Gettysburg Campaign - Mechanicsburg, PA
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N 40° 14.229 W 076° 58.337
18T E 332224 N 4455944
Marker noting the northernmost engagement of the Gettysburg Campaign - the Battle of Sporting Hill.
Waymark Code: WM3PQF
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 04/30/2008
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This historical marker is located in the SW corner of one of the area's busier itersections - little is left of the original character of Sporting Hill.
Marker text is as follows:
This campaign's northernmost engagement, known as the Battle of Sporting Hill, occurred just north and west of here, June 30, 1863. The 22nd & 37th New York Militia Regiments, along with Landis's Philadelphia Battery, fought in defense of Harrisburg against the 16th & 36th Virginia Cavalry units. Afterward the Confederates withdrew to Carlisle, leaving some 16 dead. Reported wounded were 11 Union soldiers; 20-30 Confederates.
Marker Name: Gettysburg Campaign
County: Cumberland
Date Dedicated: 06/21/1997
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: 5002 Carlisle Pike, Hampden Township(@ Ye Olde Ale House)
Category: Civil War, Military
Website: [Web Link]
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