Cashtown Inn - Gettysburg This is where Gen. Robert E. Lee and Gen. A.P. Hill stood on the morning of July 1, 1863, as they listened to the sounds of a growing battle in the distance, a few miles east, near Gettysburg. There, two Confederate infantry brigades clashed with two Union cavalry brigades and, because the armies were marching toward each other, the fighting intensified as additional troops arrived. Soon, the rest of Hills corps hurried forward to join the fray. This was not the first time that Confederates had marched past the Cashtown Inn. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart had led his cavalrymen past this spot in October 1862 while on a raid. On this day, however, as tavernkeeper Jacob Mickley later wrote, The entire rebel force under General Lee came down the Chambersburg Pike, passing within twenty feet of my bar room dore [sic]. With thousands of hungry and thirsty Confederates marching by, it is no wonder that Mickley lost by his own account a wagon, a horse, a steer, 50 chickens, 100 apple trees, and 480 gallons of whiskey and brandy - more than $2,000 in damages.
Posted on: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 01:39:59 +0000
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