Advancing Thunder
In late June 1863, the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, commanded by General Robert E. Lee, advanced over South Mountain to the village of Cashtown. Tens of thousands of men, horses, cannons and wagons rumpled over this route, also known as the Chambersburg Pike, headed east towards Gettysburg. There they engaged the Union Army of the Potomac, commanded by General George G. Meade. The Two armies clashed in the Battle of Gettysburg on July 1st, 2nd and 3rd. Residents along the
road described the advance as "sounding like thunder"

Retreating Thunder
In the early morning hours of July 4th, 1863, suffering defeat by the Army of the Potomac, General Lee ordered General John D. Imboden's cavalry to protect a 17-mile long Confederate ambulance train in its retreat west along this same road, now known as Old Route 30. Enduring torrential rain, the wagon train of wounded soldiers and its defending cavalry and artillery force retreated through the Cashtown pass. Residents along the road again experienced the sounds of the movement, this time adding the thunderous noise of the storm.

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