Historical Markers and War Memorials in Dickerson, Maryland
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Dickerson is in Frederick County
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On Dickerson Road (State Highway 28), on the right when traveling west.
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
On Dickerson Road (State Highway 28), on the right when traveling west.
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
On Comus Road (Maryland Route 95) at Sugarloaf Mountain Road, on the right on Comus Road.
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 m147010) HM
Near Old Hundred Road (Maryland Route 109) at Comus Road, on the left when traveling north.
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 m76266) HM
On the White’s Ferry parking lot near White"s Ferry Road (Maryland Route 107).
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 m167962) HM
On Whites Ferry Road (Maryland Route 107) at River Road, on the left when traveling west on Whites Ferry Road.
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park. The canal and towpath are dedicated to Justice William O. Douglas of White Ferry. — — Map (db m810) HM
On Dickerson Road (Maryland Route 28) at Mouth of the Monocacy Road, on the left when traveling north on Dickerson Road.
Largest of eleven C&O aqueducts. Finished 1833, Alfred Cruger, Principal Engineer. Constructed of quartzite from Sugarloaf Mountain. It served until 1924, when after a flood, commercial operations ceased.
Administered by the National . . . — — Map (db m15016) HM
Near Whites Ferry Road, 0.1 miles west of River Road, on the right when traveling west.
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 m808) HM
Near Martinsburg Road, 0.2 miles north of Wasche Road, on the left when traveling north.
Prior to 1840, virtually all Montgomery County farms produced tobacco and corn primary crops of the era. In 1845, the emergence of guano fertilizer allowed farmer to introduce a new cash crop grain which provided feed for livestock.
The 1873 . . . — — Map (db m146207) HM
Near Mouth of Monocacy Road at Dickerson Road (Maryland Route 28).
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
On Old Hundred Road (Maryland Route 109) north of Comus Road, on the left when traveling north.
Sugarloaf Mountain Rises before you. There, the long running cavalry fight that began in the late afternoon on September 9, 1862, in Barnesville came to a halt. By the next morning the 8th Illinois and 3rd Indiana Cavalry were tangling with the 7th . . . — — Map (db m237323) HM
On Mouth of Monocacy Road, 1.3 miles west of Dickerson Road (Maryland Route 28), on the right when traveling west.
Springing Over the Monocacy
Captain William McNeill of the U.S. Topographical Engineers called this aqueduct “...a work which, while it is highly ornamental, unites...in its plan and execution, ‘the true principles of economy, . . . — — Map (db m714) HM
On Whites Ferry Road, 0.1 miles west of River Road, on the left when traveling west. Reported missing.
To
Our Heroes
of
Montgomery Co.
Maryland
That We Through Life
May Not Forget to Love
The Thin Gray Line
Erected A.D. 1913
1861 CSA 1865 — — Map (db m182686) WM
On Whites Ferry Road, 0.1 miles west of River Road, on the left when traveling west.
The original ferry was probably a flat-bottomed-wooden craft guided across the river using poles and ropes. Its design was much like the ferry boat shown below: a long, low structure with a ramp at both ends for loading and unloading cargo. . . . — — Map (db m182685) HM
On Darnestown Road (State Highway 28) 3 miles south of Martinsburg Road.
Thomas Sprigg, Jr., patented in 1725 as "Woodstock" 1,102 acres here, inherited in 1782 by Sprigg's three granddaughters, Sophia, Rebecca, and Elizabeth. Sophia married John Francis Mercer (later Governor of Maryland, 1801-1803.) in 1794. Nearly . . . — — Map (db m151719) HM
Near Whites Ferry Road (Maryland Route 107) at River Road.
Before you is the last operating ferry on the Potomac River. Early settlers recognized these relatively still waters would provide an ideal location for a ferry. The first known ferry operation here was Conrad’s Ferry in 1817. After the Civil War, . . . — — Map (db m741) HM
Near Whites Ferry Road, 0.1 miles south of River Road, on the right when traveling west.
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, sent . . . — — Map (db m173131) HM
Near Martinsburg Road, 2.5 miles west of Darnestown Road (Maryland Route 28), on the right when traveling west. 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
Near Martinsburg Road, on the right when traveling south.
During the Civil War, White's Ford on the Potomac River was employed by Confederate troops on three separate occasions. Lee's troops crossed here in their invasion of Maryland, September 4-7, 1862. General Jubal A. Early's II Corps, after an . . . — — Map (db m10145) HM
Near Martinsburg Road, 1.2 miles west of Wasche Road, on the right when traveling west.
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 m237612) HM
On Beallsville Road (State Highway 109) just south of Hillrise Lane, on the right when traveling south.
Built about 1930 as the first metering station for the Washington area gas supply, this building was saved from imminent destruction by concerned citizens dedicated to both the preservation of the visible past and revitalization of the railroad. . . . — — Map (db m139683) HM
On Darnestown Road (Maryland Route 28) 1.1 miles north of Beallsville Road (Maryland Route 109), on the right when traveling north.
Family Farming
Dr. William Brewer acquired 583 acres in a land grant known as “Woodstock Manor,”
in 1838. Woodstock was two miles from Dr. Brewer's primary residence, Aix-La-Chappell where he provided medical treatment to the local . . . — — Map (db m86904) HM
Near Darnestown Road (Maryland Route 28) 1.1 miles north of Beallsville Road (Maryland Route 109), on the right when traveling north.
Importance of Horses
Horses were brought to this continent by Spanish explorers in the 16th century. Their speed and endurance were invaluable in the New World. In early America. specific breeds were relatively unknown. Horses were . . . — — Map (db m86431) HM
Near Wasche Road, 0.3 miles north of Farm Road Trail, on the right when traveling north.
Restoring History
This circa 1800 stable was built either by the Young family or the Fisher family of Seneca sandstone most likely quarried nearby on the Potomac River. Seneca stone was prized for its ruddy variegated color, local abundance, . . . — — Map (db m86368) HM
Near Old Hundred Road (Maryland Route 109) at Comus Road (Maryland Route 95), on the left when traveling north. Reported missing.
You are looking at Sugarloaf Mountain, where the running cavalry fight that began in the late afternoon on September 9, 1862, in Barnesville came to a halt. By the next morning, the 7th and 9th Virginia Cavalry had been brought to bay here at the . . . — — Map (db m1683) HM
On Whites Ferry Road (State Road 107) at Martinsburg Road on Whites Ferry Road.
The Warren Historic Site is dedicated to preserving three historic buildings erected at this location on the grounds of the Warren United Methodist Church. These buildings served as the nucleus of a small rural African-American community known as . . . — — Map (db m4613) HM
On Whites Ferry Road (Maryland Route 107) at Martinsburg Road, on the left when traveling west on Whites Ferry Road.
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
