St. James Lutheran Church - Gettysburg, PA
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N 39° 49.851 W 077° 13.723
18S E 309280 N 4411360
A Lutheran church in downtown Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. During the Battle of Gettysburg, the church was used as a field hospital.
Waymark Code: WM15079
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 09/21/2021
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The plaque says, "Services conducted here when local militia company, Independent Blues, left in response to Lincoln’s Call in April 1861. Mary Virginia Wade, only civilian killed during the Battle of Gettysburg, confirmed here, April 20, 1862. Church then on this site used as a hospital, July 1863."
Address:
109 York Street., Gettysburg, PA, USA
Name of War: Civil War
Type of Documentation: Historic Marker/Interpretive
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