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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM39K_washington-county-jail_Hagerstown-MD.html
An African American Heritage Report prepared by the Heritage Resources Group for the City of Hagerstown in 2002 identified the following historical incidents which suggest that the Washington County Jail was a significant site of activity along th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM39J_the-harmon-hotel_Hagerstown-MD.html
The Harmon Hotel stood here, one of more than 40 properties owned by Walter Harmon (1869-1915), a local African-American businessman who amassed a fortune in real estate. A McGaheysville, VA native, Harmon had 10 children and 20 grandchildren. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM39D_claggetts-millrace-bridge_Hagerstown-MD.html
Although it vaults only a millrace deflected from Antietam Creek proper, this small but well-designed one-arch bridge is typical of many others that have not survived at mill sites in the county. It is not certain that John Weaver built this 53' b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2SI_claggetts-mill-bridge_Hagerstown-MD.html
This three-arch bridge over Antietam Creek was completed by John Weaver in 1840 for $2,800. It was near the mill operated for generations by the Claggett family. The house, barn, and outbuildings of the Claggett estate, "Valentia," stand nearby. T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2PZ_roses-mill-bridge_Hagerstown-MD.html
This handsome three-arch bridge over Antietam Creek was constructed by John Weaver in 1839 and was specially adapted to the grain mill which was built at the same time. The westernmost of the three arches was designed to accommodate the millrace f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM201_battle-of-funkstown_Hagerstown-MD.html
After Gettysburg, in order to mask entrenching operations along the Potomac river by General R. E. Lee, Confederate troops, led by General J.E.B. Stuart, engaged Union forces under General John Buford. The day-long battle east of the road resulted…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZI_one-of-lees-ammunition-trains_Hagerstown-MD.html
One of Lee's ammunition trains was captured here Sept. 15, 1862 by 1200 Federal cavalry under Col. B. F. Davis, escaping from Gen. T. J. "Stonewall" Jackson's capture of Harpers Ferry. This loss was felt by the Confederate army at the Battle of An…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNL_building-the-funkstown-bridge_Hagerstown-MD.html
"The turnpike bridge at Funkstown is the only one...which seems to belong to a town" —Helen Ashe Hays, The Antietam and its Bridges This bridge, finished in 1823, is perhaps the oldest one over Antietam Creek. Irish immigrant laborers mad…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNJ_funkstown-bridge-no-2_Hagerstown-MD.html
This bridge over Antietam Creek at Funkstown was built in 1833 by George Weaver for $1,800. At this site was Shafer's Mill where flour was ground. The most notable feature of this bridge is the graduated size of its three arches, growing larger fr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNI_civil-war-hospital-site_Hagerstown-MD.html
Civil War Hospital SiteAngela Kirkham Davis HouseWas used as a hospital duringThe Maryland Campaign 1862Private Propertycourtesy of S.H.A.F.
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