Some of the main Confederate movements on June 27 – 28, 1863 in
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, are outlined on this Yahoo map.
The Rebels encamped along Trindle Road some five miles west of
Mechanicsburg on the 27th, sending our patrols in various
directions to raid horses and scout for Yankees. One patrol
reached northwestern York County. Background post: Jenkins’
Raid: Part 1 Context and historical setting On June 27, 1863,
Confederate cavalry general Albert Gallatin Jenkins, a former
U.S. congressman from western Virginia, led more than 1,000
mounted infantrymen through the heart of the Cumberland Valley
from the Carlisle vicinity on Trindle Road toward Mechanicsburg,
camping some five miles from the latter central Pennsylvania
town. The veteran officer had sent numerous patrols scurrying in
all directions to scour the countryside for fresh horses,
supplies, food, and forage, and scores of Cumberland County
farmers and residents would later file border claims with the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for dam