First Shot - Gettysburg
July 1st. 1863
(Front):First Shot
Gettysburg
July 1st. 1863
7:30 a.m.
(Left):
Fired by Capt. Jones with Serg. Shafer's carbine. Co E. 8th Ill's Cavalry
(Back):
Erected 1886
(Right):
By Capt. Jones, Lieut. Riddler, Serg. Shafer
Marker is at the intersection of Chambersburg Pike (U.S. 30) and Knoxlyn Road, on the right when traveling west on Chambersburg Pike.
Courtesy hmdb.org
