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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27IP_amelung-glass-works_Frederick-MD.html
First glass manufactury in Maryland. Established by John Frederick Amelung of Bremen, Germany in 1784. George Washington wrote enthusiastically about it to Thomas Jefferson.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YSS_a-bold-plan_Frederick-MD.html
In June 1864, with Union Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant intent on destroying Confederate General Robert E. Lee's army, Lee developed a bold plan to capture Washington, D.C. He sent Lieutenant General Jubal A. Early with 15,000 troops to invad…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YNW_burning-the-bridge_Frederick-MD.html
On July 9, 1864, a wooden covered bridge spanned the Monocacy River where you see the present-day Urbana Pike Bridge. The covered bridge provided easy movement for the Confederates, intent on speeding 15,000 troops with their horses, wagons, and a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P8V_edgewood_Frederick-MD.html
The success of miller James H. Gambrill became apparent when he built Edgewood, the grand house on the hill. When it was constructed around 1872, the brick, three-story Second Empire style house was one of the largest single-family residences in F…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JWG_final-attack_Frederick-MD.html
Come on, Georgians, follow me and we will show these (Confederate) cavalrymen how to fight.
Confederate General Clement Evans (As heard by Private N. Harris, 16th Virginia Cavalry)
After the failed cavalry attacks on Thomas Farm, Confederate G…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JWF_ambush_Frederick-MD.html
On the morning of July 9, 1864, John T. Worthington sent his family to safety in the cellar. From an upstairs window he watched Confederate General McCausland lead his cavalry brigade of 1,400 men into an ambush. Concealed behind a fence and waist…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JW5_retreat_Frederick-MD.html
At about 5:00 p.m. on July 9, 1864, the Confederates stormed the Union line on the Georgetown Pike. Union General Wallace ordered the withdrawal and chaos soon followed. With Confederates in hot pursuit, Union troops fled past Gambrill Mill, then …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JW1_desperate-escape_Frederick-MD.html
After Union General Wallace ordered the covered bridge burned, the railroad bridge became the only route of escape for Lieutenant Davis and his men, who were seperated from the rest of the Union forces by the river. His troops fought bravely all m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HNJ_civilians-under-siege_Frederick-MD.html
On the morning of July 9, 1864, C. Keefer Thomas hosted two Union officers at his breakfast table, talking about the impeding battle. Later that morning as the battle drew near, the Thomas family, with several houseguests, neighbors, enslaved labo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HNI_through-a-childs-eyes_Frederick-MD.html
On the morning of July 9, six-year-old Glenn Worthington was ushered into the farmhouse cellar with his family and their slaves. The windows had been boarded with thick oak boards and tubs of drinking water were placed in the cellar. Young Glenn p…