Stone - Meredith Avenues Tour

The avenues were named after Colonel Roy Stone and Brigadier General Solomon Meredith, who commanded the two Union infantry brigades who fought along these lines.

Stone Avenue heads south from Chambersburg Pike (US 30), becoming Meredith Avenue before curving around and ending at Reynolds Avenue. It is one way traffic, with plenty of parking.

This was the scene of the first infantry fighting of the battle, as Reynold's Union First Corps relieved Buford's cavalrymen, who had been fighting A. P. Hill's Confederates (coming from the west) since early morning.

Most of the monuments here belong to the two Union brigades, but they also include monuments to two of the pivotal Union commandrs of the first day, the Confederate regiment that suffered the highest casualties in the battle, and a civilian who grabbed his musket from above the fireplace and went out to help defend his country.