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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM286W_comus-inn_Dickerson-MD.html
This Property
Is Listed in the
National Register
of Historic Places
By the United States
Department of Interior
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2093_the-confederate-monument-a-war-memorial_Dickerson-MD.html
To
Our Heroes
of
Montgomery Co.
Maryland
That We Through Life
May Not Forget to Love
The Thin Gray Line
Erected A.D. 1913
1861 CSA 1865
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XAF_early-crosses-at-whites-ford-historical_Dickerson-MD.html
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In June 1864, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee sent Gen. Jubal A. Early's corps from the Richmond battlefields to the Shenandoah Valley to counter Union Gen. David Hunter's army. After driving Hunter into West Virginia, Early invaded Mary…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XA8_lee-crosses-into-maryland-historical_Dickerson-MD.html
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After Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's smashing victory over Union Gen. John Pope at Second Battle of Manassas, Lee decided to invade Maryland to reap the fall harvest, gain Confederate recruits, earn foreign recognition of the Confeder…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MOF_brewer-farmstead_Dickerson-MD.html
Family Farming
Dr. William Brewer acquired 583 acres in a land grant known as "Woodstock Manor,"
in 1838. Woodstock was two miles from Dr. Brewer's primary residence, Aix-La-Chappell where he provided medical treatment to the local c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MMV_african-american-soldiers-from-montgomery-county_Dickerson-MD.html
Black men — both free and enslaved — were called upon to fight in the Civil War which ultimately led to the dismantlement of slavery, that 'peculiar institution.'
As the Civil War dragged on, the state newspapers exaggerated that t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MC3_equestrian-heritage_Dickerson-MD.html
Importance of Horses
Horses were brought to this continent by Spanish explorers in the 16th centuÂry. Their speed and endurance were invaluable in the New World. In early America. specific breeds were relatively unknown. Horses were identifie…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FZR_1862-antietam-campaign_Dickerson-MD.html
Fresh from victory at the Second Battle of Manassas, Gen. Robert E. Lee 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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18BU_monocacy-aqueduct_Dickerson-MD.html
Confederate Gen. D. H. Hill's division crossed the Potomac at Point of Rocks on September 4, 1862, and marched south to clear Union forces from the area. His men breached and drained the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal at several places, burned canal bo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11J1_sugar-loaf-mountain_Dickerson-MD.html
Has been designated a registered natural landmark under the provisions of the historic sites act of August 21, 1935. This site possesses exceptional value in illustrating the natural history of the United States.