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National Park Service, Thomas Stone National Historic Site, November 15, 2015
Crossing the Potomac Marker
101 ► Maryland, Charles County, Newburg — Crossing the Potomac — Off into the Darkness — John Wilkes Booth – Escape of an Assassin —
After assassinating President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth and his accomplice, David A. Herold, fled Washington for Southern Maryland, a hotbed of Confederate sympathizers. Concealed for several days in a pine thicket two . . . — — Map (db m128807) HM
102 ► Maryland, Charles County, Newburg — John Wilkes Booth — Escape of an Assassin — War on the Chesapeake Bay — Reported permanently removed
Divided loyalties and ironies tore at Marylander’s hearts throughout the Civil War: enslaved African-Americans and free United States Colored Troops; spies and smugglers; civilians imprisoned without trial to protect freedom; neighbors and . . . — — Map (db m24540) HM
103 ► Maryland, Charles County, Newburg — John Wilkes Booth — Chasing Lincoln's Assassin — War on the Chesapeake Bay —
Divided loyalties and ironies tore at Marylanders' hearts throughout the Civil War: enslaved African Americans and free United States Colored Troops; spies and smugglers; civilians imprisoned without trial to protect freedom; neighbors and . . . — — Map (db m186732) HM
104 ► Maryland, Charles County, Port Tobacco — John Wilkes Booth — Escape of an Assassin — War on the Chesapeake Bay —
Divided loyalties and ironies tore at Marylander’s hearts throughout the Civil War: enslaved African-Americans and free United States Colored Troops; spies and smugglers; civilians imprisoned without trial to protect freedom; neighbors and families . . . — — Map (db m1104) HM
105 ► Maryland, Charles County, St. Charles — Dr. Samuel A. Mudd — Treating an Assassin — John Wilkes Booth – Escape of An Assassin — Reported permanently removed
This house was the home of Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd and his wife, Sarah Frances Dyer. Early on the morning of April 15, 1865, John Wilkes Booth arrived here with a companion, David E. Herold, and asked Mudd to set Booth’s broken leg. Afterward, . . . — — Map (db m921) HM
106 ► Maryland, Charles County, St. Charles — Dr. Samuel A. Mudd — Treating an Assassin — John Wilkes Booth - Chasing Lincoln's Assassin —
This house was the home of Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd and his wife, Sarah Frances Dyer. Early on the morning of April 15, 1865, John Wilkes Booth arrived here with a companion, David E. Herold, and asked Mudd to set Booth's broken leg. Afterward, . . . — — Map (db m295569) HM
107 ► Maryland, Charles County, St. Charles — John Wilkes Booth — Escape of an Assassin — War on the Chesapeake Bay —
Divided loyalties and ironies tore at Marylanders’ hearts throughout the Civil War: enslaved African-Americans and free United States Colored Troops; spies and smugglers; civilians imprisoned without trial to protect freedom; neighbors and families . . . — — Map (db m922) HM
108 ► Maryland, Dorchester County, Cambridge — Eastern Shore Infantry — "Glorious Achievements" — Reported permanently removed
During the Civil War, U.S. Col. James Wallace, commander of the 1st Regiment, Eastern Shore Maryland Volunteers, used this building as his headquarters. The regiment which camped east of here, drew most of its members directly from the Eastern . . . — — Map (db m113141) HM
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109 ► Maryland, Dorchester County, Cambridge — Eastern Shore Infantry — "Glorious Achievements" —
During the Civil War, Union Co. James Wallace (1818-1887), 1st Regiment, Eastern Shore Maryland Volunteers, used this building as his headquarters. The unit, which camped east of here, enlisted most of its members from the Eastern Shore. It . . . — — Map (db m205006) HM
110 ► Maryland, Dorchester County, Cambridge — Maryland's Eastern Shore — Hundreds of Enslaved and Free Black Men Enlisted — Reported permanently removed
Although isolated from Maryland's largest population centers, the Eastern Shore was important to the state's role in the Civil War and exemplified the citizens' divided loyalties. In the years before the war, enslaved African-Americans here . . . — — Map (db m8331) HM
111 ► Maryland, Dorchester County, Cambridge — Maryland's Eastern Shore — Faced with Decisions —
Welcome to Dorchester County! When the Civil War intruded into quiet communities, residents here, as elsewhere on the Eastern Shore, faced difficult choices. Before the war, enslaved African Americans here began escaping bondage via the . . . — — Map (db m190251) HM
112 ► Maryland, Dorchester County, Woolford — Anna Ella Carroll — Unofficial Cabinet Member — Reported permanently removed
Anna Ella Carroll was born on Maryland's Eastern Shore in 1815. Often called an unofficial member of President Abraham Lincoln's cabinet, she was a Unionist author and newspaper reporter who had traveled extensively throughout the South and Midwest . . . — — Map (db m45304) HM
113 ► Maryland, Dorchester County, Woolford — Writer, War Strategist, Enigma — A Strong Woman in a Turbulent Time —
Anna Ella Carroll, sometimes called an unofficial member of Abraham Lincoln's cabinet, is buried in the Old Trinity Church graveyard. Carroll, born on Maryland's Eastern Shore in 1815, remains an enigma, but there is no question that she . . . — — Map (db m252052) HM
114 ► 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
115 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Brunswick — Brunswick — Formerly Berlin — Gettysburg Campaign —
Union troops pursuing the Confederate army to Virginia after the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863 crossed the Potomac River here. Called Berlin at the time of the Civil War, this town truly experienced the challenges of life on the border. Both . . . — — Map (db m1863) HM
116 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Burkittsville — 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. George . . . — — Map (db m1958) HM
117 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Burkittsville — Battle for Crampton’s Gap — “Sealed With Their Lives” — Antietam Campaign 1862 —
The Battle of South Mountain struck Crampton’s Gap late in the afternoon of September 14, 1862, when Union Gen. William B. Franklin finally ordered an attack against Confederate Gen. Lafayette McLaws’s force here. As the Confederate defensive line . . . — — Map (db m1909) HM
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118 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Burkittsville — Burkittsville — Houses of Worship Become Houses of Misery — Antietam Campaign 1862 — Reported permanently removed
Union surgeons turned Burkittsville, a quiet rural village of some 200 people, into a hospital complex after the September 14, 1862, Battle of Crampton’s Gap. The building in front of you, the German Reformed Church, was Hospital D. . . . — — Map (db m190155) HM
119 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Burkittsville — Burkittsville — Houses of Worship Become Houses of Misery — Antietam Campaign 1862 —
"[There] was 14 different hospitals in this place every old hut was used for one ... the hospitals were lettered from A to O." —Union Pvt. John Lovejoy, who worked in the hospitals. United States surgeons turned Burkittsville, a quiet . . . — — Map (db m279815) HM
120 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Burkittsville — George Alfred Townsend — A Man and His Mountain — Antietam Campaign 1862 —
None of the structures you see here in Crampton’s Gap existed during the battle on September 14, 1862. George Alfred Townsend constructed all the stone buildings and walls, as well as the Correspondents’ Arch, between 1884 and 1896. Townsend, . . . — — Map (db m1931) HM
121 ► 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
122 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Dickerson — Gettysburg Campaign — Invasion & 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 . . . — — Map (db m4033) HM
123 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Dickerson — Sugarloaf Mountain — A Signalman’s Lot — Antietam Campaign 1862 —
You are at the foot of Sugarloaf Mountain, where on September 5-6, 1862, Union observers watched the Army of Northern Virginia cross the Potomac River to invade Maryland. A signal station had been established here in the summer of 1861, one in a . . . — — Map (db m245994) HM
124 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Emmitsburg — Daughters of Charity — "O, it was beyond description" — Gettysburg Campaign — Reported permanently removed
Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton founded the Roman Catholic community of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Joseph's here in 1809 (after 1850, called Daughters of Charity). The sisters played a prominent role during the Civil War as nurses and human service . . . — — Map (db m9483) HM
125 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Emmitsburg — Daughters of Charity — "O, it was beyond description" — Gettysburg Campaign —
Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton founded the Roman Catholic community of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Joseph's here in 1809 (in1 1850, merged with the Daughters of Charity). The sisters played a prominent role during the Civil War as nurses and . . . — — Map (db m147294) HM
126 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Emmitsburg — Emmitsburg — Road to Gettysburg — Reported permanently removed
President Abraham Lincoln replaced Army of the Potomac commander Gen. Joseph Hooker with Gen. George G. Meade on June 28, 1863, as the army pursued Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. Meade placed Gen. John F. Reynolds, I Corps . . . — — Map (db m1546) HM
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127 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Emmitsburg — Gen. John F. Reynolds — "Dear Kate" — Gettysburg Campaign — Reported permanently removed
On the last day of June 1863, Emmitsburg became a Union army supply base. Union Gen. John F. Reynolds, commanding the left wing of the Army of the Potomac (I, III, and XI Corps), arrived as I Corps came into Emmitsburg to obtain needed supplies, . . . — — Map (db m9489) HM
128 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Emmitsburg — Gen. John F. Reynolds — "Dear Kate" — Gettysburg Campaign —
On the last day of June 1863, Emmitsburg became a Union army supply base. Union Gen. John F. Reynolds, commanding the left wing of the Army of the Potomac (I, III and XI Corps), arrived as I Corps came into Emmitsburg to obtain needed supplies, . . . — — Map (db m147296) HM
129 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Emmitsburg — Gettysburg Campaign — Invasion & 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-Dixon Line and into Pennsylvania. His infantry marched north through . . . — — Map (db m217372) HM
130 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Emmitsburg — St. Joseph's Valley Camp — "I did not see it multiplied, but saw it there!" — Gettysburg Campaign — Reported permanently removed
About 80,000 Union troops settled here in Saint Joseph's Valley as June 1863 drew to a close, "until the grounds around were actually covered with Soldiers." Emmitsburg was placed under martial law, and the Vincentian priests at Saint Joseph's . . . — — Map (db m9485) HM
131 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Emmitsburg — St. Joseph's Valley Camp — "The poor fellows looked half-starved" — Gettysburg Campaign —
About 38,000 Union troops from three corps passed through Saint Joseph's Valley during the five days before the Battle of Gettysburg, until it seemed to the sisters that "the grounds around were actually covered with Soldiers." Emmitsburg was . . . — — Map (db m204242) HM
132 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Frederick — Defense Of Jug Bridge — "Hold the bridge to the last extremity" — Early's 1864 Attack on Washington —
Gunfire echoed around this spot on the blisteringly hot summer day of July 9, 1864, as Union troops fought to defend Jug Bridge — which sat 400 yards in front of you — during the Battle of Monocacy. In July 1864, Confederate Gen. Jubal Early . . . — — Map (db m307791) HM
133 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Frederick, Araby View — 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. George . . . — — Map (db m18382) HM
134 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Frederick, Araby View — 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. George . . . — — Map (db m194555) HM
135 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Frederick, Araby View — The Lost Order — Shrouded in a Cloak of Mystery — Antietam Campaign 1862 —
After crossing the Potomac River early in September 1862, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee reorganized the Army of Northern Virginia into three separate wings. On September 9, he promulgated his campaign strategy - to divide his army, send Gen. Thomas . . . — — Map (db m18381) HM
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136 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Frederick, Araby View — The Lost Order — Shrouded in a Cloak of Mystery — Antietam Campaign 1862 —
After crossing the Potomac River early in September 1862, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee reorganized the Army of Northern Virginia into three separate wings. On September 9, he promulgated his campaign strategy from his camp here. The strategy—to . . . — — Map (db m194556) HM
137 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Frederick, Canterbury Station — Rose Hill Manor — Union Artillery Reserve —
You are on the grounds of Rose Hill Manor, the final home of Maryland's first governor, Thomas Johnson. During its stay near Frederick, the Army of the Potomac's large Artillery Reserve occupied these grounds. Created after the Battle of . . . — — Map (db m2803) HM
138 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Frederick, Downtown — 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. George . . . — — Map (db m97907) HM
139 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Frederick, Downtown — 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 m236181) HM
140 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Frederick, Downtown — 1862 Antietam Campaign — Lee Invades Maryland —
Fresh from victory at the Second Battle of Manassas, Gen. Robert E. Lee 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. George B. . . . — — Map (db m249948) HM
141 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Frederick, Downtown — 1862 Antietam Campaign — Lee Invades Maryland —
Fresh from victory at the Second Battle of Manassas, Gen. Robert E. Lee 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. George B. . . . — — Map (db m249959) HM
142 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Frederick, Downtown — B & O Railroad Station — "No malice in my heart" — Antietam Campaign —
At this intersection, President Abraham Lincoln spoke from a railroad car platform to Frederick residents assembled in the streets on October 4, 1862. He had just returned from viewing the battlefields of South Mountain and Antietam and had . . . — — Map (db m60166) HM
143 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Frederick, Downtown — Barbara Fritchie House — "Shoot if you must this old gray head, but spare your country’s flag." — Antietam Campaign 1862 — Reported permanently removed
As the Confederate army marched through Frederick on September 10, 1862, feisty local Unionists—mostly women—showed their defiance by waving the Stars and Stripes. The poet John Greenleaf Whittier immortalized one of them in “The Ballad of Barbara . . . — — Map (db m2693) HM
144 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Frederick, Downtown — Barbara Fritchie House — "Spare your country's flag" — Antietam Campaign 1862 —
After Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's smashing victory over Union Gen. John Pope at the Second Battle of Manassas, Lee decided to invade Maryland to reap the fall harvest, gain Confederate recruits, earn foreign recognition of the . . . — — Map (db m249951) HM
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145 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Frederick, Downtown — Capital For A Summer — Foiling Maryland Secession — Reported permanently removed
The building in front of you, Kemp Hall, was the capitol of Maryland during the spring and summer of 1861, as the state came perilously close to leaving the Union. Because secession would have placed the U.S. capital, Washington, D.C. between the . . . — — Map (db m67247) HM
146 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Frederick, Downtown — Capital for a Summer — Foiling Maryland Secession —
The building in front of you, Kemp Hall, was the capitol of Maryland during the spring and summer of 1861, as the state came perilously close to leaving the Union. Because secession would have placed the U.S. capital, Washington, D.C., between . . . — — Map (db m249967) HM
147 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Frederick, Downtown — City Hall — Former Frederick County Courthouse — Antietam Campaign 1862 — Reported permanently removed
Connections with the Civil War abound around this Courthouse Square, where the first official act of defiance against the British crown - the 1765 Stamp Act Repudiation - occurred almost a century earlier. In 1857, Roger Brooke Taney, Chief Justice . . . — — Map (db m2815) HM
148 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Frederick, Downtown — Hospitals in Frederick — Caring for the Wounded — Reported permanently removed
In this building, soldiers who died in one of the many area hospitals following the battles of South Mountain, Antietam, Gettysburg, and Monocacy were embalmed and prepared for interment at nearby Mount Olivet Cemetery or for shipment home. James . . . — — Map (db m97908) HM
149 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Frederick, Downtown — Hospitals in Frederick — Caring for the Wounded —
In this building doctors embalmed solders who died in area hospitals following the battles of South Mountain, Antietam, Gettysburg and Monocacy, and prepare them for internment at nearby Mount Olivet Cemetery or for shipment home. James . . . — — Map (db m249957) HM
150 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Frederick, Downtown — Long Road to Emancipation — Frederick County Courthouse —
Passionate speeches filled the air at Courthouse Square on September 24, 1864. On that date a throng of Frederick residents listened to Montgomery Blair, Abraham Lincoln's first postmaster general, and other speakers encouraging Marylanders to . . . — — Map (db m260602) HM
151 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Frederick, Downtown — Market & Patrick Streets — "Scarcely any possibility of crossing the street" — Gettysburg Campaign —
Frederick found itself occupied alternatively by Confederate and Union armies during the Civil War. Citizens who frequented this "Square Corner" of Market and Patrick Streets saw Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia march west from here . . . — — Map (db m2808) HM
152 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Frederick, Downtown — North Market Street — "Now I shall see Cousin J." — Gettysburg Campaign — Reported permanently removed
On June 28, 1863, Gen. John F. Reynolds rode into Frederick to visit his cousin Catherine Reynolds Cramer and her sisters near the intersection of North Market and Second Streets. She would have much to write the rest of her family on July 1 about . . . — — Map (db m203920) HM
153 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Frederick, Downtown — North Market Street — "Now I shall see Cousin J." — Gettysburg Campaign — Reported permanently removed
On June 28, 1863, Union Gen. John F. Reynolds rode into Frederick to visit his cousin Catherine Reynolds Cramer and her sisters near the intersection of North Market and Second Streets. She would have much to write the rest of her family on July . . . — — Map (db m261549) HM
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154 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Frederick, Downtown — The Ransom of Frederick — Jubal Early threatens the "City of Clustered Spires" — 1864 Attack on Washington —
Today, Frederick is a place where many residents and visitors enjoy good food and drink. On July 9, 1864, Confederate officers had a similar experience. On this spot, where the Market House being used as City Hall stood in 1864, they were handed . . . — — Map (db m276033) HM
155 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Frederick, Fort Detrick — Richfield — “The Boy General of the Golden Lock” —
It was here that George Armstrong Custer was first introduced as a general to the troops he would command. The first order signed by Gen. George G. Meade as the newly appointed commander of the Army of the Potomac on June 28, 1863 promoted three . . . — — Map (db m1539) HM
156 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Frederick, Linden Hills — Battle of Frederick — "Best little battle of the war" — Early's 1864 Washington Raid — Reported missing
Confederate Gen. Jubal A. Early drove Union Gen. David Hunter into West Virginia after the Battle of Lynchburg, Va., clearing the Shenandoah Valley of Federal forces. To draw Union troops from Petersburg, Early launched a raid on . . . — — Map (db m167015) HM
157 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Frederick, Linden Hills — Battle of Frederick — Buying Vital Time — Early's 1864 Attack on Washington —
(preface) In June 1864, Confederate Gen. Robert E Lee sent Gen. Jubal A. Early's corps from the Richmond battlefields to the Shenandoah Valley to counter Union Gen. David Hunter's army. After driving Hunter into West Virginia, Early . . . — — Map (db m232188) HM
158 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Frederick, Prospect View — Gettysburg Campaign — Invasion & Retreat — Reported permanently removed
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 . . . — — Map (db m2792) HM
159 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Frederick, Prospect View — Gettysburg Campaign — Invasion & 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-Dixon Line and into Pennsylvania. His infantry marched north through . . . — — Map (db m249941) HM
160 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Frederick, Prospect View — Meade Takes Command — "Come to give me trouble." — Gettysburg Campaign — Reported permanently removed
Near this spot, on the grounds of Prospect Hall, Union Gen. George Gordon Meade replaced Gen. Joseph "Fighting Joe" Hooker as commander of the Army of the Potomac on Sunday, June 28, 1863. Meade took command reluctantly because he was concerned . . . — — Map (db m2775) HM
161 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Frederick, Prospect View — Meade Takes Command — "Come to give me trouble." — Gettysburg Campaign —
Near this spot, on the grounds of Prospect Hall, Union Gen. George Gordon Meade replaced Gen. Joseph "Fighting Joe" Hooker as commander of the Army of the Potomac on June 28, 1863. Meade took command reluctantly because he was concerned about . . . — — Map (db m249943) HM
162 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Frederick, Whittier — Rocky Springs Clash — "Skirmished with the rebel cavalry... near Rocky Springs Schoolhouse" — Early's 1864 Attack on Washington —
In June 1864, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee detached Gen. Jubal A. Early's corps from the Richmond battlefields and dispatched it to the Shenandoah Valley to counter Union Gen. David Hunter's army. After driving Hunter into West . . . — — Map (db m304343) HM
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163 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Jefferson — Jefferson — Prowling Confederates and Pretty Girls —
In June 1863, Federal troops marched through Jefferson as the Army of the Potomac pursued Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia, a menacing force to the west—but where was it headed? Fearing that Lee would push through the gaps in South . . . — — Map (db m2100) HM
164 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Lewistown — Lewistown — I Corps’ Muddy March — Gettysburg Campaign —
When the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia Invaded Maryland in June 1863, the Army of the Potomac headed north in pursuit. On Monday, June 29, a “rainy, miserable day,” the 15,000 men, 2,900 horses and mules and 475 wagons of Gen. John F. . . . — — Map (db m105250) HM
165 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Libertytown — Libertytown — Hot, Humid, and Worn Out — Gettysburg Campaign — Reported missing
On June 29, 1863, the Army of the Potomac's II Corps, commanded by Gen. Winfield S. Hancock, broke camp south of Frederick near the Monocacy River, marched into Frederick, and turned eastward on the road to Liberty (Libertytown). The men . . . — — Map (db m4017) HM
166 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Middletown — 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 m1520) HM
167 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Middletown — 19th Century Backpacker — The Civil War Soldier — Antietam Campaign 1862 — Reported permanently removed
An unnamed citizen of Frederick City said the following of the Confederates he had beheld marching through his hometown: “I have never seen a mass of such filthy strong-smelling men. Three in a room would make it unbearable, and when marching in . . . — — Map (db m1521) HM
168 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Middletown — 19th Century Backpacker — "A lean and hungry set of wolves" — Antietam Campaign 1862 —
"I have never seen a mass of such filthy strong-smelling men. Three in a room would make it unbearable, and when marching in column along the street the smell from them was most offensive… The filth that pervades them is most remarkable… They . . . — — Map (db m157781) HM
169 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Middletown — Battle at South Mountain — A Natural Barrier — Antietam Campaign 1862 —
The Battle of South Mountain erupted on September 14, 1862, when elements of the Union army tried to drive the Confederate rear guard from Crampton’s, Fox’s, and Turner’s Gaps and break through to the western side of the mountain to attack . . . — — Map (db m1519) HM
170 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Middletown — Christ Reformed Church — Just Before the Battle — Antietam Campaign 1862 — Reported permanently removed
Eight thousand Confederates under Gen. Lafayette McLaws marched by this church on September 10-11, 1862, heading south to Harper’s Ferry. Since no Federals were in the area, McLaws expected no encounters with the enemy. Unknown to him, however, . . . — — Map (db m166869) HM
171 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Middletown — Christ Reformed Church — Just before the battle — Antietam Campaign 1862 —
Eight thousand Confederates under Gen. Lafayette McLaws marched by this church on September 10-11, 1862, heading south to Harpers Ferry. Since no Federals were in the area, McLaws expected no encounters with the enemy. Unknown to him, Union Gen. . . . — — Map (db m252643) HM
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172 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Middletown — Middletown — Union Left Flank — Gettysburg Campaign —
Late in June 1863, the Union Army of the Potomac pursued Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia as it invaded the North for the second time. The Federal left flank under Gen. John F. Reynolds occupied the Middletown Valley, June 25–27, . . . — — Map (db m418) HM
173 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Middletown — Middletown — Enemies and Friends — Antietam Campaign 1862 — Reported permanently removed
When Gen. Robert E. Lee and part of the Army of Northern Virginia passes through Middletown on September 10–11, 1862, they encountered a chilly reception. The inhabitants of this single-street hamlet on the National Road loved the Union, and the . . . — — Map (db m21911) HM
174 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Middletown — Middletown — Ransom Demands — Early's 1864 Attack on Washington —
(preface) In June 1864, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee sent Gen. Jubal A. Early’s corps from Richmond battlefields to the Shenandoah Valley to counter Union Gen. David Hunter’s army. After driving Hunter into West Virginia, Early invaded . . . — — Map (db m76668) HM
175 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Middletown — Middletown — Union Army Traffic — Gettysburg Campaign —
After Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's stunning victory at Chancellorsville in May 1863, he led the Army of Northern Virginia west to the Shenandoah Valley, then north through central Maryland and across the Mason-Dixon Line into . . . — — Map (db m203059) HM
176 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Middletown — Middletown — Enemies and Friends — Antietam Campaign 1862 —
After Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's smashing victory over Union Gen. John Pope at the Second Battle of Manassas, Lee decided to invade Maryland to reap the fall harvest, gain Confederate recruits, earn foreign recognition of the . . . — — Map (db m252634) HM
177 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Myersville — 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. George . . . — — Map (db m5923) HM
178 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Myersville — 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 m167359) HM
179 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Myersville — Gettysburg Campaign — Invasion & 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 . . . — — Map (db m5922) HM
180 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Myersville — Gettysburg Campaign — Invasion & Retreat — Reported permanently removed
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 . . . — — Map (db m167358) HM
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181 ► Maryland, Frederick County, New Market — New Market — An Electrifying Sight — Gettysburg Campaign —
Late in June 1863, the Union Army of the Potomac pursued Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia as it invaded the North less than a year after the Antietam Campaign. On Monday, June 29, the Federal corps marched north toward Pennsylvania on . . . — — Map (db m129752) HM
182 ► Maryland, Frederick County, New Market — New Market — Roads to Gettysburg — Reported permanently removed
Gettysburg Campaign Late in June 1863, the Union Army of the Potomac pursued Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia as it invaded the North less than a year after the Antietam Campaign. On Monday, June 29, the Federal corps marched north . . . — — Map (db m204237) HM
183 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Point of Rocks — Point of Rocks — Confederates Capture Train — Gettysburg Campaign —
In mid-June 1863, with rumors of a pending reinvasion of Maryland by Confederate forces, most Baltimore and Ohio trains stopped running past here. As tension mounted, the New York Times reported that no trains were departing Baltimore, “except . . . — — Map (db m743) HM
184 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Point of Rocks — Point of Rocks — Point of Rocks During the War —
The rail line immediately before you served as an important means of supply and communication during the Civil War (the station, and tracks to Washington, D.C., on the southern or right side of the station were built later). Here at Point of Rocks, . . . — — Map (db m744) HM
185 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Thurmont — Catoctin Iron Furnace — No Time For War — Gettysburg Campaign —
When Union Gen. John F. Reynolds’ I Corps marched by here on June 29, 1863, en route to Emmitsburg and soon to Gettysburg, his men were progressing “swimmingly.” The workers of the Catoctin Furnace had little time to notice, since the charcoal . . . — — Map (db m105249) HM
186 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Thurmont — Roads to Gettysburg — Catoctin Mountain in the Gettysburg Campaign — Gettysburg Campaign —
After Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's stunning victory at Chancellorsville in May 1863, he led the Army of Northern Virginia west to the Shenandoah Valley, then north through central Maryland and across the Mason-Dixon Line into . . . — — Map (db m299996) HM
187 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Thurmont — Thurmont — War's Crossroads — Gettysburg Campaign —
Imagine the more than 12,000 soldiers of the Army of the Potomac's 1st Corps clogging the streets of this small town on June 29, 1863. War was in the air, and local farmers hurried to hide horses and personal belongings. To guard the Federal rear, . . . — — Map (db m260231) HM
188 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Thurmont — Thurmont — Formerly Mechanicstown — Gettysburg Campaign — Reported permanently removed
On June 29, 1863, Mechanicstown was full of the noise of an army on the move as Union Gen. John F. Reynolds marched I Corps to Emmitsburg. Until then, residents had only heard rumors of the advancing Confederates as nervous farmers hurried horses . . . — — Map (db m260309) HM
189 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Urbana — Landon House — From Hospitality to Hospital — Antietam Campaign 1862 — Reported permanently removed
Constructed in 1754 on the banks of the Rappahannock River in Virginia, this building was reconstructed here in 1846 and became Landon Female Academy. Early in September 1862, while infantry of Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia rested . . . — — Map (db m1739) HM
190 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Urbana — Urbana — Capture and Escape — Early's 1864 Attack on Washington —
(preface) In June 1864, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and Gen. Jubal A. Early’s corps from the Richmond battlefields to the Shenandoah Valley to counter Union Gen. David Hunter’s army. After driving Hunter into West Virginia, Early . . . — — Map (db m76643) HM
191 ► Maryland, Garrett County, Friendsville — Gettysburg Campaign — Invasion & Retreat — Reported permanently removed
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 . . . — — Map (db m200639) HM
192 ► Maryland, Garrett County, McHenry — Gettysburg Campaign — Invasion & Retreat — Reported permanently removed
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 . . . — — Map (db m2170) HM
193 ► Maryland, Garrett County, McHenry — Western Maryland — At the Crossroads of Conflict —
When Civil War divided the nation, Maryland found itself on the conflict's pivotal border between North and South. Today, you can trace history along Maryland's Civil War Trail driving tours. Learn about people just like yourself, caught in the . . . — — Map (db m235065) HM
194 ► Maryland, Garrett County, Oakland — Fort Alice — Railroad Bridge Destroyed —
On April 26, 1863, during the Confederate occupation of Oakland, a detachment of Confederate Capt. John H. McNeill's partisan rangers attacked the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad bridge here over the Youghiogheny River. They were part of a larger . . . — — Map (db m255277) HM
195 ► Maryland, Garrett County, Oakland — Gettysburg Campaign — Invasion & 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 . . . — — Map (db m484) HM
196 ► Maryland, Garrett County, Oakland — Oakland — Confederate Railroad Raid — Jones-Imboden Raid —
On April 20, 1863, Confederate Gens. William E. "Grumble" Jones and John D. Imboden began a raid from Virginia through present-day West Virginia on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Taking separate routes, they later reported that they . . . — — Map (db m252219) HM
197 ► Maryland, Garrett County, Oakland — Oakland — Confederate Railroad Raid — Reported permanently removed
On Sunday, April 26, 1863, a detachment of Confederate Capt. John H. McNeill's partisan rangers under Col. A. W. Harman attacked the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad facilities here in Oakland. They were part of Confederate Gen. William E. “Grumble” . . . — — Map (db m252220) HM
198 ► Maryland, Garrett County, Swanton — Altamont — Confederate Railroad Raid — Reported missing
On April 26, 1863, a detachment of Confederate Capt. John H. McNeill’s partisan rangers attacked the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad facilities here at Altamont. They were part of a larger group that entered Oakland that Sunday as Confederate Gen. . . . — — Map (db m37544) HM
199 ► Maryland, Harford County, Aldino — Alfred B. Hilton — Medal of Honor Recipient —
After the Emancipation Proclamation was issued in 1863, the U.S. Army recruited both free blacks and slaves. In August 1863, freedman Alfred B. Hilton and his brothers Aaron and Henry enlisted in the 4th U.S. Colored Troops (USCT) in Havre de Grace. . . . — — Map (db m191938) HM
200 ► Maryland, Harford County, Bel Air — Bel Air — Southern Sympathizers Sought — Reported missing
On July 31, 1861, 300 men from the 12th Pennsylvania Infantry under Capt. Daniel Leasure marched into Bel Air to arrest Southern sympathizers and confiscate weapons from local militia units. The troops halted at the courthouse square, then dispersed . . . — — Map (db m156302) HM

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