Two Taverns is an
unincorporated community
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on
Pennsylvania Route 97 (Baltimore Pike) between
Gettysburg and
Littlestown in
Adams County, Pennsylvania
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, United States. During the
Battle of Gettysburg
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,
Kilpatrick's
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Union cavalry was ordered to the community prior to a charge at the
South Cavalry Field.
History
During the late 1870s, the Grace Evangelical Lutheran church was founded in Two Taverns.
References
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American Civil War sites
Pennsylvania in the American Civil War
Unincorporated communities in Adams County, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania