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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTH_hagans-tavern_Frederick-MD.html
The National Road has borne witness to many notorious comings and goings. The quiet atmosphere you'll find at Hagan's Tavern today is quite different from the raucous bawdiness of yesteryear. This tavern was a "place where the old bloats of the ne…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR7_medal-of-honor-recipients_Jefferson-MD.html
In July 1862 Congress authorized the president to present medals to soldiers of the United States Army for gallant and meritorious service. On September 14, 1862, two soldiers so distinguished themselves during the fighting at Crampton's Gap that …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR6_bartlett-leads-the-way_Jefferson-MD.html
Colonel Joseph J. Bartlett, the Commander of the Second Brigade of Franklin's First Division, found himself in a curious position. As a brigade commander, Bartlett chose both the field across which Franklin's Corps would attack and the formation f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR5_the-stage-is-set_Jefferson-MD.html
On the evening of September 13, 1862, Confederate cavalry under Brigadier General Wade Hampton and Colonel Thomas Munford occupied the Crampton's Gap/Burkittsville vicinity. Early on the 14th, Major General J.E.B. Stuart, en route to Harpers Ferry…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR1_burial-a-most-disagreeable-task_Jefferson-MD.html
The treatment of soldiers killed in action depended on which army held the battlefield after the guns fell silent. At South Mountain a few men from each Union regiment were assigned to burial details. To prevent the spread of disease, they lined u…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR0_padgetts-field-confederate-last-stand_Jefferson-MD.html
On September 14, 1862, this area was an open field belonging to George W. Padgett. A wooden, rail fence lined the road on the east. A low, stone wall bordered the field to the west. As the shattered remnants of Brigadier General Howell Cobb's forc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQZ_troup-light-artillery_Jefferson-MD.html
Organized in 1858 as the National Artillery, this unit changed its name to the Troup Light Artillery in honor of the former Georgia governor George W. Troup. It became a part of Cobb's Legion when the war began. During the Maryland Campaign, the b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQ0_jefferson_Jefferson-MD.html
In June 1863, Federal troops marched through Jefferson as the Army of the Potomac pursued Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, a menacing force to the west—but where was it headed? Fearing that Lee would push through the gaps in S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOY_first-new-jersey-brigade_Jefferson-MD.html
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Infantry and Hexamer's Battery September 14, 1862 Late in the afternoon the brigade advanced from the fields north and west of Burkittsville, charged up the mountain, carried this point and followed the enemy to the west …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOX_sealed-with-their-lives_Jefferson-MD.html
Just before the Confederate line along Mountain Church Road gave way, Brigadier General Howell Cobb arrived in Crampton's Gap with his Georgia and North Carolina troops. After meeting with Colonel Thomas Munford, who had been directing the battle,…