On the afternoon of June 29, 1863, a Confederate courier and his escort trotted down the road from Carlisle (parts of which are today's State Route 74) into downtown York, where he sought out Maj. Gen. Jubal Early. He delivered news that the Army of Northern Virginia was to concentrate to the west, near Cashtown. Early was to move toward Heidlersburg and reconnect with the Second Army Corps commander, Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell. At daybreak on Tuesday, June 30, Early's men broke their various campsites in and around York and convened near Weigelstown on the Carlisle Pike. From there, they would march to their evening campsite about three miles east of Heidlersburg.
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