Historical Marker

Artillery Reserve

Historical marker location:
Cumberland Township, Pennsylvania
( Memorial is at the intersection of Taneytown Road (State Highway 134) and Pleasonton Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Taneytown Road.)
Marker installed: 1910

Army of the Potomac.

Pennsylvania was home to the first commercially drilled oil well in the world, which was drilled in 1859 near Titusville.