Hanover Junction

Hanover Junction is a Pennsylvania historical marker in York County, dedicated 1953.

York County · dedicated 1953 · Seven Valleys Rd. (PA 616)

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Here, Nov. 18, 1863, a special train carrying Abraham Lincoln and party to Gettysburg for dedication of National Cemetery changed railroads. Earlier in that year, wounded soldiers were transported from Gettysburg battlefield to this Junction, thence to distant hospitals. It was a chief point on the Military Telegraph line, 1863.

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Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov

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