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Marbury in Charles County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Rum Point
 
Rum Point Marker Photo, Click for full size
By M. A. Pimentel, 03*09*2008
1. Rum Point Marker
 
Inscription.
1 ½

miles
A landing on Mattawoman Creek used from December, 1861 to March, 1862 to unload supplies for a brigade of New Jersey troops encamped nearby.
 
Erected by Charles County Civil War Centennial Commission.
 
Location. 38° 32.206′ N, 77° 11.826′ W. Marker is in Marbury, Maryland, in Charles County. Marker is at the intersection of Chicamuxen Road (Maryland Route 224) and Stump Neck Road, on the right when traveling south on Chicamuxen Road. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Marbury MD 20658, United States of America.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. General Smallwood's Gravesite (approx. one mile away); General Joseph Hooker, U.S.A. (approx. 1.3 miles away); Smallwood's Home (approx. 1.7 miles away); General Daniel E. Sickles, U.S.A. (approx. 3.1 miles away); Budds Ferry (approx. 3.3 miles away); The Freestone Fisheries (approx. 4.6 miles away in Virginia); "A Pacific Paradise on the Potomac" (approx. 4.6 miles away in Virginia); "At the Point of Rock" (approx. 4.6 miles away in Virginia). Click for a list of all markers in Marbury.
 
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Marker from a distance Photo, Click for full size
By M. A. Pimentel, March 9, 2008
2. Marker from a distance
 

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    — Submitted March 9, 2008, by M. A. Pimentel of Waldorf, Maryland.

 
Credits. This page originally submitted on March 9, 2008, by M. A. Pimentel of Waldorf, Maryland. This page has been viewed 855 times since then. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on March 9, 2008, by M. A. Pimentel of Waldorf, Maryland. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.
 
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