Related Historical Markers

By Christopher Busta-Peck

The Henry Shoemaker House

SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER

1 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Middletown — Civil War Hospital Site — Henry Shoemaker House —

Civil War Hospital Site The Henry Shoemaker House was used as a hospital site during the Maryland Campaign 1862. Private Property courtesy of S.H.A.F — — Map (db m4953) HM

2 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Frederick — Hospitals in Frederick — Caring for the Wounded —

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

3 ► Maryland, Washington County, Funkstown — Civil War Hospital Site — Angela Kirkham Davis House —

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

4 ► Maryland, Washington County, Brownsville — St. Luke’s Episcopal Church — Brownsville, Maryland — Founded 1837 —

During the civil war, St. Luke’s served as headquarters for General Lafayette McLaws, whose troops from the Army of Northern Virginia were bivouacked around Brownsville, September 11, 1862. It served as a hospital for his wounded following the . . . — — Map (db m144951) HM

5 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Burkittsville — Burkittsville — Houses of Worship Become Houses of Misery — Antietam Campaign 1862 —

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

6 ► Maryland, Washington County, Keedysville — Pry Mill —

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

7 ► Maryland, Washington County, Keedysville — Civil War Hospital Site — Samuel Pry Mill —

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

8 ► Maryland, Washington County, Keedysville — Keedysville — Headquarters and Hospital Town — Antietam Campaign 1862 —

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

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9 ► Maryland, Washington County, Keedysville — Civil War Hospital Site — Hoffman Farm —

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

10 ► West Virginia, Jefferson County, Shepherdstown — R.D. Shepherds Town Hall — Civil War Hospital Site —

R.D. Shepherds Town Hall Was used as a hospital during The Maryland Campaign 1862 — — Map (db m1948) HM

11 ► West Virginia, Jefferson County, Shepherdstown — Moulder Hall — Civil War Hospital Site —

Moulder Hall Was used as a hospital during the Maryland Campaign 1862. Private Property courtesy of S.H.A.F. — — Map (db m1947) HM

12 ► West Virginia, Jefferson County, Shepherdstown — Shepherdstown — “The Whole Town was a Hospital” — Antietam Campaign 1862 —

In September 1862, after the Maryland Battles of South Mountain and Antietam, Shepherdstown became a scene of indescribable suffering. “The whole town was a hospital,” wrote resident Mary Bedinger Mitchell. “There was scarcely a . . . — — Map (db m1939) HM