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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC5W_stuarts-headquarters_Mercersburg-PA.html
On Oct. 10, 1862, 1800 picked Confederate cavalry commanded by Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart and Brig. Gen. Wade Hampton with four cannon under Maj. John Pelham occupied Mercersburg on their way to destroy the railroad bridge at Chambersburg used to sup…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC5V_steiger-house-at-mercersburg_Mercersburg-PA.html
Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart, during the first Chambersburg Raid (October 1862), stopped in Mercersburg at Bridgeside, the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Steiger. He intended to use the house as his headquarters while his troops rounded up suppl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC5U_ambush-at-mercersburg_Mercersburg-PA.html
On July 3, 1863, three Confederate riders in Mercersburg's town square were ambushed by two Union stragglers. Bullets passed through Private J.W. Alban, killing him and also the horse of the rider beside him. The third man quickly galloped out of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC5T_the-burning-of-chambersburg_Chambersburg-PA.html
During the Gettysburg campaign, Confederate troops were restrained, under orders, from destroying non-government property. By the time of the Rebels' next raid into the North, however, the policy had changed.
On July 30, 1864, Brigadier Genera…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC5S_abolitionist-john-brown-boards-in-chambersburg_Chambersburg-PA.html
Preparing for the raid on Harpers Ferry arsenal, John Brown came to Chambersburg in the summer of 1859 wearing a beard as a disguise and using the alias of Isaac Smith. He took up residence at Mary Ritner's boarding house on East King Street, prof…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM93R_franklin-county-world-war-i-memorial_Chambersburg-PA.html
They shall live forevermoreour glorious dead1917 ? ? ? 1919Erected to the memory of the men and women of Franklin County who gave their lives in the World War
"Greater love hath no man than thisthat a man lay down his life for his friends"St. J…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7JR_the-good-roads-jubilee-the-lincoln-highway_Fayetteville-PA.html
(Left Side):The Good Roads JubileeOne of the largest celebrations for the opening of a paved section of the Lincoln Highway was held here, at the Caledonia Forest Reserve Park, on October 4, 1921.
The new paved section of the Lincoln Highway st…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7JP_thaddeus-stevens-blacksmith-shop_Fayetteville-PA.html
The stone walls of this old building have withstood the adversities of time and people to stand in mute testament of historical events that helped shape a nation.
Built in 1837, partners John Paxton and Thaddeus Stevens erected a blacksmith sho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7JM_caledonia-furnace_Fayetteville-PA.html
Erected 1837 byThaddeus Stevensthe great commonerfather of the Pennsylvania common school systemthe first to advocate educationfor the mountaineer childrenearly exponent of anti-slaveryborn April 4, 1792 died August 11, 1868the entire works destro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7HK_caledonia-furnace_Fayetteville-PA.html
Erected in 1837 by Thaddeus Stevens and James D. Paxton. Stevens' antislavery stand led to its destruction by Gen. Jubal Early, June 26, 1863, on his way to York during the early Gettysburg campaign.