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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Cumberland Township, Pennsylvania
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(Upper Front of Shaft):Phila. Brigade 2d. Division 2d. Corps 69th Regt. Penna. Vols. July. 2, 3, 1863. (Front):This position was held by the 69th PA. Vols., July 2nd and 3rd 1863. Late on the afternoon of the 2nd, this regiment . . . — — Map (db m16142) HM WM
(Front):6th Maine Infantry 3rd Brigde 1st Div. 6th Corps. (Left Side):Held this position July 3, 1863. in afternoon moved to support of centre. Then to Big Round Top. — — Map (db m9981) HM WM
(Front):6th New York Cavalry (Ira Harris Guard) 2d Brigade. 1st Division. Cavalry Corps. (Back, Left Column):Regiment organized in New York City. Mustered into service September, 1861. Re-enlisted as Veteran Volunteers at Culpeper . . . — — Map (db m15392) HM WM
(Front):6th Pennsylvania Reserves 35th Infantry 1st Brigade 3d Division 5th Corps (Left):July 2d in the evening charged from the hill in rear to this position and held it until the afternoon of July 3d when the brigade advanced . . . — — Map (db m15779) HM WM
(Front):6th Wis. Vol. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Corps. July 1, 1863. Iron Brigade (Left):In the charge made on this R.R. cut the 2nd Miss. Regt. officers, men and battle flag surrendered to the 6th Wis. Loss in the 6th Regt. . . . — — Map (db m15362) HM WM
(Front):72nd Pennsylvania Infantry Philadelphia Fire Zouaves Mustered in Aug. 10, 1861 Mustered out Aug. 24, 1864 Total enrollment —— 1600 Killed and mortally wounded 195 wounded ———— 558 Died of disease . . . — — Map (db m16141) HM WM
Erected by 72nd Regt. P.V. The ground of the last assault the Philadelphia Brigade Gen. Alexander Webb held this angle July 2d and 3d 1863 casualties in the battle 495 The 72d Penn. Vol's "Philadelphia Fire Zouaves" Colonel D.W.C. . . . — — Map (db m16140) HM WM
(Front):New York - Gettysburg Second Fire Zouaves Major Michael W. Burns commanding Sickles' Excelsior Brigade Colonel William R. Brewster —————— Second Division Brig. General A.A. Humphreys . . . — — Map (db m13145) HM WM
(Front): July 1. Fought on this position from 2 p.m. until the Corps retired. July 2. & 3. Held position at stone wall near the Cemetery as shown by monument there. Present at Gettysburg 258. Killed, Officers 3, Men 16. Wounded, Officers 5, . . . — — Map (db m11203) HM WM
(Front):76th New York Infantry, 2d Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Corps. (Back):Fire opened here, July 1st 1863, at 10 a.m. Second stand at R.R. Cut. Third, at Culp's Hill, July 2d and 3d (Right):Number engaged 348 . . . — — Map (db m15319) HM WM
(Front):77th New York Infantry, (Bemus Heights Battalion) 3d Brigade, 2d Division, 6th Corps. July 3d 1863. (Right):Mustered in at Saratoga Springs Nov. 23, 1861. Mustered out June 27, 1865. (Back):Participated in the . . . — — Map (db m17875) HM WM
(Text on several facets at the Monument base)7th N.J Vol's July 2, 1863. Killed 24, Wounded 77, Missing 13, Total 114. Here Col. Francine Fell. First position 300 yds. N.E. of this. Heavily engaged there. Moved here to reinforce . . . — — Map (db m13178) HM WM
(Front):7th Ohio Infantry 1st Brigade 2d Division 12th Corps July 1, 2, 3 1863 (Left):Dulce et Decorum est Pro Patria Mori 7th Ohio Infantry ————Arrived near Little Round Top evening of July 1 on July 2, held . . . — — Map (db m13943) HM WM
(Front):7th Wis. Vol. Inft'y 1st Brigade, 1st Div. 1st Corps. This monument marks one of the advanced positions of the Regt in battle July 1st 1863 It went into action with 370, and lost Killed 39. Wounded 103 Missing 52 . . . — — Map (db m12450) HM WM
(Front):Ulster Guard 20th N.Y. State Militia 80th N.Y. Infantry. 1st Brig. 3d Div. 1st Corps. Organized 1851 at Kingston. N.Y. as 20th N.Y.S.M. Apr. 28, 1861 entered U.S. service for 3 months. Sept. 5, 1861 re-entered service for 3 years. . . . — — Map (db m15289) HM WM
(Front):82nd New York Infantry (2nd N.Y.S.M.) 1st Brigade 2nd Division 2nd Corps July 2nd and 3rd 1863. Casualties Killed 45 Wounded 132 missing 15 (Left): On the evening of July 2nd, moved to the Emmitsburg Road to protect flank of . . . — — Map (db m16339) HM WM
(Front): The 82d Ohio Infantry Arriving from Emmittsburg at Noon July 1, 1863. Moved rapidly to the support of Dilger's Battery near the Carlisle Road. At 3 p.m. changed front to the right and advanced to a position 125 yards in front of . . . — — Map (db m11171) HM WM
(Front):July 3rd. Marched from near Little Round Top and occupied the works in front at 11.30 a.m. relieving other troops 82nd Penna. Infantry 1st. Brig. 3d. Div. 6th Corps (Back):Battles Yorktown - Spottsylvania Fair Oaks - North . . . — — Map (db m14035) HM WM
(Front):84th Penna Infantry July 1. The Regiment was on duty guarding the Division wagon trains. Moved with the column on the road from Taneytown to Emmittsburg and on the opening of the battle was ordered with the train to Westminster, Md. . . . — — Map (db m16469) HM WM
(Front):88th Penna. Infantry 2nd Brigade 2nd Division 1st Corps (Left): About noon, July 1st 1863, the regiment was in line along the Mummasburg Road, 200 yards S.E. of this monument. Later it changed direction and formed here, charged . . . — — Map (db m15414) HM WM
(Top):Arrived here in time to assist in repelling the enemy's charge on July 3rd 1863 and remained until the morning of July 5th. (Front):88 Pa. Vol. 3nd Brigade 3nd Division 1st Corps Men engaged 294 Men killed 10 Men wounded 50 Men . . . — — Map (db m14496) HM WM
(Top):Held this position from the evening of July 2nd 1863 until the morning of July 3rd the principal monument is erected on Oak Ridge the scene of the First Day's Battle (Front):88 Pa. Vol. 2nd Brigade 2nd Division 1st Corps . . . — — Map (db m15808) HM WM
(Front):8th Illinois Cavalry 1st. Brig. - 1st Div. Cavalry Corps First line of battle July 1. 1863 Occupied until relieved by 1st Corps. One squadron picketed ridge east of Marsh Creek and supported by another squadron met enemy's right . . . — — Map (db m203117) HM WM
(Front Inscription):8th Ohio Infantry, Carroll's Brig. 3d Div. 2d Corps. July 2,3, 1863. (Left Side Inscription): The 8th Ohio Infantry under Lt. Col. Franklin Sawyer took this position at 4 p.m. July 2 after a brisk skirmish and held . . . — — Map (db m12190) HM
8th Penna. Cavalry 2nd Brigade 2nd Division Cavalry Corps Recruited in Phila., Bucks, Lycoming, & Luzerne Counties Mustered in Aug. - Oct. 1861 Reenlisted Dec. 31st 1863 Mustered out July 24th 1865. With the Army of the Potomac from Manassas to . . . — — Map (db m15950) HM WM
(Around the middle step):90th P.V. Second Brig. 2nd Division First Corps (Front):This Regiment recruited in Phila. responded to the first call April 6, 1861. Served until Aug. 9, as the 9th P.V. Reorganized Oct 1, 1861, as the 90th . . . — — Map (db m14508) HM WM
Right of the First Corps Here fought the 90th Penna. Infantry On the afternoon of July 1, 1863. Killed and mortally wounded 11, wounded 44, captured or missing 39. Total 94, of 208 engaged. Organized at Phila. Oct. 1, 1861 Mustered out Nov. 26, 1864 . . . — — Map (db m15419) HM WM
90th Regiment Penn'a Vols. of Philadelphia 2nd Brig. 2nd Div. 1st Corps. was heavily engaged July 1st 1863 on Oak Ridge and Mummasburg Road where the granite tree monument stands. Upon retirement of the Corps, it was formed in line of battle on . . . — — Map (db m15810) HM WM
(Front):93d New York Infantry. Head-quarter Guard, Army of the Potomac, July 2d and 3d, 1863. (Back):Mustered in Nov. 7th, 1861. Mustered out June 29th, 1865. Battles, While in 2d. Brig, 3d. Div, 2d. Corps, Wilderness - Petersburg . . . — — Map (db m14490) HM WM
(Front):93d Penna. Infantry. 3d Brigade, 3d Division, 6th Corps. July 2nd & 3rd 1863. (Left):After charging with the Brigade from the right of Little Round Top in the evening of July 2d and assisting in the repulse of the enemy and in . . . — — Map (db m16596) HM WM
(Front):94th New York Infty 1st Brig. 2nd Div. 1st Corps. July 1st 1863 (Right): 94th. N.Y. Inf'ty. mustered into service at Sackett's Harbor, N.Y. Dec. 9, 1861. 105th N.Y. Inf'ty. Mustered into service at Le Roy, N.Y. Mar. 21, 1862. . . . — — Map (db m15400) HM WM
(Front):95th New York Infantry. 2nd Brigade 1st Division 1st Corps. (Left):July 1, 1863. This Regiment was formed south of the McPherson House and engaged the enemy at 10 a.m. at 10:30 a.m. changed front. Advanced to this position with . . . — — Map (db m15153) HM WM
(Left):Position of the 96th Regt. Penna. Volunteers 2nd Brigade. 1st Division. 6th Army Corps. From 5 p.m. of the 2nd until the morning of the 5th of July 1863. (Right):Organized at and mustered in at Pottsville Schuylkill County . . . — — Map (db m16579) HM WM
(Front):97th New York Infantry, 2d Brigade, 2d Division, 1st Corps. (Left):(Conkling Rifles) Organized and commanded by Col. Chas. Wheelock, of Boonville, N.Y. (Back):Held the enemy in check here from 12.30, to 3 p.m. July 1st . . . — — Map (db m15409) HM WM
(Front):99th Regt. Pa. Vols. Army of the Potomac From Sept. 1861. to July 1865. 2nd Brigade. 1st Division 3rd Corps (Left):July 2, Present for duty 21 officers & 318 men ——— Killed 1 officer & 17 men . . . — — Map (db m14869) HM WM
(Front):9th New York Cavalry 2d Brig. 1st Div. Cavalry Corps (Back):9th New York Cavalry Enlisted, Oct 1. 1861. Re enlisted Jan. 2. 1864. Mustered out July 17. 1865 Total enlistments among which losses occurred 1981. Losses during . . . — — Map (db m15385) HM WM
Following the fighting on July 2, Confederate General Robert E. Lee ordered Generals Ewell and Longstreet to launch coordinated morning assaults on both ends of the Union line. Around 4:30 am, however, this plan fell apart when Federal artillery . . . — — Map (db m193904) HM
The fierce fighting here, at the southern end of the battlefield, proved costly for both armies. After three hours of combat, Confederate troops held Devil's Den and Sherfy's Peach Orchard. The Union Army still controlled the high ground on . . . — — Map (db m196521) HM
On July 3, 1938, during the 75th battle anniversary, over 1,800 Civil War veterans and 250,000 others gathered to see President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicate this memorial. Two veterans, one from each army, lowered a 50-foot American flag, . . . — — Map (db m198419) HM
When the Eleventh Corps took over the farm to serve as a hospital, the Spangler family was forced to live in just one of the six rooms of their home. Wounded soldiers and medical staff occupied the other rooms. One noted patient who was treated in . . . — — Map (db m78900) HM
The barnyard and fields in front of you filled with wounded men and medical supplies in the days and weeks after the battle. Pvt. Justus Silliman, 17th Connecticut Infantry, wrote “All the hospital tents have been put up and are filled, . . . — — Map (db m78895) HM
Here on Barlow's Knoll, Lieutenant Bayard Wilkeson, 19, directed Battery G, 4th US Artillery, from horseback. While dueling with Confederate batteries, an enemy shell mangled his right leg. He bound his leg, and amputated it with a pocket knife, as . . . — — Map (db m196915) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m78897) HM
The field in front of you contained the hospital graveyard where some 185 Union and 20 Confederate soldiers were buried. Some of Spanglers own wood supplies were used to make coffins for these soldiers and even a fence around the graveyard itself. . . . — — Map (db m78898) HM
Hoping to destroy Union artillery prior to assaulting the center of the Union line, Confederate General Robert E. Lee ordered 150 cannon to open fire on this position. The afternoon sky quickly darkened with smoke and dust as Union guns returned . . . — — Map (db m193905) HM
Soaked to the waist from fording Rock Creek, 4,700 Confederate infantrymen stumbled through the darkness and up the slope to your front on the evening of July 2. The unseen Union line lay ahead and just beyond was the Baltimore Pike, a critical . . . — — Map (db m223532) HM
Confederate General Alfred Iverson's brigade of 1,300 North Carolinians advanced across this field toward Oak Ridge and the woodlot in front of you. They hoped to drive the Union defenders from their position. Hidden behind the stone wall ahead, . . . — — Map (db m165648) HM
In 1863 the home to your front was a small 1½ story tall, two-room stone farmhouse. It belonged to James Warfield, his wife Eliza, and their family. Purchased within a year of the battle, Warfield operated a successful blacksmith shop in Adams . . . — — Map (db m196856) HM
Historic Gettysburg
A.L. Horner
Homestead
1819
Adams County,
Honored 1987
This property
is listed in the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Erected by . . . — — Map (db m192380) HM
Commanded First Corps Army of the Potomac at Gettysburg July 1, 1863 Cadet U.S.M.A. Sept. 1, 1838. Brevet Second Lieut. Third U.S. Artillery July 1, 1842. Second Lieut. First Artillery Feb. 24, 1845. First Lieut. March 3, 1847. Captain March 3, . . . — — Map (db m15265) HM WM
Abraham Brian, a free black man, lived on this 12-acre farm with his wife, Elizabeth, and two children. He purchased the land in 1857, grew wheat, barley, and hay, and tended a small apple and peach orchard. Afraid of being captured and sold into . . . — — Map (db m196646) HM
The Adams County Almshouse opened in 1819 to shelter the poor, sick, and mentally insane. The almshouse complex was initially located on 91 acres of farmland that was used by the residents to sustain themselves by raising livestock, fruits and . . . — — Map (db m147275) HM
The Confederate assault, known as Pickett's Charge, was actually led by three Southern generalsGeorge Pickett, J. Johnston Pettigrew, and Isaac R. Trimble. The 12,000 Confederate soldiers involved in the attack emerged from the woods a mile to your . . . — — Map (db m194400) HM
Cadet U.S. Military Academy July 1, 1840. Brevet Second Lieutenant 4th U.S. Infantry July 1, 1844. Second Lieutenant 8th Infantry June 18, 1846. Resigned April 12, 1848. Captain 16th U.S. Infantry May 14, 1861. Major 12th Pennsylvania Infantry . . . — — Map (db m14524) HM WM
C.S.A. Army of Northern Virginia Longstreet's Corps Artillery Reserve Alexander's Battalion Woolfolk's Jordon's Parker's Taylor's Moody's and Rhett's Batteries Two 20 pounder Parrotts, One 10 Pounder Parrott Seven 3 inch Rifles, Six Napoleons . . . — — Map (db m10098) HM
C.S.A. Army of Northern Virginia Longstreet's Corps Hood's Division Anderson's Brigade 7th. 8th. 9th. 11th. 59th. Georgia Infantry July 2 After march of several miles formed line about 4 p.m. 100 yards west of this. The Seventh Regiment was sent . . . — — Map (db m12387) HM
Army of Northern Virginia Longstreet's Corps Hood's Division Anderson's Brigade 7th. 8th. 9th. 11th. 59th. Georgia Infantry July 2 Reached the Field about 4 p.m. and formed line. The 7th Regiment was sent southward to watch the Union Cavalry. . . . — — Map (db m15115) HM WM
C.S.A. Army of Northern Virginia Third Army Corps Anderson's Division Major Gen. R.H. Anderson Wilcox's Brigade Brig. Gen. Cadums M Wilcox Mahone's Brigade Brig. Gen. William Mahone Wright's Brigade Brig. Gen. A.R. Wright, Col. William Gibson . . . — — Map (db m12009) HM WM
Cadet U.S. Military Academy July 1 1827, Brevet Second Lieutenant 2d U.S. Artillery July 1 1831, Second Lieutenant July 1 1831, First Lieutenant August 16 1836, Resigned September 30 1836, First Lieutenant Topographical Engineers U.S. Army July 7 . . . — — Map (db m17326) HM WM
Here in the bull pens and breeding shed, Eisenhowers plans for the next generation of cattle unfolded. Much of the herds success rested on Ankonian 3551. From his pen (on your left), Ankonian served as principal bull from 1956 to 1965. But . . . — — Map (db m64402) HM
C.S.A. Army of Northern Virginia Hill's Corps Heth's Division Archer's Brigade 5th. Battalion and 13th. Alabama 1st. 7th. 14th. Tennessee Infantry July 1 Reached the field in the morning. The Battalion was ordered to watch Cavalry on the right. . . . — — Map (db m11583) HM
C.S.A. Army of Northern Virginia Hill's Corps Heth's Division Archer's Brigade 5th. Battalion and 13th. Alabama 1st. 7th. 14th. Tennessee Infantry July 1 The Brigade moved from Cashtown early in the morning toward Gettysburg. After a march of . . . — — Map (db m12643) HM
The grateful people of the State of Arkansas erect this memorial as an expression of their pride in the officers and men of the Third Arkansas Infantry, Confederate States Army, who by their valor and their blood have made this ground forever . . . — — Map (db m12385) WM
Friends and fellow officers in the United States Army prior to 1861, the fate of Civil War made them foes on the battlefield at Gettysburg. Confederate Brig. Gen. Lewis A. Armistead and Union Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock were both wounded in . . . — — Map (db m17922) HM
Brig. Gen. Lewis A. Armistead, CSA, died here on July 5, 1863 of wounds received in Picketts Charge on July 3. This summer kitchen was part of the U.S. Army's 11th Corps Field Hospital, located here on the George Spangler farm. . . . — — Map (db m65734) HM
C.S.A. Army of Northern Virginia Longstreet's Corps Pickett's Division Armistead's Brigade 9th. 14th. 38th. 53rd. 57th. Virginia Infantry July 2 Arrived about sunset and bivouacked on the western border of Spangler's Woods. July 3 In the . . . — — Map (db m11951) HM
General Robert E. Lee commanding The Army consisted of Three Army Corps First Corps Lieutenant General James Longstreet Second Corps Lieutenant General Richard S. Ewell Third Corps Lieutenant General Ambrose P. Hill Cavalry Division Major General . . . — — Map (db m168201) HM
Major General George G. Meade Commanding The Army consisted of Eight Army Corps First Corps - Major General John F. Reynolds, Major General Abner Doubleday, Major General John Newton Second Corps - Major General Winfield S. Hancock, Brigadier . . . — — Map (db m16128) HM WM
Army of the Potomac Third Corps Artillery Brigade Capt. George E. Randolph, Capt. A. Judson Clark Battery B, 1st New Jersey, six 10 pounders, Capt. A. Judson Clark, Lieut. Robert Sims. Battery D, 1st New York, six 12 pounders, Capt. George B. . . . — — Map (db m12987) HM
Army of the Potomac Third Corps Artillery Brigade Capt George E. Randolph Capt. A. Judson Clark 2nd New Jersey Battery, Six 10 pounder Parrotts Capt. A. Judson Clark, Lieut Robert Sims 1st New York Battery D, Six 12 pounders Capt. George B. . . . — — Map (db m13153) HM
Army of the Potomac Twelfth Corps Artillery Brigade Lieut. Edward D. Muhlenberg 1st New York Battery M, four 10 pounders, Lieut. Charles E. Winegar Penna. Battery E, six 10 pounders, Lieut Charles A. Atwell 4th U.S. Battery F, six 10 pounders, . . . — — Map (db m13369) HM
Army of the Potomac Fifth Corps Artillery Brigade Capt. Augustus P. Martin Mass. 3D Battery C Six 12 pounders
Lieut. Aaron F Walcott 1st New York Battery C Four 3 Inch Rifles Capt. Almont Barnes 1st Ohio Battery L Six 12 Pounders Capt. . . . — — Map (db m15037) HM
Army of the Potomac Second Corps Artillery Brigade Capt. John G. Hazard 1st. New York Battery B, Four 10 pounders Lieut. Albert S. Sheldon, Capt. James M. Rorty, Lieut Robert E. Rodgers 1st. Rhode Island Battery A, Six 3 inch Rifles Capt. . . . — — Map (db m16120) HM
Army of the Potomac Artillery Reserve Brigadier General Robert O. Tyler Captain James M. Robertson Headquarter Guard Thirty Second Massachusetts Infantry Co. C. Captain Josiah C. Fuller First Regular Brigade Captain Dunbar R. Ransom Four . . . — — Map (db m15994) WM
As darkness fell, 2,500 infantrymen from Louisiana and North Carolina moved across the fields to your right. Their objective was East Cemetery Hill, the rise ahead, fortified with 1,200 Union infantry and 30 cannon. Sergeant Oscar Ladley, 75th Ohio . . . — — Map (db m240348) HM
Army of Northern Virginia Longstreet's Corps Hood's Division Henry's Battalion Bachman's Battery The German Artillery Four Napoleons July 2 In reserve near here but not engaged. July 3 In position here and actively engaged in firing upon the . . . — — Map (db m15489) HM
Confederate General William Barksdales hard-fighting Mississippiansthe 13th, 17th, 18th, and 21st infantry regimentsarrived in this position around 4:00 pm on July 2. Barksdale, anxious to engage the enemy to his front, repeatedly asked . . . — — Map (db m241392) HM
C.S.A. Army of Northern Virginia Longstreet's Corps McLaws's Division Barksdale's Brigade 13th. 17th. 18th. 21st. Mississippi Infantry July 2 Arrived about 3 p.m. and formed line here. Advanced at 5 p.m. and took part in the assault on the Peach . . . — — Map (db m12216) HM
Army of Northern Virginia Longstreet's Corps McLaws's Division Barksdale's Brigade 13th. 17th. 18th. 21st. Mississippi Infantry July 2 Arrived about 3 p.m. and formed in line. Advanced at 5 o'clock and took part in the assault on the Peach . . . — — Map (db m13017) HM
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