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Hospitals and Graves
— Gettysburg Campaign —
After the cavalry engagement here on June 29, 1863, Westminster's citizens cared for dozens of wounded of both sides. Besides the human toll, shattered and broken cannons, gun carriages, and caissons lined both sides of Court Street to Main Street after the Battle of Gettysburg, awaiting repair in Northern foundries and arsenals.The Union Meeting House atop a mound in Westminster Cemetery became a makeshift hospital. There, military and civilian physicians, assisted by townspeople, treated the wounded. The building was razed in 1891; an iron urn marks the site.
The dead from the cavalry engagement were interred in the cemetery on July 1, but families and friends of the 1st Delaware cavalrymen later removed their remains to Delaware. The two dead Confederate officers, Lt. Pierre Gibson, Co. D, 4th Virginia Cavalry, and Lt. John W. Murray, Co. E, were reburied in the churchyard of the Ascension Episcopal Church. Gibson's remains were removed to Culpeper, Virginia, in 1867.
Col. Paul J. Revere, 20th Massachusetts Infantry, grandson of his famous Revolutionary War namesake, fell wounded at Gettysburg on July 2. Brought to the City Hotel at Main and Court Streets to await family members, Revere died on July 4 before they arrived.
Details
| HM Number | HM8ZD |
|---|---|
| Series | This marker is part of the Maryland Civil War Trails series |
| Tags | |
| Historical Period | 19th Century, Civil War |
| Historical Place | Town |
| Marker Type | Historic District |
| Marker Class | Historical Marker |
| Marker Style | Free Standing |
| Placed By | Maryland Civil War Trails |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Sunday, September 7th, 2014 at 12:41am PDT -07:00 |
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| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18S E 329167 N 4382022 |
|---|---|
| Decimal Degrees | 39.57090000, -76.98885000 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 39° 34.254', W 76° 59.331' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 39° 34' 15.2400" N, 76° 59' 19.8600" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 410 |
| Can be seen from road? | Yes |
| Is marker in the median? | No |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 43 N Court St, Westminster MD 21157, US |
| Alternative Maps | Google Maps, MapQuest, Bing Maps, Yahoo Maps, MSR Maps, OpenCycleMap, MyTopo Maps, OpenStreetMap |
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