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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28OS_frederick-the-great_Carlisle-PA.html
In 1902, Prince Henry, brother of Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, visited the United States to cultivate a relationship between the two countries. Wilhelm gave a statue of his ancestor Frederick the Great, known for his military prowess, to the Unit…
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This memorial was placed on the foundation of the old Carlisle Barracks post chapel converted to a memorial garden
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28MZ_the-first-school-of-the-american-army_Carlisle-PA.html
The First School of the American Army
Resolved in Congress 4 February 1778
"That Capt. Issac Corren receive monthly, 25 dollars additional pay, besides his present appointments, in consideration of his teaching the laboratory art to such of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZFH_model-1857-light-12-pound-gun-howitzer_Carlisle-PA.html
Named after Napoleon III, Emperor of France, the bronze tube design adopted in 1857 became the most widely used smoothbore artillery piece during the Civil War. At the battle of Antietam the U.S. Army employed 108 "Napoleon" pieces on th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZFG_bugler-john-cook_Carlisle-PA.html
"General Gibbon, our commander, had just ordered Lieutenant Stewart to take his section about one hundred yards to the right of the Hagerstown Pike, in front of two straw stacks, when he beckoned me to follow. No sooner had we unlimbered, whe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZFF_a-toll-paid-in-blood_Carlisle-PA.html
In the Maryland Campaign of September 1862, the Hagerstown Turnpike, a privately built toll road, served as a valuable route for troop movements. The Turnpike possibly was a macadam road, constructed with layers of broken-down stones. The post-and…
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A Soldier Story:
The capture of the flag of the 11th Mississippi Infantry
17 September 1862
"Col. Dwight caught up our rebel flag."
Capt. Charles F. Morse
Company B, 2nd Mass. Infantry
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZFD_civil-war-winter-cabins_Carlisle-PA.html
During the American Civil War, the onset of winter weather brought much of the fighting to a close until Spring. Federal and Confederate troops erected winter quarters from forests and scavenged from structures. Construction styles varied and each…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZFC_a-new-german-offender_Carlisle-PA.html
While the German Army was often at the forefront of technological development during World War II, one area where they lacked consistency was in antitank weapons. The Germans copied designs from the Swiss and even re-engineered captured Russian gu…
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Cook House
Soldiers on Active campaigns were issued raw rations which they prepared themselves, usually over an open fire. While in winter quarters, company cooks prepared and served food from a log cook house. Food prepared by the cooks was ofte…