Things To Do in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania

Whitetail Golf Resort is an 18-hole regulation length golf course in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania. This medium-length layout plays quite long from the back tees. The course is rated somewhat highly di... More on TheGolfCourses.net

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Inscription. On Oct. 10, 1862, 1800 picked Confederate cavalry commanded by Maj. Gen. J. E. B. Stuart and Brig. Gen. Wade Hampton with four cannon under Maj. John Pelham occupied Mercersburg on their way to destroy the railroad bridge ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Confederate General J. E. B. Stuart, during the first Chambersburg Raid (October 1862), stopped in Mercersburg at Bridgeside, the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Steiger. He intended to use the house as his headquarters while ... More on HMDB

Inscription. On September 26, 2003, this property was nearly destroyed by fire. Located in the northwest corner in a two-story log house built in 1791-1792 by Archibald Irwin. Irwin's granddaughter Jane married William Henry Harrison, ... More on HMDB

Inscription. On July 3, 1863, three Confederate riders in Mercersburgs town square were ambushed by two Union stragglers. Bullets passed through Private J. W. Alban, killing him and also the horse of the rider beside him. The third ... More on HMDB

James Buchanan, 15th president of the United States, purchased this large Federal style house and its 22 acres of land near Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1848. A Unionist and moderate Democrat, Buchan... More on Nps.gov

Inscription. James Buchanan, a Representative and a Senator from Pennsylvania and the 15th President of the United States; born at Cove Gap, near Mercersburg, Franklin County, Pa. April 23, 1791; m... More on HMDB

Inscription. On October 10, 1862, Confederate cavalry commanded by Gen. J. E. B. Stuart briefly occupied Mercersburg on their way to raid Chambersburg. Acting under orders from Gen. Lee, Stuart took ten men from the Mercersburg area ... More on HMDB