Adams Countian George Washington Sandoe died
June 26, 1863, as Confederate troops made their first assault on Gettysburg.
Mustered in just three days earlier, 20-year-old Sandoe served Capt. Bell in
Company B, Pennsylvania Independent Calvary. While scouting roads around
town, Company B encountered the enemy at McAllister’s Mill, an Underground
Railroad stop along Rock Creek. There Pvt. Sandoe was killed. He is the only
soldier of his rank to whom a battlefield monument is dedicated.
Learn how and why Sandoe died. Understand Jubal Early’s
Requisition to the Borough of Gettysburg and the events preceding
the battle from
newspapers, journals, and Capt. Bell’s report. |
