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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZFG_bugler-john-cook_Carlisle-PA.html
"General Gibbon, our commander, had just ordered Lieutenant Stewart to take his section about one hundred yards to the right of the Hagerstown Pike, in front of two straw stacks, when he beckoned me to follow. No sooner had we unlimbered, whe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZFF_a-toll-paid-in-blood_Carlisle-PA.html
In the Maryland Campaign of September 1862, the Hagerstown Turnpike, a privately built toll road, served as a valuable route for troop movements. The Turnpike possibly was a macadam road, constructed with layers of broken-down stones. The post-and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZFE_a-soldier-story_Carlisle-PA.html
A Soldier Story:
The capture of the flag of the 11th Mississippi Infantry
17 September 1862
"Col. Dwight caught up our rebel flag."
Capt. Charles F. Morse
Company B, 2nd Mass. Infantry
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZFD_civil-war-winter-cabins_Carlisle-PA.html
During the American Civil War, the onset of winter weather brought much of the fighting to a close until Spring. Federal and Confederate troops erected winter quarters from forests and scavenged from structures. Construction styles varied and each…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZFC_a-new-german-offender_Carlisle-PA.html
While the German Army was often at the forefront of technological development during World War II, one area where they lacked consistency was in antitank weapons. The Germans copied designs from the Swiss and even re-engineered captured Russian gu…
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Cook House
Soldiers on Active campaigns were issued raw rations which they prepared themselves, usually over an open fire. While in winter quarters, company cooks prepared and served food from a log cook house. Food prepared by the cooks was ofte…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZFA_the-armys-work-horse_Carlisle-PA.html
The Sherman tank received a brutal initiation to warfare when the U.S. Army first took it into combat on December 6, 1942 against the Germans in the North African country of Tunisia. They quickly found that the Germans' guns and larger tanks easil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZF9_world-war-ii-core-area_Carlisle-PA.html
The massive Army buildup at the beginning of World War II brought together millions of American civilians from all walks of life. After induction, new recruits were assigned to a unit, usually a company in a regiment, and issued uniforms and equip…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZF8_reception-center_Carlisle-PA.html
Following their two week furloughs, new recruits reported to their designated reception centers, which were usually located inside previously existing sprawling installations. Here America's soldiers got their first taste of Army life and barracks…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZF7_induction-centers_Carlisle-PA.html
During World War II millions of draftees began their military service by reporting to induction centers established throughout the country. At the induction center future soldiers had to successfully complete the following tasks:
- Undergo physic…