Dearing's Battalion

Historical marker location:

Cumberland Township, Pennsylvania

( Marker is at the intersection of West Confederate Avenue and Amphitheater Road, on the left when traveling south on West Confederate Avenue.)

Marker installed: 1910

Pickett's Division - Longstreet's Corps. Army of Northern Virginia.

Pennsylvania was home to the first all-volunteer firefighting company in America, which was established in Philadelphia in 1736.