First and Second brigades First cavalry division marched from Taneytown to Westminster. The reserve brigade of First cavalry division from Emmitsburg to the field at Gettysburg and the second brigade second cavalry division from Manchester to . . . — — Map (db m223999) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m3490) HM
The first paper maker in Maryland was William Hoffman. In 1775 he built his first mill on Gunpowder Falls a quarter mile upstream from the present Hoffmanville Bridge. In September 1776 Congress adopted watermarked paper for its currency. . . . — — Map (db m1871) HM
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 Johnsonville Union Bridge and Union to Union Mills. . . . — — Map (db m224000) HM
The Second Cavalry Division and the Sixth Corps, Army of the Potomac, camped about Manchester June 30, 1863. Headquarters for Major General John Sedgwick was located on nearby Old Fort School House Road. On the night of July 1, the Corps left . . . — — Map (db m201550) HM
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 was . . . — — Map (db m201551) HM
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 m201631) HM
Dedicated to the men and women of
Manchester District
who valiantly served their country in
World War I and World War II
World War I
1917 - 1918
World War II
1941 - 1945
World War I . . . — — Map (db m224068) WM
Originally built by John Miller in 1862 as a log cabin, the farmhouse was a brick-cased between 1866-1876 by Jonas Warner.
Inventory of Historic Properties Carr-1314 — — Map (db m135155) HM
In memory of Charlotte Collett
Chairperson of the first appointed Tree Commission
And in recognition of the members of the Commission
Charlotte B. Collett - Chairman
Members
Donna Baker • Roxanne Fenske • Sara Osborn • Monroe . . . — — Map (db m224001) HM
