You are facing the Moul family mansion. A block behind it is the Conrad Moul iron foundry and saw and planing mill, first established in 1842, with the brick building before you erected in 1888. The Moul businesses were a mainstay of the Public . . . — — Map (db m197075) HM
At 8:00 a.m. on June 30, the head of Gen. H. Judson Kilpatrick's Union Cavalry Division halted on Frederick Street outside community leader Jacob Wirt's home, which formerly stood in front of you at the site of the Hanover Theater. Kilpatrick . . . — — Map (db m197066) HM
Just north of the Mason-Dixon line, the divide between states where slavery was legal and free states like Pennsylvania, Hanover was a logical stop on the Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad was the secret network of trails, homes, . . . — — Map (db m197078) HM
On these first blocks of Frederick Street lived pioneering newspaper woman Mary Sophia Leader (1835-1913), famous author John Luther Long (1861-1927), and historian George Reeser Prowell (1849-1928), all buried one mile south of here in Mount . . . — — Map (db m197080) HM
On June 27, 1863, three days before the Battle of Hanover, Confederate Lt. Col. Elijah White's 35th Virginia Battalion of about 260 men was on a mission: search for and destroy Pennsylvania railroad bridges and telegraph lines.
In the 1860s, . . . — — Map (db m197361) HM
Mayhem and Melees In 1863, charming brick and wooden homes, many of them still standing, lined both sides of Frederick Street from Center Square to the Winebrenner Tannery and the Karl Forney Farm. The Karl Forney residence was . . . — — Map (db m197084) HM
Cannons Blast for Two Hours After the Confederates' initial surge and taking of the square, on June 30, 1863, the Union's swift, steady onslaught pushed the gray tide back from Broadway to where they came, down Frederick Street . . . — — Map (db m197085) HM
The Square is Liberated On June 30, 1863, as the Confederates surged toward the railroad tracks on Abbottstown Road (present-day Broadway), the Union regrouped for fierce counter-attacks. Union Major John Hammond re-formed the 5th . . . — — Map (db m197086) HM
Rebels Capture the Square In the Battle of Hanover, the center of town was an up-for-grabs, back-and-forth crossroads that both sides wanted and occupied. Major roads radiated from the center of town. All went to destinations for . . . — — Map (db m197087) HM
