8th Illinois Cavalry (First Shot Marker)

Dedicated: September 1886.

Location: Chambersburg Pike at the Knoxlyn Road. Located on the north side of Lincoln Highway West at Knoxlyn Road.

Description: A tapered limestone shaft atop a limestone base. Inscriptions are incised on all four sides of the shaft. Erected by Marcellus E. Jones, Levi S. Shafer and Alexander Riddler, this is one of two monuments in the park dedicated to the 8th Illinois Cavalry. It marks the spot where the opening shot was fired by Marcellus Jones at Gettysburg on July 1, 1863. Captain Jones was on the picket line with Company E of the 8th Illinois Cavalry. It is located on the Chambersburg Pike near the Knoxlyn Road. Installed 1886. Dedicated Sept. 1886. Unknown (Naperville, Illinois), fabricator.

Other Monuments: 8th Illinois Cavalry

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