Last Confederate Bivouac
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deano1943
N 39° 55.230 W 078° 00.381
17S E 755853 N 4423225
Wording is different on PHMC write-up then on Marker. Write-up wording:
Gen. Bradley T. Johnson commanding a Confederate force camped here July 31, 1864. They had raided and burned Chambersburg, and the last Confederates to camp on Northern soil.
Marker wording in Long Description.
Waymark Code: WM2CE
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 10/10/2005
Views: 22
A Confederate force under General Bradley T. Johnson camped here July 31, 1864, after raiding and burning Chambersburg. They were the last Confederates to camp on Pennsylvania soil.
Marker Name: Last Confederate Bivouac
County: Fulton
Date Dedicated: 06/04/1947
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: U.S. 522, .6 mile S. of McConnellsburg
Category: Military, Civil War
Website: Not listed
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