Battle of Hanover
On June 30, 1863 Confederate Major General J.E.B. Stuart was very overdue to meet up with General Robert E. Lee. He was making his way behind the Union army in an epic ride that disrupted communications and snapped up supply wagons but left Lee painfully in the dark of his opponent’s movements. Although he didn’t know it, as Stuart’s tired men made their way into Hanover, Pennsylvania, he was only 21 miles away from Lee. But Union cavalry – a brigade of the division of newly-promoted Brigadier General Judson Kilpatrick – was in their path. Stuart would have to fight his way through.
The Battle of Hanover was a confused cavalry fight that see-sawed back and forth in charge and countercharge as reinforcements from both sides arrived on the field. In the end Stuart’s greater numbers made their way around the Federal horsemen – then headed to the northeast, away from Lee and the Battle of Gettysburg that would start the next day. It would be another two days before Stuart’s exhausted cavalry found and rejoined the main army.
in the Center Square
Battle of Hanover monument
Battle of Hanover Pennsylvania historical marker
Major General George Armstrong Custer memorial tablet
General George Armstrong Custer wayside marker
War Department markers
along Frederick Street
Confederates Invade Pennsylvania wayside marker
Gettysburg Campaign Pennsylvania historical marker
Mother Loses Two Sons to War wayside marker
Daniel Trone House wayside marker
J.E.B. Stuart’s Jump wayside marker
The Winebrenner House wayside marker
The Winebrenner Tannery wayside marker
Location of the Center Square in Hanover, Pennsylvania
The Center Square in Hanover, Pennsylvania is the location for a number of Civil War markers and monuments. (39°48’01.7″N 76°58’59.7″W)