(7-02) Messersmith's Woods, US-30 near east edge of Chambersburg

Marker: Name of grove selected by Gen. R. E. Lee for his headquarters, June 26-30, 1863. Here he issued the order for the concentration of troops near Gettysburg. Site of woods is just south of this point

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