PA, USA
Cumberland County Historical Society
Museum
Museum and archive documenting Cumberland County's role in the Revolutionary War, including the Carlisle Barracks supply depot operations, Hessian prisoner of war records, frontier defense militia muster rolls, and Mary Ludwig Hays's pension records. Collections include period artifacts from the barracks, surveying maps of the western Pennsylvania frontier, and documentary evidence of Carlisle's role as the logistical gateway to the western settlements.
Visiting Today
Address
21 N Pitt St, Carlisle, PA 17013
Hours
Tue–Fri 10am–4pm, Sat 10am–3pm
Admission
Adults $5, students $3
Connected Events
Jul 1775
Carlisle Rifle Companies March to Boston
William Thompson
Jun 1776
Jun 1778
Mary Hays at the Battle of Monmouth
Mary Ludwig Hays
Jan 1783
Mary Hays McCauley Returns to Carlisle
Mary Ludwig Hays
Sep 1783
Dickinson College Founded
Benjamin Rush