Gettysburg Campaign
On July 4, 1863, the Confederate Army began an orderly retreat by the Fairfield Road to the Potomac. They began crossing the river on the night of July 13, after a delay caused by high water.
Marker is at the intersection of Fairfield Road (State Highway 116) and Bream Hill Road, on the right when traveling west on Fairfield Road.
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