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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A4K_pegrams-purcell-virginia-battery_Sharpsburg-MD.html
Part of A.P. Hill's Division, Pegram's battery left Harpers Ferry the morning of the battle. The Virginians crossed the Potomac River and took position here about 4:00. Pegram's guns fired into the flank of the Union 9th Corps and helped drive Bur…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A4I_squires-battery-1st-company-washington-artillery-of-new-orleans_Sharpsburg-MD.html
Squires' Battery was posted on this high ground east of Sharpsburg (the National Cemetery was not here). They defended the center of the Confederate army, the crucial Middle Bridge, and the Boonsboro Turnpike. These guns helped repulse Union artil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A4G_battery-a-1st-rhode-island-light-artillery_Sharpsburg-MD.html
This battery of six rifled 10 lb. Parrott guns provided exceptional support to the Second Corps infantry during their attacks on the Sunken Road. They fired over 1,000 rounds in three hours. At one point, Confederate soldiers charged directly into…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A4F_brockenbroughs-2nd-baltimore-maryland-battery_Sharpsburg-MD.html
At daybreak, Brockenbrough's guns blasted counter-battery fire from here toward Matthews' and Thompson's Union guns north of the Cornfield. Brockenbrough then relocated to Hauser's Ridge, higher ground to the west, and fired into Sedgwick's Divisi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A4E_woolfolks-ashland-virginia-battery_Sharpsburg-MD.html
Part of S.D. Lee's Battalion, Woolfolk's battery supported the Confederate efforts on the northern end of the battlefield. When the fighting in the Cornfield was at its worst, Woolfolk moved to this advanced position where the 28th Pennsylvania In…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A4D_battery-b-4th-united-states-artillery_Sharpsburg-MD.html
Battery B rumbled down the Hagerstown Turnpike with the initial advance of the First Corps. The Battery fought against Stonewall Jackson's Confederates who at one point moved to within yards of the guns. The fighting became so desperate that Union…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1593_shepherdstown_Sharpsburg-MD.html
History passed through the town of Shepherdstown for centuries. Native Americans cross the Potowomack River at the ford below the bluffs. German settlers crossed at Packhorse Ford as they emigrated from Pennsylvania into Virginia's Shenandoah Vall…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1592_a-view-into-the-past_Sharpsburg-MD.html
This Civil War era photograph offers a glimpse into the two Shepherdstown communities that grew up along the river. The stone pilings in this photograph were all that remained of the covered bridge burned by Confederate troops led by Stonewall Jac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM158Y_river-crossing_Sharpsburg-MD.html
Shepherdstown was established near a natural ford used by American Indians and early settlers to cross the Potomac River. A ferry service, begun in 1775, reliably connected Shepherdstown with communities throughout Maryland and Pennsylvania for al…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14N4_20th-new-york-volunteer-infantry_Sharpsburg-MD.html
(Front):20th Regiment.N.Y. Vols.Turner Rifles.3d Brig. 2d Div.6th Corps.———1861-1863.
(Right):Zum Andenkenan unsereGefallen Kameradenerrichtet von denUeberlebenden des Regts
(Left):Erected in Memoryof ourFallen Comradesby t…