During the Antietam Campaign, the U.S. Signal Corps used the stone structure as a signal station. On July 4, 1827, citizens of the town of Boonsboro paraded to the top of the mountain here and began building this first monument in the country . . . — — Map (db m1886) HM
On North Main Street / Old National Road (Alternate U.S. 40), on the right when traveling south.
During the Antietam Campaign, the U.S. Signal Corps used the stone structure in front of you and to your left as a signal station. On July 4, 1827, citizens of the town of Boonsboro paraded to the top of the mountain here and began building this . . . — — Map (db m1161) HM
On Old National Pike (Alternate U.S. 40) 1.2 miles east of Gilardi Road, on the right when traveling east.
After Gen. Robert E. Lee issued Special Order 191 near Frederick dividing the Army of Northern Virginia into four columns, Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson’s command marched across South Mountain on September 10, 1862. His column . . . — — Map (db m122154) HM
On Frederick Street (Historic National Road) (Alternate U.S. 40) near Kenly Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Gen. Robert E. Lee with Longstreet’s Corps entered Hagerstown Sept. 11, 1862 to make it a base for operations in Pennsylvania. On Sept. 14, 1862 this force hastened to the battle of South Mountain and then to the battlefield of Antietam. — — Map (db m1156) HM
On South Potomac Street (Maryland Route 65) 0.1 miles south of Doub Way, on the right when traveling south.
12 miles to Antietam National Battlefield Site, where on Sept. 17, 1862, about 41,000 Confederates under the command of General Robert E. Lee were pitted against 87,000 Federals under General George B. McClellan. — — Map (db m1965) HM
On Virginia Avenue (U.S. 11) at Bower Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Virginia Avenue.
One of Lee’s ammunition trains was captured here Sept. 15, 1862 by 1200 Federal cavalry under Col. B. F. Davis, escaping from Gen. T. J. “Stonewall” Jackson’s capture of Harpers Ferry. This loss was felt by the Confederate army at the Battle of . . . — — Map (db m386) HM
On Old National Pike (Alternate U.S. 40) at Lappans Road (Maryland Route 68), on the left when traveling west on Old National Pike.
Under Special Order 191, Maj. Gen Thomas J. Jackson led Confederate troops from Frederick to capture Harper's Ferry.
On Sept. 11, 1862, Jackson's Second Corps moved by this road from its encampment near Boonsborough to cross the Potomac at . . . — — Map (db m3912) HM
On South Main Street (Alternate U.S. 40) west of Rohresville Road (Maryland Route 67), on the right when traveling west.
The bloodiest conflict of the War Between the States occurred September 17, 1862, a few miles from this point
(Turn ← in the center of Boonsboro). — — Map (db m456) HM
On Baltimore Street (Alternate U.S. 40), on the left when traveling west.
Civil War Hospital Site Angela Kirkham Davis House Was used as a hospital during The Maryland Campaign 1862 Private Property courtesy of S.H.A.F. — — Map (db m2008) HM
On West Main Street (Maryland Route 144), on the left when traveling west.
Maj. James Breathed was born near present-day Berkeley Spring, W. Va., on December 15, 1838, and moved while young with his family to Washington Co., Md. He attended St. James School in Lydia, where his father John Breathed was headmaster. At age . . . — — Map (db m155364) HM
On E. Potomac Street (U.S. 11) at Peachtree Lane, on the left when traveling east on E. Potomac Street.
Williamsport was used by Union General Patterson crossing on July 2, 1861, Confederate General Jackson moving against Harper's Ferry on September 11, 1862, and General Lee advancing with much of his army to, and retreating from, Gettysburg in June . . . — — Map (db m3910) HM
On September 10, 1862, Gen. Robert E. Lee ordered Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson and a detachment of 15,000 men, about two-thirds of the Army of Northern Virginia, to capture the Union garrison at Harpers Ferry and secure Confederate . . . — — Map (db m1118) HM
On Taylor Drive at North Main Street (Maryland Route 845), in the median on Taylor Drive.
After the Battle of South Mountain ended around nightfall on September 14, 1862, many Confederates marched by here. The next day, Gen. George B. McClellan’s Army of the Potomac arrived, and McClellan established his headquarters here in the German . . . — — Map (db m1640) HM
On Keedysville Road, 0.5 miles west of Shepherdstown Pike (Maryland Route 34), on the right when traveling east.
The 20.25 acre property on Little Antietam Creek was bequeathed to Samuel Merritt Hitt by Robert Smith on October 28, 1818. A two-story, two-section grist and sawmill was constructed about 1820 by Hitt, who diverted the established road so traffic . . . — — Map (db m3202) HM
On Keedysville Road, 0.5 miles west of Shepherdstown Pike (Maryland Route 34), on the right when traveling east.
Civil War Hospital Site Samuel Pry Mill Was used as a hospital during The Maryland Campaign 1862 Private Property courtesy of S.H.A.F. — — Map (db m3203) HM
On Keedysville Road, on the right when traveling south.
Civil War Hospital Site Hoffman Farm Was used as a hospital during The Maryland Campaign 1862 Private Property courtesy of S.H.A.F. — — Map (db m7191) HM
On Keedysville Road, 0.5 miles west of Shepherdstown Pike (Maryland Route 34), on the right when traveling west.
The main timber-frame portion of the house was built by the Hitt family before 1790. A log addition was added in the 1830's by the Cost family, nearly doubling the size of the house. After the battle of Antietam, it was used as a hospital and later . . . — — Map (db m6777) HM
On Boonsboro Pike (State Highway 34), on the right when traveling east. Reported missing.
This is the location of the famous "Middle Bridge," one of three bridges involved with the Battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862. The upper (Hitt) bridge and lower (Burnside) bridge are still standing. This three-arch stone bridge was destroyed by . . . — — Map (db m117543) HM
On Shepherdstown Pike (Maryland Route 34), 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 m1967) HM
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 m1970) HM
On Shepherdstown Pike (Maryland Route 34), on the left when traveling north.
After the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862, soldiers’ families traveled by rail to Hagerstown or Frederick, and then by horse and buggy to the site to recover the bodies of loved ones or to search for survivors. Thus began a constant . . . — — Map (db m1968) HM
On Shepherdstown Pike (Maryland Route 34), on the right when traveling north.
At the time of the bloody Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862, this house was the home of Stephen P. Grove, and this was his farm. The Federal Army of the Potomac camped throughout the area after the battle; the Grove house became the . . . — — Map (db m156636) HM
On Shepherdstown Pike (State Highway 34) east of Canal Road, on the left when traveling south.
The boyhood home of Colonel Henry Kyd Douglas, a member of Stonewall Jackson’s staff. Sept. 18, 1862, Federal troops occupied these premises and confined the Douglas family. June 18, 1863, Headquarters of Confederate Maj. Gen. Edward Johnson, en . . . — — Map (db m1877) HM
On Shephardstown Pike (Maryland Route 34) at Canal Road, on the left when traveling south on Shephardstown Pike.
Also known as Boteler’s, Pack Horse and Shepherdstown Ford. “Stonewall” Jackson’s command crossed here en route from Harper’s Ferry to Sharpsburg. Here the entire Army of Northern Virginia withdrew into Virginia, Sept. 18–19, 1862, . . . — — Map (db m1953) HM
Near Canal Road, on the right when traveling east.
A day after the Battle of Antietam, Confederate General Robert E. Lee retreated to the safety of the West Virginia (then Virginia) bluffs across the river from here. This was the only good crossing on the river for many miles upstream or downstream. . . . — — Map (db m154202) HM
