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Messersmith's Wood

Franklin County · dedicated 1973 · Lincoln Hwy. (US 30) near Colbrook Ave., Chambersburg

Name of grove selected by Gen. R.E. Lee for his headquarters, June 26-30, 1863. Here he issued the order for the concentration of troops near Gettysburg. Site of woods is just south of this point.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

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