Location of Field Hospitals

Location of Field Hospitals (HM8L3)

Location: Gettysburg, PA 17325 Adams County
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Country: United States of America
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N 39° 50.511', W 77° 12.311'

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During the Battle of Gettysburg

— Army of the Potomac —

Army of the Potomac
Medical Department
Location of the Field Hospitals
During the Battle of Gettysburg

1st Corps - July 1st at the Lutheran Theological Seminary and in Gettysburg
July 2nd near White Church on Baltimore Pike

2nd Corps - July 2nd on east and west side of Rock Creek east of the Bushman House

3rd Corps - July 2nd on Taneytown Road and soon removed to an angle formed by White Run and Rock Creek

5th Corps - July 2nd on Taneytown Road west of Round Top
July 3rd near Two Taverns

6th Corps - At the Trostle House east of Rock Creek

11th Corps - At the Spangler House southeast of the Granite Schoolhouse

12th Corps - At the Bushman House near Rock Creek

Cavalry Corps - At Presbyterian Church and other buildings in Gettysburg

General Hospital Camp Letterman at the Hospital Woods on the York Pike. These hospitals cared for twenty thousand wounded Union and Confederate.

Medical director of the Army of the Potomac Surgeon Jonathan Letterman, U.S. Army.
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HM NumberHM8L3
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Year Placed1914
Placed ByGettysburg National Military Park Commission
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Monday, October 27th, 2014 at 8:21am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 311324 N 4412531
Decimal Degrees39.84185000, -77.20518333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 39° 50.511', W 77° 12.311'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds39° 50' 30.66" N, 77° 12' 18.66" W
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Area Code(s)717
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1099-1115 York Rd, Gettysburg PA 17325, US
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