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Civil War, Military Burning of Chambersburg: December 5, 1947: Pa. 416, 200 yards N of state line: Roadside Civil War, Military Caledonia Furnace: August 25, 1947: US 30 & PA 233, Caledonia State Park, east end of Fayetteville Roadside
Lincoln Cemetery, Chambersburg; Lincoln Cemetery (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) Lobb's Cemetery and Yohogania County Courthouse Site, West Elizabeth; Magnolia Cemetery, Philadelphia; Mikveh Israel Cemetery, Philadelphia, oldest Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia; founded 1738; Mikveh Israel Cemetery (11th and Federal) Monongahela Cemetery, Monongahela
This is a list of Civil War units from Pennsylvania. Infantry ... Battery B (also known as Muehler's or Stevens' Battery, or 26th Indp't Battery, PA Artillery)
American Civil War portal; This category is for permanent military cemeteries established for Confederate soldiers and sailors who died during campaigns or operations. A common difference between cemeteries of war graves and those of civilian peacetime graves is the uniformity of those interred. They generally died during a relatively short ...
Pennsylvania was the site of the bloodiest battle of the war, the Battle of Gettysburg, which became widely known as one of the turning points of the Civil War. [1] Numerous more minor engagements and skirmishes were also fought in Pennsylvania during the 1863 Gettysburg Campaign , as well as the following year during a Confederate cavalry raid ...
The courthouse is a contributing property in the Chambersburg Historic District. [5] Chambersburg is the largest Northern community that was burned in the Civil War. [5] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. It is included in the Chambersburg Historic District. [1] [2]
Snider had a great interest in public education and served on Chambersburg's school board for 29 years beginning in 1863. He served as the secretary for 13 years and also as a director for 15 years.
The Chambersburg, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area includes surrounding Franklin County, and in 2010 included 149,618 people. [6] According to the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, Chambersburg Borough is the thirteenth-largest municipality in Pennsylvania and the largest borough as measured by fiscal size as of 2016.