However, nearby railroad bridges on the NCR down to Hanover Junction were destroyed by Confederate forces.
Shaffer, Roger E., History of Hanover Junction.
Pickett's men arrived May 21-23, Breckinridge was assigned temporarily to Lee beginning May 20 at Hanover Junction.
From Felton, the Middle Division would proceed either to Hanover Junction or York.
On November 18 and 19, 1863, President Lincoln traveled stopped at the Hanover Junction before giving the Gettysburg Address.
The railroad was operated by the Hanover Junction, Hanover and Gettysburg Railroad.
Another chimerical dream of this period was the Hanover Junction and Susquehanna Railroad.
From here, the road continues northwest through wooded areas of residences and reaches Hanover Junction, crossing into North Codorus Township.
Then, his men would turn back and destroy the track all the way to Hanover Junction, near Richmond.
White's battalion destroyed scores of railroad bridges and conducted a successful raid that seized the important railroad and telegraphic center at Hanover Junction, Pennsylvania.