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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLS9_wrightsvilles-lime-kilns_Wrightsville-PA.html
Lime Kilns such as these were used for burning limestone and turning it into lime. The lime was used for fertilizer, white-wash, plaster, and deodorant for outhouses. Quarried limestone was also used along with coal and iron ore to make pig iron i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML9U_hosting-the-invader_Wrightsville-PA.html
Four decades after the Civil War, the June 1863 fire at Wrightsville still loomed in Confederate General John Brown Gordon's memory. "The Union Troops stationed at Wrightsville had," he wrote, "after their retreat across it, fired the bridge which…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML9T_the-river-a-corridor-and-a-barrier_Wrightsville-PA.html
Although the Susquehanna has long been a north-south transportation corridor, it was an impediment to east-west traffic. As early as the seventeenth century,ferries emerged at various points along the river to overcome this barrier. John Wright, a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML9L_burning-the-wrightsville-bridge_Wrightsville-PA.html
By late June 1863, the Confederate Army had invaded Pennsylvania. After capturing York, the Rebels planned to take the state capital, Harrisburg, and possibly Philadelphia. To get there, they would need to cross the Susquehanna River at Wrightsvil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML9H_camp-security_York-PA.html
A prison camp built in 1781 to detain British troops surrendered by Gen. Burgoyne at Saratoga, N.Y. and their families. Prisoners captured at Yorktown, Va. arrived later. It was guarded by York County militia and Continental troops until operation…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKCI_honor-roll_Spring-Grove-PA.html
1917 1918This tablet is erected to honor the boys who from this town and community gave their lives and services during the World War ending by Armistice signed November 11th, 1918, 11:00 A. M.Peace terms signed June 28th, 1919, 3:00 P. M.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJQG_3-inch-rifles_Seven-Valleys-PA.html
Sure Fire"The Yankee 3-inch rifle was a dead shot at any distance under a mile. They could hit the end of a flour barrel more often than miss, unless the gunner got rattled."- A member of Lumsden's Confederate Battery, 1864
The three-inch ordna…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJPU_gettysburg-campaign_Spring-Grove-PA.html
In June and July of 1863, about 7500 Confederate and Union soldiers passed through Jefferson, taking horses, livestock, supplies, and food from local residents. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's rebel troops occupied the town on June 30. Plundered by both Nort…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHXV_history-of-dills-tavern_Dillsburg-PA.html
Dills Tavern is a twelve room structure erected in three phases from 1794 to 1819. The Dill family maintained a tavern in the area beginning in the 1750's. The tavern was one of several business ventures carried on at this site. A large farm, a mi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHM0_gettysburg-campaign_Dover-PA.html
On June 28, 1863, part of General Jubal Early's Confederate Division neared York by this route. Here Early sent Colonel French to York Haven to burn bridges. Ordered to rejoin Lee's army, most of Early's men returned over this road on June 30.