Gettysburg Campaign - State Line, PA
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Markerman62
N 39° 43.925 W 077° 43.495
18S E 266479 N 4401572
Marker explaining where Confederate forces entered the state near the Pennsylvania/Maryland State Line
Waymark Code: WM16PDY
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 09/09/2022
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Over this route Confederate General R.S. Ewell's 2d Army Corps led Lee's invading forces on June 22, 1863. Next day Gen. Jubal Early, under Ewell's command, entered the state to the east, near Waynesboro.
Marker Name: Gettysburg Campaign
County: Franklin
Date Dedicated: 12/05/1997
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: Molly Pitcher Hwy. (US 11) at Hykes Rd., 1 mile N of State Line
Category: Civil War, Military
Website: Not listed
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