1 ► Virginia, Fairfax County, Fairfax — B-29 — Maryland (Antietam / Sharpsburg) Campaign —

Following the Battle of Ox Hill (Chantilly) on 1 Sept. 1862, Gen. Robert E. Lee pondered his options and strategy. Encouraged by Confederate victories and Federal disorganization, Lee acted quickly to continue the offensive. On 3 Sept., Lee's Army . . . — — Map (db m111) HM

2 ► Virginia, Fairfax County, Reston — T-37 — Sharpsburg (Antietam) Campaign — Reported permanently removed

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. — — Map (db m1098) HM

3 ► Virginia, Loudoun County, Leesburg — Leesburg — From Paradise to Peril — Antietam and Gettysburg Campaigns —

“Leesburg! Paradise of the youthful warrior! Land of excellent edibles and beautiful maidens!” — so wrote a Confederate artilleryman in late 1861. A year later, a northern correspondent found Leesburg a weary town full of battle-scarred buildings . . . — — Map (db m1544) HM

4 ► Virginia, Loudoun County, Leesburg — 1862 Antietam Campaign — Lee Invades Maryland — Reported permanently removed

Fresh from the victory at the Second Battle of Manassas General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia crossed the Potomac River on September 1-6, 1862, to bring the Civil War to Northern soil and to recruit sympathetic Marylanders. Union Gen. . . . — — Map (db m1110) HM

5 ► Virginia, Loudoun County, Leesburg — 1862 Antietam Campaign — Lee Invades Maryland — Reported permanently removed

Fresh from victory at the Second Battle of Manassas, Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia crossed the Potomac River on September 4–6, 1862, to bring the Civil War to Northern soil and to recruit sympathetic Marylanders. Union Gen. . . . — — Map (db m289125) HM

6 ► Virginia, Loudoun County, Leesburg — Mile Hill — Cavalry Clash —

On September 1, 1862, Col. Thomas Munford, commander of the Confederate 2nd Virginia Cavalry (163 men), was ordered to Leesburg to destroy a body of Union Cavalry—the locally raised Independent Loudoun Virginia Rangers—who were harassing southern . . . — — Map (db m1219) HM

7 ► Virginia, Loudoun County, Leesburg — F-6 — Sharpsburg (Antietam) Campaign —

Near here Stonewall Jackson bivouaced on the march into Maryland, September 4, 1862. — — Map (db m986) HM

8 ► Virginia, Loudoun County, Leesburg — F-2 — Potomac Crossings —

Here Lee turned east to the Potomac, crossing at White's Ford, September 6, 1862, in his invasion of Maryland. Jubal A. Early, returning from his Washington raid, crossed the river at White’s Ford, July 14, 1864. — — Map (db m1609) HM

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9 ► Maryland, Montgomery County, Dickerson — 1862 Antietam Campaign — Lee Invades Maryland —

Fresh from victory at the Second Battle of Manassas, Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia crossed the Potomac River on September 1-6, 1862, to bring the Civil War to Northern soil and to recruit sympathetic Marylanders. Union Gen. . . . — — Map (db m305864) HM

10 ► Maryland, Montgomery County, Dickerson — White’s Ferry — Invasion or Liberation? — Antietam Campaign 1862 —

The serenity of the Maryland countryside was shattered on September 4-6, 1862, as 35,000 Confederate soldiers of the Army of Northern Virginia waded across the Potomac River. Gen. Robert E. Lee, hoping to rally support in the divided state, . . . — — Map (db m173131) HM

11 ► Maryland, Montgomery County, Boyds — White’s Ferry — 12 miles → — Reported missing

An old ferry and ford across the Potomac River often used during the war between the states by Confederate forces under Generals Robert E. Lee, Jubal Early, J.E.B. Stuart and others during campaigns and raids in Maryland. — — Map (db m1680) HM

12 ► Maryland, Montgomery County, Dickerson — White’s Ford — Crossing the Potomac — Antietam Campaign 1862 — Reported permanently removed

A wing of Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia commanded by Gen. James Longstreet, as well as part of Gen. J.E.B. Stuart’s cavalry, crossed into Maryland just south of here on September 5-6, 1862. Other parts of the 40,000-man force, . . . — — Map (db m812) HM

13 ► Maryland, Montgomery County, Dickerson, Martinsburg — White’s Ford —

About 2 miles northwest was White’s Ford. This Potomac crossing was used by Gen. R. E. Lee entering Maryland in September, 1862, and Generals J.E.B. Stuart and Jubal A. Early returning to Virginia in 1862 and 1864, respectively. — — Map (db m811) HM

14 ► Maryland, Montgomery County, Dickerson — Monocacy Aqueduct — Too Tough To Crack — Antietam Campaign 1862 —

Confederate Gen. D. H. Hill’s division crossed the Potomac at Point of Rocks on September 4, 1862, and marched south to clear Union forces from the area. His men breached and drained the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal at several places, burned canal . . . — — Map (db m65210) HM

15 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Dickerson — 1862 Antietam Campaign — Lee Invades Maryland —

Fresh from victory at the Second Battle of Manassas, Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia crossed the Potomac River on September 4–6, 1862, to bring the Civil War to Northern soil and to recruit sympathetic Marylanders. Union Gen. . . . — — Map (db m4028) HM

16 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Adamstown — Carrollton Manor — Green Corn March — Antietam Campaign 1862 —

On Saturday, September 6, 1862, the Army of Northern Virginia was spread along the entire length of Buckeystown Turnpike all the way to Frederick. The soldiers camped in the fields on either side of the road on the evenings of September 5-6, and by . . . — — Map (db m152272) HM

17 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Buckeystown — Buckeystown Park — Soldiers’ Shortcake — Antietam Campaign 1862 —

On the south end of this park, the road from Urbana to Buckeystown crossed the Monocacy River over a stone bridge. Some of the Confederate troops camped here on September 6, 1862, while some crossed the bridge to bivouac on a knoll overlooking the . . . — — Map (db m1737) HM

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