Sachs Covered Bridge

Sachs Covered Bridge, was built around 1854 and spans Marsh Creek just south of Gettysburg. Union forces crossed Sachs Covered Bridge on July 1, 1863, headed towards Gettysburg, and three days later, retreating Confederate forces also crossed Sachs Covered Bridge. The Commonweath designated it “Pennsylvania’s most historic covered bridge” in 1938.

Burned on old, hard oak fence rail.