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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/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/HM3D_hager-house-and-museum_Hagerstown-MD.html
When German immigrant and founder of Hagerstown,Jonathan Hager, arrived in this country in 1736, westernMaryland area was frontier. Maryland's colonial governorwas offering cheap land to those willing to settle here. In 1739, Hager obtained 200 ac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3B_hagers-fancy_Hagerstown-MD.html
Third dwelling was built by Jonathan Hager, founder of Hagerstown Maryland, 1762; Captain of Scouts, French and Indian War, 1755-1763; member of the Non-Importation Association and of the Committees of Safety and of Observation, 1775; member of th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3A_battle-of-funkstown_Hagerstown-MD.html
The Confederate presence at Funkstown threatened any Union advance against Gen. Robert E. Lee's position near Williamsport and the Potomac River as he retreated to Virginia after the Battle of Gettysburg. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's cavalry, posted at Fu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM39_jonathan-hager-house_Hagerstown-MD.html
October 16, 1739, Jonathan Hager took up "Hager's Fancy" 200 acres in the valley of Antietam Creek. A year later he married Elizabeth Kershner for whom Elizabeth-Town (Hagerstown) was named and established his home here. In 1944 it was aquired by …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM38_gen-robert-e-lee_Hagerstown-MD.html
Gen. Robert E. Lee with Longstreet's Corps entered Hagerstown Sept. 11, 1862 to make it a base for operations in Pennsylvania. On Sept. 14, 1862 this force hastened to the battle of South Mountain and then to the battlefield of Antietam.