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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMB_antietam-battlefield_Hagerstown-MD.html
12 miles to Antietam National Battlefield Site, where on Sept. 17, 1862, about 41,000 Confederates under the command of General Robert E. Lee were pitted against 87,000 Federals under General George B. McClellan.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMA_cobbs-brigade-mclaws-division-c-s-a_Knoxville-MD.html
Cobb's BrigadeMcLaw's Division C.S.A.——···—— At 1 P.M. on September 14, 1862, Cobb's Brigade under Gen. Howell Cobb of Athens, GA. marched from Sandy Hook to Brownsville at the west foot of South Mounta…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM0_swearingens-ferry-and-pack-horse-ford_Sharpsburg-MD.html
Thomas Swearingen began operating in 1755 a ferry where Rumsey Bridge now crosses the Potomac. It was about half a mile upstream from Pack Horse Ford. During the Revolution the Ford and Ferry served the Continental Army; British and German prisone…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLZ_blackfords-ford_Sharpsburg-MD.html
Also known as Boteler's Pack Horse and Shepherdstown Ford. "Stonewall" Jackson's command crossed here en route from Harper's Ferry to Sharpsburg. Here the entire Army of Northern Virginia withdrew into Virginia, Sept. 18-19, 1862, following the Ba…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLH_crossroads-of-history_Hagerstown-MD.html
In the court house that stood on this site Confederate Gen. John McCausland was given $20,000 in cash and all of the suits, hats, shoes, boots, shirts and socks that could be found as ransom upon his threat to burn Hagerstown in July of 1864.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKZ_gettysburg-campaign_Boonsboro-MD.html
After stunning victories at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, Virginia, early in May 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee carried the war through Maryland, across the Mason and Dixon Line and into Pennsylvania. His infantry marched north throug…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKX_the-national-road_Boonsboro-MD.html
". . . so many happy people, restless in the midst of abundance." —Alexis de Tocqueville, 1840.
Americans are an adventurous people. Frompast to present, they have used feet, horses,wagons, stagecoaches, canals, railroads,bicycles, automo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKR_john-collins_Boonsboro-MD.html
Native of Frederick County, skilled hunter and a superintendent of provisions with the Lewis and Clark expedition, John Collins was the first Marylander to cross the North American continent. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were charged by Thom…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKD_cramptons-gap-maryland-heights-and-pleasant-valley_Boonsboro-MD.html
Important points during the first invasion of Maryland by the Army of the Confederacy in 1862.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKC_ferry-hill-place_Sharpsburg-MD.html
The boyhood home of Colonel Henry Kyd Douglas, a member of Stonewall Jackson's staff. Sept. 18, 1862, Federal troops occupied these premises and confined the Douglas family. June 18, 1863, Headquarters of Confederate Maj. Gen. Edward Johnson, en r…