6 July Army of the Potomac Itinerary Tablet

Dedicated: 1901.

Location: Fairfield, Pennsylvania.

Description: Cast iron tablet mounted on a fluted cast iron post. Inscription is painted in a contrasting color.

Inscription:

First Corps marched from Gettysburg to Emmitsburg. Fifth Corps from Marsh Run to Moritz’s Cross-Roads. Sixth Corps from Fairfield to Emmitsburg except the Third brigade, Second Division which in conjunction with the First Brigade, Second Cavalry Division was left at Fairfield to pursue the enemy. Eleventh Corps from Rock Creek to Emmitsburg. First cavalry division from Frederick to Williamsport and thence back to Jones’s Cross-Roads. Third cavalry division and Second brigade, Second cavalry division from Boonsborough via Hagerstown and Williamsport to Jones’s Cross-Roads. The First brigade, Second cavalry division from Emmitsburg to Fairfield and the Third brigade, Second cavalry division from Greenwood to Marion.

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