Last Confederate Bivouac

A Confederate force under General Bradley T. Johnson camped here July 31, 1864, after raiding and burning Chambersburg. They were the last Confederates to camp on Pennsylvania soil.

Marker is at the intersection of Great Cove Road (U.S. 522) and Confederate ...

Last Confederate Bivouac

General Bradley T. Johnson

of the

Confederate Army

encamped 20 rods west

of this marker at

the Patterson home

July 31, 1864

after the burning of

Chambersburg

This was the last

Confederate bivouac

north of the

Mason and Dixon line.

Dedicated by

the Pittsburgh Chapter

United Daughters of the Confederacy

Marker is at the intersection of ...