Sporting Hill is an

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, United States. It is bordered on the north and south by the Conodoguinet Creek and the Capital Beltway ( 11/

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) respectively. Carlisle Pike (the old Route 11 and the main east-west route through Sporting Hill) and the Beltway interchange a short distance west of the village, which has multiple retail stores and restaurants, including in the Hampden Town Centre. Sporting Hill is served by the Mechanicsburg post office with the zip code of 17050. On June 30, 1863 the northernmost pitched battle of the

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occurred there at the

Skirmish of Sporting Hill The Skirmish of Sporting Hill was a relatively small skirmish during the Gettysburg Campaign of the American Civil War, taking place on June 30, 1863, at various locations in present-day Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, Camp Hill, East Pennsboro Towns ...

during the Gettysburg Campaign.

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