On Old National Pike (Alternate U.S. 40), on the right when traveling west.
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
On East Patrick Street (State Highway 144), on the left when traveling west.
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
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 Boteler Road, on the right when traveling south.
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
On East Main Street at Potomac Street (Maryland Route 17), on the right on East Main Street.
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
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 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, 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 German Street (West Virginia Route 230) at King Street (West Virginia Route 480), on the right when traveling west on German Street.
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
