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By Mike Stroud, October 18, 2011
George Alfred Townsend Birthplace Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| On West Market Street at Love Lane on West Market Street. |
| | George Alfred Townsend, famous Civil War newspaper correspondent, journalist and author, was born on this block on January 30, 1841. Townsend’s novels and poetry reflect his deep love for his native region. His best-known historical novel, The . . . — — Map (db m38692) HM |
| On Gapland Road at Arnoldstown Road, on the right when traveling west on Gapland Road. |
| | None of the structures you see here in Crampton’s Gap existed during the battle on September 14, 1862. George Alfred Townsend constructed all the stone buildings and walls, as well as the Correspondents’ Arch, between 1884 and 1896. Townsend, . . . — — Map (db m1931) HM |
| On Gapland Road at Arnoldstown Road, on the left when traveling west on Gapland Road. |
| | George Alfred Townsend, known by his pen name of “GATH,” was born in Georgetown, Delaware, in 1841. One of the youngest and most renowned special correspondents of his time, he reported on politics and war in both the . . . — — Map (db m2038) HM |
| On Gapland Road near Arnoldstown Road, on the right when traveling west. |
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Speed - Heed
Sept. 14 - 62 - 96
To the Army Correspondents
and Artists 1861-65
Whose toils cheered the fireside
Educated provinces of rustics into
a bright nation of readers
and gave incentive to narrate
distant wars and . . . — — Map (db m13977) HM |
May. 3, 2024
