| Maryland (Carroll County), Hampstead — Hampstead District |
| | In memory and grateful appreciation of our heros.
1917 World War I 1918
(list of names)
1941 World War II 1945
(list of names) — Map (db m2988) |
| Maryland (Carroll County), Hampstead — Spring Garden |
| | Christopher Vaughn laid out the town of Hampstead in 1786 on land called Spring Garden, located along the Indian path from Patapsco (Baltimore) to Letort’s Spring (Carlisle) which had been marked by Christopher Gist and made a public road in 1738. — Map (db m2987) |
| Maryland (Carroll County), Manchester — German Church — 1760 |
| | Near here was located a place of worship described as the "Evangelical Lutheran and, according to God's word, reformed, and on both sides, protestant congregations called the German Churche." Continuous worship for 200 years on this site marks it as one of oldest religious centers in Carroll County. — Map (db m3490) |
| Maryland (Carroll County), Manchester — Manchester |
| | The Second Cavalry Division and the Sixth Corps, Army of the Potomac, camped about Manchester June 30, 1963. Headquarters for Major General John Sedgwick was located on nearby Old Fort School House Road. On the night of July 1, the Corps left Manchester and went into battle at Gettysburg the next day. — Map (db m2989) |
| Maryland (Carroll County), Mount Airy — Mount Airy — Under the Barrels — Gettysburg Campaign |
| | In 1839, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad extended its line through Mount Airy Cut, and a village soon developed here. During the Civil War, Co. K, 14th New Jersey Infantry, guarded the railroad and National Road at Mount Airy. Pine Grove Chapel, built in 1846 and first called Ridge Presbyterian Church, served as a barracks. When an old slave named Abaigail carried liquor from the Ridgeville hotel to sell to the soldiers, Capt. Jacob J. Janeway, the company commander, decided to make an example . . . — Map (db m12493) |
| Maryland (Carroll County), Mt. Airy — Parrsville & Ridgeville — Two Towns at the Four Corners |
| | Here at Milestone 31, about 130 feet southeast of its original location, the Baltimore and Frederick-Town Turnpike created two towns as it moved west. Both Parrsville and Ridgeville are now a part of Mount Airy. Parrsville, to the east, was named for a nearby spring that creates the headwaters of the Patapsco River, flowing east into Baltimore Harbor. Parr’s Spring, an important landmark for early surveyors, is the point of four corners between Carroll, Montgomery, Howard and Frederick . . . — Map (db m4933) |
| Maryland (Carroll County), New Windsor — John Evans House, 1764 — Methodist Land Mark |
| |
First convert lived here 1764–1827, first class met here 1768–1809, first preacher Robert Strawbridge, first bishop Francis Asbury, preached here.
Bicentenary of Methodism, 1962. — Map (db m3022) |
| Maryland (Carroll County), New Windsor — Methodist Historical Marker |
| | Poulson Chapel, c.1763. Stone Chapel, 1783. Rebuilt 1800 and 1883. — Map (db m3491) |
| Maryland (Carroll County), New Windsor — New Windsor — Village by Moonlight |
| | Gettysburg Campaign.
In June 1863, as Gen. Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia marched north, Gen. J. E. B. Stuart’s Confederate cavalry rode east of the main army. Soon, Federal cavalry hunted Stuart. Gen. David McM. Gregg’s division left Frederick about 4 p.m. on July 28, and bivouacked between New Market and Poplar Springs. It spent the next day around New Market, Ridgeville, Mt. Airy, and Lisbon. That night, the exhausted men and horses, wrote a New York cavalryman, passed . . . — Map (db m3019) |
| Maryland (Carroll County), New Windsor — Robert Strawbridge |
| | ← The first preacher of Methodism in America. He formed at his house (still standing, 1938) one-half mile east of here the first Class and the first Society of American Methodism. He built the first log meeting house (1764) for Methodists in America (Marston Road). — Map (db m3561) |
| Maryland (Carroll County), New Windsor — Robert Strawbridge House |
| | Here Robert Strawbridge formed the first Methodist class in America about 1763. Nearby he built the first log meeting house. Although without official sanction American Methodists first received Baptism and Holy Communion by his hand. Named national historic Methodist Shrine, 1940. Acquired by Strawbridge Shrine Association, 1973. — Map (db m3021) |
| Maryland (Carroll County), New Windsor — Strawbridge Log Meeting House Site |
| | Built in 1764 by Robert Strawbridge, the first Methodist place of worship erected in America. Successors are Stone Chapel (1783) 3 miles northeast, and Bethel (1821) 1 mile south.
← — Map (db m3020) |
| Maryland (Carroll County), Sykesville — Hood’s Mill |
| | Near here the Confederate cavalry of Major General J. E. B. Stuart entered Carroll County from Cooksville about daybreak June 29, 1863. After damaging the tracks and bridge of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Sykesville, they marched to Westminster and Gettysburg. — Map (db m3025) |
| Maryland (Carroll County), Sykesville — Sykesville — Capturing Joe Hooker — Gettysburg Campaign |
| | In June 1863, as Gen. Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia marched north, Gen. J.E.B. Stuart’s Confederate cavalry rode east of the main army. Soon, Federal cavalry hunted Stuart. Before dawn on June 29, several former area residents guided Stuart’s column north from Cooksville. At Old Frederick Road (present-day State Rte. 99) the force divided, and elements ranged east to Sykesville and Marriottsville. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee’s brigade continued north on Washington Road to Hood’s Mill . . . — Map (db m13883) |
| Maryland (Carroll County), Taneytown — “Terra Rubra” |
| | The birthplace of Francis Scott Key the author of our National Anthem “The Star-Spangled Banner.” — Map (db m2997) |
| Maryland (Carroll County), Taneytown — Adam Good Tavern |
| | Site of Adam Good Tavern visited by George Washington July 1st & 2nd 1791. — Map (db m3563) |
| Maryland (Carroll County), Taneytown — Army of the Potomac — June 30, 1863 |
| | Headquarters Army of the Potomac moved from Middleburg to Taneytown. First Corps marched from Emmitsburg to Marsh Run, Third Corps from Taneytown to Bridgeport, Fifth Corps from Liberty via Johnsville Union Bridge and Union to Union Mills, Sixth Corps from New Windsor to Manchester, Twelfth Corps from Taneytown and Bruceville to Littlestown, First and Second Brigades First Cavalry Division from near Fairfield via Emmitsburg to Gettysburg Second Cavalry Division from New Windsor to Westminster . . . — Map (db m3004) |
| Maryland (Carroll County), Taneytown — Army of the Potomac — July 1, 1863 |
| | First Corps marched from Marsh Run, Eleventh Corps from Emmitsburg to Gettysburg, Second Corps from Uniontown via Taneytown to near Gettysburg, Third Corps from Bridgeport via Emmitsburg to the field of Gettysburg, Fifth Corps from Union Mills via Hanover and McSherrystown to Bonaughtown, Sixth Corps from Manchester en route to Gettysburg, Twelfth Corps from Littlestown via Two Taverns to the field of Gettysburg, Second Cavalry Division marched from Manchester to Hanover Junction from whence . . . — Map (db m3005) |
| Maryland (Carroll County), Taneytown — Birthplace of Francis Scott Key |
| | August 9, 1780.
Erected by the Patriotic Order Sons of America and the pupils of the public schools,
June 12, 1915.
Terra Rubra Farm, birthplace and early home of the author of the Star Spangled Banner who died in Baltimore January 11, 1843. — Map (db m2998) |
| Maryland (Carroll County), Taneytown — Bridgeport |
| | As part of General Meade’s screen for Washington as the Confederates invaded Maryland and Pennsylvania, the Third Corps, Army of the Potomac, arrived here June 30, 1863, from Taneytown, next day General Daniel E. Sickles marched this Corps to Emmittsburg. — Map (db m3000) |
| Maryland (Carroll County), Taneytown — Meade’s Headquarters |
| | Major General George G. Meade, commander of the Army of the Potomac, maintained headquarters on the nearby Shunk Farm from June 30 until the night of July 1, 1863. From here he directed the initial concentration of the Union forces at Gettysburg. — Map (db m2996) |
| Maryland (Carroll County), Taneytown — Taneytown — Meade’s Pipe Creek Plan — Gettysburg Campaign |
| | On June 29, 1863, Union Gen. George G. Meade ordered the Army of the Potomac to Pipe Creek to counter any move toward Washington or Baltimore by Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia and to engage the Confederates in battle. Meade established his headquarters here at Taneytown and over the next two days watched his exhausted and footsore soldiers march by. Gen. Daniel E. Sickles stood on the porch of the old stone tavern and reviewed his III Corps troops as they arrived on June 30. . . . — Map (db m3002) |
| Maryland (Carroll County), Taneytown — Taneytown Memorial Park |
| | Dedicated to the honor of the men and women of Taneytown who served in the armed forces of the United States of America in all wars.
Mayor Raymond J. Perry
Councilman James C. Baumgardner
Councilman Carel E. Frock
Pres of Council James C. Myers
Councilman Raymond F. Davidson
Councilman George W. Motter
Dedicated 1953 * 1957 — Map (db m3001) |
| Maryland (Carroll County), Union Bridge — “Pipe Creek Meeting” |
| | About 1735 William Farquhar and Ann his wife held a Friends (Quaker) meeting at his house. In 1771 he deeded two acres of land on which the Meeting House and burying ground are located. Ex-President Hoover’s ancestors were members of this meeting. — Map (db m3015) |
| Maryland (Carroll County), Union Bridge — Birthplace of William Henry Rinehart |
| | 1825–1874. Sculptor. He began his studies in Baltimore and in 1858 established a studio in Rome. Among his more important works are the monument to Chief Justice Taney in Annapolis and the completion of the bronze doors to the Capitol in Washington. Died in Rome 1874. — Map (db m3016) |
| Maryland (Carroll County), Union Bridge — The First Reaping Machine |
| | The first reaping machine in the world was invented by Jacob R. Thomas and tried near this spot in 1811. Obed Hussey perfected and patented the invention in 1839 one year prior to the McCormick reaper. — Map (db m3564) |
| Maryland (Carroll County), Union Bridge — Union Bridge - Reynolds’ Last Journey |
| | Gettysburg Campaign
Union Gen. John E. Reynolds was killed at Gettysburg on July 1, 1863 while directing his command along the Chambersburg Turnpike in the early fighting. His body was carried to a house in town. Orderlies searched for a coffin but found only a too short marble-cutters box. One end was knocked out and the body laid in, and an ambulance carried it to Union Bridge, where the Western Maryland Railroad shops were established in 1862. At undertaker John Forney’s shop at 15 West . . . — Map (db m3017) |
| Maryland (Carroll County), Union Bridge — Western Maryland Railway Honor Roll |
| | World War 1917–1918. (list of names) — Map (db m3018) |
| Maryland (Carroll County), Union Mills — Defiance at Union Mills |
| | “I’m a Union man!” Gettysburg Campaign.
In 1863, brothers Andrew K. and William Shriver resided on either side of the Littlestown Turnpike here and likewise were divided in their loyalties, with William supporting the Confederacy and Andrew the Union. When officers at the head of Gen. J. E. B. Stuart’s Confederate cavalry command confronted Andrew Shriver here late on June 29, he staunchly proclaimed, “I can tell you I’m a Union man!” Shriver, a slaveholder, . . . — Map (db m2992) |
| Maryland (Carroll County), Union Mills — Gettysburg Campaign — Invasion and Retreat |
| | After stunning victories at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, Virginia, early in May 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee carried the war through Maryland, across the Mason and Dixon Line and into Pennsylvania. His infantry marched north through the Shenandoah Valley and western Maryland as his cavalry, led by Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, harassed Union supply lines to the east. Union Gen. Joseph Hooker, replaced on June 28 by Gen. George G. Meade, led the Army of the Potomac from the Washington . . . — Map (db m2994) |
| Maryland (Carroll County), Union Mills — Union Mills |
| | “Shining lights.” Gettysburg Campaign.
At daybreak on June 30, 1863, Gen. J. E. B. Stuart arrived here from his bivouac at the Orendorff farm north of Westminster. He then gathered his brigade commanders to discuss Union Gen. Judson H. Kilpatrick’s cavalry division, which was encamped seven miles north at Littlestown but had been reported marching east toward Hanover.
Southern sympathizer William Shriver, whose slave-owning brother Andrew K. Shriver lived across . . . — Map (db m2995) |
| Maryland (Carroll County), Uniontown — Headquarters Second Corps Army of the Potomac |
| | On and about the nearby Babylon Farm Major General Winfield Scott Hancock rested his corps June 29, 1863. On July 1, the corps marched through Taneytown to take part in the Battle of Gettysburg. — Map (db m3013) |
| Maryland (Carroll County), Uniontown — Uniontown — “Patriotic, but Paralyzed” — Gettysburg Campaign |
| | On June 27, 1863, Union Gen. Winfield S. Hancock’s II Corps, Army of the Potomac camped at Monocacy Junction near Frederick. The next day, Gen. George G. Meade assumed command of the army and devised a plan to march it through Frederick and Carroll County to positions along Pipe Creek. There he planned to engage Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia which had marched through Maryland into Pennsylvania.
Hancock was ordered to march northeast toward Frizzelburg at 4 a.m. on June 29, . . . — Map (db m3014) |
| Maryland (Carroll County), Westminster — Aftermath of Battle — Hospitals and Graves — Gettysburg Campaign |
| | After the cavalry engagement here on June 29, 1863, Westminster’s citizens cared for dozens of wounded of both sides. Besides the human toll, shattered and broken cannons, gun carriages, and caissons lined both sides of Court Street to Main Street after the Battle of Gettysburg, awaiting repair in Northern foundries and arsenals. The Union Meeting House atop a mound in Westminster Cemetery became a makeshift hospital. There, military and civilian physicians, assisted by townspeople, treated . . . — Map (db m13848) |
| Maryland (Carroll County), Westminster — Army of the Potomac — July 3, 1863 |
| | First and Second Brigades First Cavalry Division marched from Taneytown to Westminster, the Reserve Brigade of First Cavalry Division from Emmitsburg to the field of Gettysburg, and the Second Brigade Second Cavalry Division from Manchester to Westminster. Battle of Gettysburg, third day; and fight at Fairfield Pa. — Map (db m13854) |
| Maryland (Carroll County), Westminster — Army of the Potomac — June 29, 1863 |
| | Headquarters Army of the Potomac moved from Frederick to Middleburg, First and Eleventh Corps marched from Frederick to Emmitsburg, Second Corps from Monocacy Junction via Liberty and Johnsville to Uniontown, Third Corps from near Woodsborough to Taneytown, Fifth Corps from Ballinger’s Creek via Frederick and Mount Pleasant to Liberty, Sixth Corps from Hyattstown via New Market and Ridgeville to New Windsor, Twelfth Corps from Frederick to Taneytown and Bruceville. First and Second Brigades . . . — Map (db m13856) |
| Maryland (Carroll County), Westminster — Corbit’s Charge |
| | Here June 29, 1863, Captain Charles Corbit led Companies C and D, First Delaware Cavalry, against General J. E. B. Stuart’s cavalry division. Though repelled by overwhelming force, the attack delayed Stuart, and was a factor in his failure to reach Gettysburg battlefield before July 2. — Map (db m3024) |
| Maryland (Carroll County), Westminster — Corbit's Charge — “Suicidal Bravery” — Gettysburg Campaign |
| | In June, 1863, as Gen. Robert E. Lee’s infantry marched through Maryland on its second invasion of the North, Lee lost contact with Gen. J.E.B. Stuart as the cavalry commander led his force east and north around the Union army. Here, on the afternoon of June 29, Federal and Confederate cavalrymen clashed on the street before you. A detachment of the 150th New York Infantry and 108 officers and men of the 1st Delaware Cavalry, including Capt. Charles Corbit’s Co. C, guarded the road junction . . . — Map (db m13832) |
| Maryland (Carroll County), Westminster — Divided Loyalties — The Neal Family — Gettysburg Campaign |
| | A block away, at what is now 71 East Main Street, stood the Abner Neal house. In August 1862, Federal soldiers arrested sixteen Westminster residents as Southern sympathizers and escorted them to Baltimore for questioning. The group, soon released, included Neal’s two sons, Henry and Frank. The young men joined the Confederate army in September 1862, when Col. Thomas L. Rosser’s 5th Virginia Cavalry swept through Westminster during the Antietam Campaign. The Neals served in Co. D, 1st Maryland . . . — Map (db m13829) |
| Maryland (Carroll County), Westminster — Divided Loyalties — A U.S. Flag Goes South |
| | During the Civil War, some Westminster families supported the Confederacy while others stood by the Union. Among the latter was Mary Ann “Mollie” Huber, who organized a dozen other like minded ladies into a sewing circle that met at her house. Together, they sewed a large United States flag and embroidered their names across the stars (Mollie Huber’s name was on the central star). The flag was flying atop the courthouse cupola on June 29, 1863, when news arrived that “The . . . — Map (db m13849) |
| Maryland (Carroll County), Westminster — Engagement at Westminster — War at the Almshouse — Gettysburg Campaign |
| | On June 29, 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s infantry was in Pennsylvania, and Gen. J.E.B. Stuart’s cavalry arrived here on the outskirts of Westminster. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee’s division led the column, which numbered 6,000 including cavalrymen and two horse artillery batteries. Prisoners captured at the blacksmith shop on Main Street told Lee that a small Union cavalry force occupied the town. Anticipating little resistance, he deployed skirmishers and sent the 3rd Virginia Cavalry and an . . . — Map (db m13826) |
| Maryland (Carroll County), Westminster — The First Complete County Rural Free Delivery Service |
| | In the United States was inaugurated by the post office department on December 20, 1899 covering the whole of Carroll County and small parts of adjacent counties with Westminster as the central distributing point. — Map (db m3023) |
| Maryland (Carroll County), Westminster — Union Mills |
| | Built 1797 on the site of an earlier mill by Andrew and David Shriver, Jr.
On June 29, 1863 General J. E. B. Stuart and his cavalry camped here. On June 30, 1863 General James Barnes of the 5th Corps U. S. Army spent the night on his way to Gettysburg. — Map (db m2991) |
| Maryland (Carroll County), Westminster — Westminster Depot — Pressed into Service — Gettysburg Campaign |
| | During the Civil War, railroads for the first time attained strategic importance for transporting troops and equipment. On July 1, 1863, Gen. Herman Haupt, chief of U.S. Military Railroads, assumed control here of the Western Maryland Railroad to supply the army engaged at Gettysburg. He found a depot nearby as well as several large grain and flour warehouses. Two days earlier, however, after a cavalry action in the streets, hungry Confederates had raided the warehouses for food for themselves . . . — Map (db m13828) |
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