Historical Markers and War Memorials in Keedysville, Maryland
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Keedysville is in Washington County
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On Porterstown Road at Boonsboro Pike (Maryland Highway 34), on the right when traveling east on Porterstown Road. Reported missing.
U.S.A. On the afternoon of September 15, 1862, the two regular brigades of Sykes' Division, Fifth Army Corps went into position a few feet west of this road and parallel to it, where they remained until the morning of the 19th. This tablet . . . — — Map (db m117545) HM
On Shepherdstown Pike (Maryland Route 34) 0.4 miles west of Porterstown Road, on the right when traveling west.
You are now at the eastern entrance to Antietam National Battlefield, the site of the bloodiest single day battle in American history. More than 23,000 soldiers were killed, wounded, or missing at the end of twelve hours of combat.
On September . . . — — Map (db m143922) HM
Gen. George McClellan used the Pry House as the headquarters for the Union Army of the Potomac. Officers brought some of the Pry furniture out on the lawn. There eyewitnesses described a “small redan built of fence rails” with telescopes . . . — — Map (db m40447) HM
On Park Lane at Taylor Drive, on the right when traveling west on Park Lane.
This ball field was dedicated to Mayor Kenneth "Lee" Brandenburg on September 22, 2012. Lee served our community from 1996 to 1998 as Assistant Mayor and from 1998 to 2006 as Mayor. Lee dedicated a great deal of time and entergy to the management . . . — — Map (db m157778) 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
Built in 1854 by George Burgan for $1,550, this bridge spans Little Antietam Creek and stands on "Felfoot" a tract of land originally surveyed in 1734 and patented to Thomas Swearingen in 1737. An unusual feature of this bridge is the squared . . . — — Map (db m4929) HM
On Boonsboro / Shepherdstown Pike (State Highway 34), on the right when traveling east.
U.S.A. Fifth Army Corps. Maj. Gen. Fitz John Porter, Commanding. September 15 and 16, 1862. The Fifth Army Corps constituted the reserve of the Army of the Potomac. Its advance, Sykes' Division, reached this point in the afternoon of Sept. 15. . . . — — Map (db m155757) HM
On Coffman Farm Road, on the right when traveling west.
This two-arch bridge was built by John Weaver in 1832. It is unique in that one arch is so much larger than the other. The smaller arch may have accommodated the millrace which was located on that side of the Little Antietam and served the mill that . . . — — Map (db m2003) HM
On Shepherdstown Pike (Maryland Route 34) 0.3 miles north of Coffman Farms Road, on the right when traveling north.
Settlement of Keedysville began in 1738 when the tract "Gordon's Purchase" was patented. In 1770 Jacob Hess became the 5th owner of Gordon's Purchase where he engaged in the grain milling business. In 1788 Hess's 19-year-old son Christian became . . . — — Map (db m157774) HM
On Keedysville Road, on the right when traveling west.
This three-arch span with its unusually high center arch was built in 1830 over a ford in the Antietam Creek that was used by Braddock's army in 1755. Samuel Hitt was instrumental in financing this bridge, which was built by Silas Harry, as agent . . . — — Map (db m3201) 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 / Shepherdstown Pike (State Highway 34), on the right when traveling west.
U.S.A. Humphreys' Division, Fifth Army Corps Brig. Gen. Andrew A. Humphreys, Commanding. (September 14-18, 1862.) Humphreys' Division left Washington at daylight on September 14, and reached Frederick on the afternoon of September 15. During . . . — — Map (db m7140) 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 N Main Street (Maryland Route 845), on the right when traveling south.
Honor Roll In memory of those from the Keedysville District who served their country in World War II 1941 – 1945 * Gerald Baker * Ernest L. Eavey, Jr. * Roger Easterday * Gardner Lapole John Benner • Roger Burtner • Arlington . . . — — Map (db m41733) HM
On North Main Street (Maryland Route 845) at Mt Hebron, on the left when traveling south on North Main Street.
Erected by the citizens of the community in recognition of the patriotism shown by our boys who answered our country’s call in the World War 1917 – 1919. Killed in Action Private Reno Emory Wyand Served with Distincton . . . — — Map (db m143326) WM
On Boonsboro / Shepherdstown Pike (State Highway 34), on the right when traveling west.
U.S.A. Morell's Division, Fifth Army Corps. Maj. Gen. George W. Morell, Commanding. September 17 and 18, 1862. Morell's Division relieved Richardson's Division of the Second Corps at about 8.30 a.m. Sept. 17. Two brigades of this division were . . . — — Map (db m7142) HM
A knock on the door on September 16, 1862, forever changed the lives of Philip and Elizabeth Pry. For almost twenty years, the Prys prospered on this 140-acre farm along Antietam Creek while raising their family of six children. With Confederate . . . — — Map (db m40445) 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, 0.1 miles west of Shepherdstown Pike (Maryland Route 34), on the left when traveling west.
This two-arch bridge was built over the Little Antietam Creek by George Burgan for $1,650 in 1858. Its cutwaters, the upstream pier bulwarks designed to divide the current and break up ice flows and log jams, are unique in that they are shaped like . . . — — Map (db m2004) HM
On Boonsboro / Shepherdstown Pike (State Highway 34), on the right when traveling west.
U.S.A. Richardson's Division, Second Army Corps, Maj. Gen. Israel B. Richardson, Commanding. September 15-17, 1862. On the night of Sept. 15, 1862, the division was posted at the foot of the ridge on the north side of this road, to hold the . . . — — Map (db m7145) HM
On Shepherdstown Pike (State Highway 34), on the right when traveling east.
U.S.A. Second Army Corps. Major General E.V. Sumner, Commanding. (September 15-16, 1862.) Richardson's Division of the Second Corps, in close pursuit of the Army of Northern Virginia, in its retreat from South Mountain, passed through Boonsboro . . . — — Map (db m18078) HM
On Boonsboro / Shepherdstown Pike (State Highway 34), on the right when traveling west.
U.S.A. Second Army Corps, Maj. Gen. Edwin V. Sumner, Commanding. (September 15 and 16, 1862.) Richardson's Division of the Second Corps, preceded by the 5th New Hampshire as skirmishers, led the infantry advance from South Mountain on the . . . — — Map (db m7143) HM
