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(Front Face): Took commandof the Army of the PotomacUnder orders fromPresident LincolnSeven hundred feetNorth of this markerJune 28, 1863He pursued the Confederatesand at Gettysburg July 1,2,3Fought the decisive battleof the Civil War
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17I_gettysburg-campaign_Frederick-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/HM171_meade-takes-command_Frederick-MD.html
Near this spot, on the grounds of Prospect Hall, Union Gen. George Gordon Meade replaced Gen. Joesph "Fighting Joe" Hooker as commander of the Army of the Potomac on Sunday, June 28, 1863. Meade took command reluctantly because he was concerned ab…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16F_the-national-road_Frederick-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/HM16A_a-crossroads-of-american-history_Frederick-MD.html
The Square Corner, at the intersection of Patrick and Market Streets, has long been the commercial and financial heart of Frederick. It is here that the National Road meets several important north-south roads that lead to Pennsylvania, Virginia, a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM164_hessian-barracks-witness-to-history_Frederick-MD.html
1777 Built at direction of Maryland General Assembly
1778-79 Quartered Hessian and Convention prisoners captured at Bennington and Saratoga
1782 Quartered Hessian and Bayreuth Yager Regiments following Cornwallis' surrender
1799 Quarte…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM162_the-great-baby-waker_Frederick-MD.html
On April 22, 1783, this historic cannon announcedthe end of the American Revolution here on the western frontier of the new nation
Cat at the Mount Aetna forge nearHagerstown, this iron fortification gunentered service at the New FrederickBarra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM160_these-barracks_Frederick-MD.html
1776 - 1814These BarracksMark the course of the strugglefor American IndependenceBuilt in 1777 by the British and Hessian prisoners of the Revolutionary War, here were detained those taken at the Battles of Saratoga, Trenton, and Yorktown, also th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15Y_graves-monuments-and-memorials_Frederick-MD.html
In Mount Olivet Cemetery are the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers who fought in the battles of South Mountain, Antietam, Gettysburg, and Monocacy. Near the graves is the Confederate Monument, and the Memorial to children who fought and die…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15W_francis-scott-key_Frederick-MD.html
Francis Scott KeyAuthor of"The Star Spangled Banner"Born in Frederick County, Maryland, 1779. Died in Baltimore 1843 and there buried. Removed to Federick 1866 and interred in family lot.In 1898 the remains of Francis Scott Key and Mary Tayloe Llo…