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The historic Cashtown Inn has been offering lodging and dining to weary travelers since the turn of the 19th Century.
Roads were important to town development, just as the automobile was important to their prosperity. As roads brought travelers…
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Army of Northern VirginiaStuart's Cavalry DivisionRobertson's Brigade4th. and 5th North Carolina CavalryJuly 1 The Brigade crossed the Potomac at Williamsport Md. and marched to Greencastle Pa.
July 2 Marched from Greencastle Pa. to Chambersbur…
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(Top Sidebar):After a stunning victory at Chancellorsville in May 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee led the Army of Northern Virginia through Maryland into Pennsylvania, marching east to threaten Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C. Th…
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Army of Northern VirginiaStuart's Cavalry DivisionImboden's Brigade18th Virginia Cavalry, 62nd. Virginia InfantryVirginia Partisan Rangers and Virginia BatteryJuly 3 Command guarding trains. Reached the field at noon and retired with the trains th…
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In 1758, during the French & Indian War, a party of French soldiers and Shawnee took Mary Jemison from her home 3 miles north of here. Although most of her family and neighbors were killed, Mary was adopted by two Seneca women. Jemison lived with …
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Crossing South Mountain from Chambersburg, Gen. Hill's Corps of Lee's army assembled here on June 29-30, 1863. On July 1, his advance guard moved up from near Marsh Creek and met Union Troops west of Gettysburg.