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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2PY_felfoot-bridge_Keedysville-MD.html
Built in 1854 by George Burgan for $1,550, this bridge spans Little Antietam Creek and stands on "Felfoot" a tract of land originally surveyed in 1734 and patented to Thomas Swearingen in 1737. An unusual feature of this bridge is the squared pila…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IM_middle-bridge_Keedysville-MD.html
This is the location of the famous "Middle Bridge," one of three bridges involved with the Battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862. The upper (Hitt) bridge and lower (Burnside) bridge are still standing. This three-arch stone bridge was destroyed b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IK_civil-war-hospital-site_Keedysville-MD.html
Civil War Hospital SiteSamuel Pry MillWas used as a hospital duringThe Maryland Campaign 1862Private Property
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IJ_pry-mill_Keedysville-MD.html
The 20.25 acre property on Little Antietam Creek was bequeathed to Samuel Merritt Hitt by Robert Smith on October 28, 1818. A two-story, two-section grist and sawmill was constructed about 1820 by Hitt, who diverted the established road so traffic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1II_hitt-bridge_Keedysville-MD.html
This three-arch span with its unusually high center arch was built in 1830 over a ford in the Antietam Creek that was used by Braddock's army in 1755. Samuel Hitt was instrumental in financing this bridge, which was built by Silas Harry, as agent …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNE_prys-mill-bridge_Keedysville-MD.html
This two-arch bridge was built over the Little Antietam Creek by George Burgan for $1,650 in 1858. Its cutwaters, the upstream pier bulwarks designed to divide the current and break up ice flows and log jams, are unique in that they are shaped lik…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMND_hesss-mill-bridge_Keedysville-MD.html
This two-arch bridge was built by John Weaver in 1832. It is unique in that one arch is so much larger than the other. The smaller arch may have accommodated the millrace which was located on that side of the Little Antietam and served the mill th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMED_keedysville_Keedysville-MD.html
After the Battle of South Mountain ended around nightfall on September 14, 1862, many Confederates marched by here. The next day, Gen. George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac arrived, and McClellan established his headquarters here in the German…