided a vivid account of events from those days. The alarm that “The Rebels Are Coming!” . . . — — Map (db m155307) HM |
| | This building was constructed in 1869 as a dormitory for “The National Homestead at Gettysburg,” a school for soldiers’ orphans established in 1866 in the brick building to your right. Among its first students were Alice, Frank and . . . — — Map (db m37620) HM |
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This stone was broken
by gun fire during
the Battle of Gettysburg — — Map (db m105346) HM |
| | This wall was built for defense
July 3rd P.M., 1863 — — Map (db m105519) HM |
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President Lincoln passed by
this tree on November 19, 1863 — — Map (db m105374) HM |
| | (Front):102 & 78 N.Y. Infty July 2. & 3, 1863 3rd Brig. (Greene) 2nd Div. (Geary) 12th Corps (Slocum) (Back):78 & 102 N.Y. Infty Ground occupied during the battle by 102 N.Y. Regt. and 78 N.Y. skirmishers on grounds in front. Col. . . . — — Map (db m13960) HM |
| | (Front):102d Pennsylvania Infantry. 3d Brigade, 3d Division, 6th Corps. (Left): July 1. The Regiment was detailed at Manchester to guard trains to Westminster. At the latter place a detachment of 3 officers and 100 men was sent to . . . — — Map (db m16599) HM |
| | (Front):104th New York Infantry, (Wadsworth Guards) First Brigade. Second Division. First Corps. (Right):Casualties; 11 killed. 81 wounded, 92 captured and missing. (Left):Regiment raised at Geneseo, and Troy, N.Y. Organized at . . . — — Map (db m15432) HM |
| | (Front):105th Pennsylvania Infantry 1st Brig. 1st Div. 3d Corps. July 2nd Position from 2 to 4 p.m. Moved across the Emmitsburg Road. Being outflanked the regiment changed front facing south and formed line along the lane at right angles to . . . — — Map (db m17419) HM |
| | (Around Upper Step):106th Pennsylvania Infantry Philadelphia Brigade 2d Brigade 2d Division 2d Corps (Front): Yorktown, Fair Oaks, Peach Orchard, Savage Station, Glendale, Malvern Hill, Flint Hill, Antietam, Fredericksburg, . . . — — Map (db m16175) HM |
| | (Front):106 Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers 2d Brigade 2d Division 2d Corps July 2d and 3d 1863. Took into action 23 officers 263 men. Loss. Killed 1 officer 10 men. Wounded 10 officers 49 men. Missing 2 men. Total 11 officers 61 men. 72. . . . — — Map (db m17282) HM |
| | (Top):Position held by the 106th Regt. P.V. 2nd Brig. 2nd Div. 2nd A.C. July 3, 1863. (Bottom):Organized Aug. 21, 1861 Mustered out June 30, 1865 From Balls Bluff to Appomattox "Your batteries can be withdrawn when that regiment . . . — — Map (db m17152) HM |
| | (Front):3rd Brigade 1st Division 12th Corps 107th N.Y. Infantry (Back):Occupied this position On the morning of July 2d. Withdrawn at 4 p.m. and sent to near Little Round Top returning during the night found these works in possession . . . — — Map (db m13596) HM |
| | (Front):107th Ohio Infantry 2nd Brigade 1st Division 11th Corps This memorial is dedicated by the surviving members of the regiment to their fallen comrades Ohio's Token of Gratitude (Back):The 107th Ohio Infantry left Emmittsburg . . . — — Map (db m61172) HM |
| | (Front):107th Penna. Infantry 1st. Brig. 2d. Div. 1st Corps July 1. The Regiment fought here from 1 p.m. until the Corps retired and then took position on the left of Cemetery Hill. In the evening of the 2d. moved to the left to support the . . . — — Map (db m15406) HM |
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| | (Front and around the last step):108th N.Y. Infty 2nd Brig. 3rd Div. 2nd Corps July 2 & 3. 1863 (Back):108th N.Y. InftyOccupied this position July 2 & 3 1863, supporting Battery I, 1 U.S. Art. during the artillery duel on the afternoon . . . — — Map (db m14537) HM |
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