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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9R4_chesapeake-and-ohio-aqueduct_Dickerson-MD.html
Largest of eleven C&O aqueducts. Finished 1833, Alfred Cruger, Principal Engineer. Constructed of quartzite from Sugarloaf Mountain. It served until 1924, when after a flood, commercial operations ceased. Administered by the National Park Service.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6JC_whites-ford_Dickerson-MD.html
During the Civil War, White's Ford on the Potomac River was employed by Confederate troops on three separate occasions. Lee's troops crossed here in their invasion of Maryland, September 4-7, 1862. General Jubal A. Early's II Corps, after an abort…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM530_whites-ford_Dickerson-MD.html
A wing of Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia commanded by Gen. James Longstreet, as well as part of Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's cavalry, crossed into Maryland just south of here on September 5-6, 1862. Other parts of the 40,000-man force, sup…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM52R_whites-ford_Dickerson-MD.html
About 2 miles northwest was White's Ford. This Potomac crossing was used by Gen. R. E. Lee entering Maryland in September, 1862, and Generals J.E.B. Stuart and Jubal A. Early returning to Virginia in 1862 and 1864, respectively.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM52H_chesapeake-ohio-canal_Dickerson-MD.html
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park. The canal and towpath are dedicated to Justice William O. Douglas of White Ferry.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM525_1862-antietam-campaign_Dickerson-MD.html
Fresh from the victory at the Second Battle of ManassasGeneral Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia crossed the Potomac River on September 1-6, 1862,to bring the Civil War to Northern soil and to recruit sympathetic Marylanders. Union Gen. Ge…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM51W_gettysburg-campaign_Dickerson-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/HM51M_whites-ferry_Dickerson-MD.html
The serenity of the Maryland countryside wasshattered on September 4-6, 1862, as 35,000 Confederate soldiers of the Army of Northern Virginiawaded across the Potomac River. Gen. Robert E. Lee, hoping to rally support in the dividedstate, sent the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4K8_whites-ferry_Dickerson-MD.html
Before you is the last operating ferry on the Potomac River. Early settlers recognized these relatively still waters would provide an ideal location for a ferry. The first known ferry operation here was Conrad's Ferry in 1817. After the Civil War,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4D9_springing-over-the-monocacy_Dickerson-MD.html
Springing Over the Monocacy. Captain William McNeill of the U.S. Topographical Engineers called this aqueduct "...a work which, while it is highly ornamental, unites...in its plan and execution, ?the true principles of economy, usefulness and dura…