Pennsylvania Turnpike

This is one of the original service plazas for the nation's first long-distance superhighway. On October 1, 1940, the Turnpike opened, stretching 160 miles from Irwin to Carlisle. The Turnpike Commission had been created in 1937; construction utilized the old ...

21st Pennsylvania Cavalry

(Front):21 Pa. Cav.

Brev. Brig. General

Wm. H. Boyd.

Raised the first company of cavalry for the war,

Co. C. 1st N.Y. [Lincoln] Cav. mustered July 19,

1861 promoted to col. 21st Pv. Cav. Aug. 20th 1863.

Discharged Nov. 4th for wound received at

Cold Harbor, Va. ...

21st Pennsylvania Cavalry

(Front):21 Pa. Cav.

Brev. Brig. General

Wm. H. Boyd.

Raised the first company of cavalry for the war,

Co. C. 1st N.Y. [Lincoln] Cav. mustered July 19,

1861 promoted to col. 21st Pv. Cav. Aug. 20th 1863.

Discharged Nov. 4th for wound received at

Cold Harbor, Va. ...

The Pennsylvania Line

The First and Second Pennsylvania Brigades – the Pennsylvania Line – was the backbone of Washington’s army. From the invasion of Canada in 1775 to the victory at Yorktown in 1781 Pennsylvania troops served in almost every major battle.

At Monmouth, ...

98th Pennsylvania Infantry

3d Brigade, 3d Division

(Front):98th Penna. Infantry

The regiment was the advance of

the Sixth Corps in its march from

Manchester, Md. to the battlefield and

occupied this position from the evening of

July 2d. until the close of the battle.

3rd. Brigade 3rd. Division

6th. Corps.

(Left):Recruited in ...

102nd Pennsylvania Infantry

3rd Brigade, 3rd Division

(Front):102d Pennsylvania Infantry.

3d Brigade, 3d Division, 6th Corps.

(Left):

July 1. The Regiment was detailed at Manchester to guard trains to Westminster. At the latter place a detachment of 3 officers and 100 men was sent to Gettysburg with ...

93rd Pennsylvania Infantry

3d Brigade, 3d Division

(Front):93d Penna. Infantry.

3d Brigade, 3d Division, 6th Corps.

July 2nd & 3rd 1863.

(Left):After

charging with

the Brigade from

the right of Little Round

Top in the evening of July 2d

and assisting in the repulse

of the enemy and in the capture

of a number ...

139th Pennsylvania Infantry

3rd Brigade, 3rd Division

(Front):139th Pennsylvania

Infantry.

3rd. Brigade,

3rd. Division,

6th. Corps.

(Left):

Left Manchester, Md at 8 p.m. July 1st and arrives at Rock Creek on the Baltimore Pike at 2 p.m. of the 2d. Towards evening the brigade moved rapidly to the front to ...

96th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers

2nd Brigade, 1st Division

(Left):Position of the 96th Regt. Penna. Volunteers

2nd Brigade. 1st Division. 6th Army Corps.

From 5 p.m. of the 2nd until the morning

of the 5th of July 1863.

(Right):Organized at and mustered in at Pottsville

Schuylkill County Penna. September 23d 1861

Mustered ...

Battery H, 3rd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery

First Brigade - Second Division - Cavalry Corps

Army of the Potomac

Cavalry Corps

Second Division First Brigade

3rd Penna. Heavy Artillery

Section Battery H

Two 3 inch Rifles

Captain William D. Rank

July 2 Marched with the 2d. Cavalry Division and went into position on the Hanover ...