Gettysburg Campaign - Carlisle, PA
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N 40° 11.711 W 077° 10.073
18T E 315470 N 4451674
Marker noting local events leading up to the Battle of Gettysburg.
Waymark Code: WM3C08
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 03/11/2008
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Carlisle was spared the destruction that was suffered by Chambersburg as Confederate troops moved through the Cumberland Valley - the unexpected meeting of opposing forces in Gettysburg quickly drew forces there.
Marker text is as follows:
Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's Southern cavalry arrived July 1, 1863, by Dover and Dillsburg. Finding Ewell had left the day before, Stuart burned the U.S. Barracks and left for Gettysburg, where the battle had begun.
Marker Name: Gettysburg Campaign
County: Cumberland
Date Dedicated: 07/29/1947
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: PA 74 just E of Carlisle near I-81
Category: Civil War, Military
Website: [Web Link]
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