Lee Invades Maryland
Fresh from victory at the Second Battle of Manassas, Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia crossed the Potomac River on September 4-6, 1862, to bring the Civil War to Northern soil and to recruit sympathetic Marylanders. Union Gen. George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac pursued Lee, who had detached Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's force to capture the Union garrison at Harpers Ferry. After the Federals pushed the remaining Confederates out of the South Mountain gaps, Lee awaited Jackson's return near Sharpsburg and Antietam Creek.HM Number | HM4V |
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Series | This marker is part of the Virginia Civil War Trails series |
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Placed By | Maryland Civil War Trails |
Marker Condition | No reports yet |
Date Added | Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 at 9:15am PDT -07:00 |
UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18S E 278911 N 4336099 |
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Decimal Degrees | 39.14603333, -77.55831667 |
Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 39° 8.762', W 77° 33.499' |
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 39° 8' 45.72" N, 77° 33' 29.94" W |
Driving Directions | Google Maps |
Area Code(s) | 703, 540, 571 |
Closest Postal Address | At or near 41791 Tutt Ln, Leesburg VA 20176, US |
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