White Marsh in Baltimore County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

“Whitemarsh”

Photographed by William Pfingsten, 08-19-2007

1. "Whitemarsh" Marker

Inscription. Rochambeau’s Troops camped here September 11, 1781 where the baggage train and heavy artillery rejoined them. After the victory at Yorktown the French Troops, in five divisions, camped here again on their way northward, at the end of August 1782.

Erected 1964 by Maryland Historical Society.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Military • War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Maryland Historical Trust, and the The Washington-Rochambeau Route series lists. A significant historical month for this entry is September 1861.

Location. 39° 22.989′ N, 76° 25.737′ W. Marker is in White Marsh, Maryland, in Baltimore County. It is on Ebenezer Road 0.2 miles west of Pulaski Highway (U.S. 40), on the right. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: White Marsh MD 21162, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Maryland.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic

and in the Chesapeake Bay Region.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

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Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: White Marsh War Memorial (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Camp Chapel (approx. 1.6 miles away); Harry Dorsey Gough (approx. 1.6 miles away); "Scholars Plains" (approx. 1.7 miles away); Union of Brothers and Sisters of Ford’s Asbury Lodge No. 1 (approx. 2.1 miles away); “Long Calm” (approx. 2.4 miles away); The Baltimore Embroidery / The Tanner Homestead (approx. 2.8 miles away); Germantown (approx. 2.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in White Marsh.

More about this marker. Marker is in front of the White Marsh Post Office and is parallel to the road.

This marker replaces an earlier one, erected by the state Roads Commission in 1938.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on August 19, 2007, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. This page has been viewed 3,500 times since then and 53 times this year. Last updated on August 21, 2007, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. Photo 1. submitted on August 19, 2007, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.