Taneytown

Taneytown (HM1DD)

Location: Taneytown, MD 21787 Carroll County
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Country: United States of America
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N 39° 39.795', W 77° 10.84'

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Meade's Pipe Creek Plan

— Gettysburg Campaign —

On June 29, 1863, Union Gen. George G. Meade ordered the Army of the Potomac to Pipe Creek to counter any move toward Washington or Baltimore by Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and to engage the Confederates in battle. Meade established his headquarters here at Taneytown and over the next two days watched his exhausted and footsore soldiers march by. Gen. Daniel E. Sickles stood on the porch of the old stone tavern and reviewed his III Corps troops as they arrived on June 30. Pvt. Charles Mattocks, 17th Maine Infantry wrote, "We marched through in columns by platoon. The young damsels sang Union songs and waived handkerchiefs to us as we passed along." After a rest, III Corps marched on to Bridgeport in the afternoon.

Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock's II Corps passed through Taneytown about noon on July 1. While resting at the Swope farm, Hancock received an order from Meade to leave his corps hurry to Gettysburg, and take charge of Union forces there, as General John F. Reynolds, the commander, had been killed in the battles opening moments. At 10 p.m., Meade followed, making his headquarters in the house of Mrs. Lydia Leister, a Carroll County native, who with her children took refuge in Silver Run.
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HM NumberHM1DD
Series This marker is part of the Maryland Civil War Trails series
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Placed ByMaryland Civil War Trails
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Date Added Wednesday, September 3rd, 2014 at 1:57am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 312939 N 4392655
Decimal Degrees39.66325000, -77.18066667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 39° 39.795', W 77° 10.84'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds39° 39' 47.70" N, 77° 10' 50.40" W
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Area Code(s)410, 301, 443
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 6175-6399 Ball Park Rd, Taneytown MD 21787, US
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