Sharpsburg (Antietam) Campaign

Photographed by Craig Swain, June 6, 2007

1. Sharpsburg (Antietam) Campaign Marker

Inscription. Here Lee entered this road from Ox Hill, September 3, 1862, and turned West toward Leesburg. Crossing the Potomac at White's Ford, the army entered Maryland, September 5-6, 1862.

Erected 1935 by Conservation and Development Commission. (Marker Number T-37.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) series list. A significant historical month for this entry is September 1975.

Location. This marker has been replaced by another marker nearby. It was located near 38° 59.726′ N, 77° 20.233′ W. Marker was in Reston, Virginia, in Fairfax County. It was on Leesburg Pike (Virginia Route 7) near Northfalls Court, on the right when traveling west. The marker is safely read from the old VA 7 road bed running parallel to the current divided highway. Touch for map. Marker was in this post office area: Reston VA 20194, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker was in the Washington Metropolitan Area

and in Northern Virginia.

It was also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it was in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it found itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this location, measured as the crow flies: Sharpsburg/Antietam Campaign (approx. 0.4 miles away); Battle of Dranesville (approx. 0.4 miles away); Action At Dranesville (approx. half a mile away); Gettysburg Campaign

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(approx. 0.6 miles away); Great Falls Nike Missile Site (approx. 1.2 miles away); U.S. Army Map Service (approx. 1.2 miles away); a different marker also named The Battle of Dranesville (approx. 1½ miles away); Reston (approx. 1.8 miles away).

Another marker is no longer nearby. Battle of Dranesville (was approx. 1½ miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Pulloff for Dranesville and Antietam Campaign Markers image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Swain, June 6, 2007

2. Pulloff for Dranesville and Antietam Campaign Markers

Credits. This page was last revised on November 19, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 6, 2007, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. This page has been viewed 2,576 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 6, 2007, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.