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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QQY_joseph-armstrong_Chambersburg-PA.html
Settled here on land applied for in 1737 and warranted 1752. Member of the Assembly 1750-55. Captain of militia 1755 and in Pennsylvania Regiment 1756-57. Died 1761. Home used in 1757 as a ranging station for troops in the French and Indian War an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KWA_gettysburg-campaign_Chambersburg-PA.html
General Albert G. Jenkins' brigade of Southern cavalry entered Chambersburg on June 15, 1863, in advance of the main invasion force, and later led the invading army, June 22-24. General Robert E. Lee entered Chambersburg on June 26.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KW7_scotland-school-for-veterans-children_Chambersburg-PA.html
Established in 1895 as the Pa. Soldiers' Orphans Industrial School, the state-run institution provided primary and secondary education to veterans' children in a residential setting. About 10,000 boys and girls were instilled with a sense of patri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KVW_site-of-fort-mccord_Chambersburg-PA.html
The site of Fort McCord where twenty-seven pioneer settlers men, women and children were massacred by Indian savages or carried into captivity, April 1st, 1756, was a few rods south east of this spot.
In the list of victims were Mary McCord, Mrs…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KVV_fort-mccord_Chambersburg-PA.html
Built by the settlers; named for John McCord. Burnt April 1, 1756, by Indians, who killed or carried into captivity 27 persons. The site is marked, about 500 feet away.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KVL_browns-mill-school_Chambersburg-PA.html
Built in 1836. Used until 1921 as one-room elementary school.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KVK_old-browns-mill-school_Chambersburg-PA.html
Originally known as Trinity Church and School. Erected in 1836 at land donated by Lazarus Brown for free school and non denominational church purposes. Funds ($391.36) for this building were contributed by 51 citizens. Used by Antrim Twp. until 19…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM534_patrick-gass_Chambersburg-PA.html
Enlisted by Meriwether Lewis as a private in the Lewis & Clark Expedition, 1803 - 1806; selected as a Sergeant in August, 1804. His carpentry and soldiering skills earned written commendation from Lewis. Gass later published his diaries of the Exp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM505_gettysburg-campaign_Chambersburg-PA.html
Gen. Robert E. Lee reached Chambersburg June 26, 1863. Hearing June 28 that Union troops under Gen. Joseph Hooker had crossed the Potomac to Frederick, he decided to unite his forces at Cashtown; and left the city by this road.