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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM57T_the-georgetown-branch-railroad_Bethesda-MD.html
The Capital Crescent Trail follows the route of an old railroad line called the Georgetown Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio (B&O). It's all that remains of an unrealized attempt by the B&O to construct a major rail link between the Baltimore-Washi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM530_whites-ford_Dickerson-MD.html
A wing of Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia commanded by Gen. James Longstreet, as well as part of Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's cavalry, crossed into Maryland just south of here on September 5-6, 1862. Other parts of the 40,000-man force, sup…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM52R_whites-ford_Dickerson-MD.html
About 2 miles northwest was White's Ford. This Potomac crossing was used by Gen. R. E. Lee entering Maryland in September, 1862, and Generals J.E.B. Stuart and Jubal A. Early returning to Virginia in 1862 and 1864, respectively.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM52H_chesapeake-ohio-canal_Dickerson-MD.html
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park. The canal and towpath are dedicated to Justice William O. Douglas of White Ferry.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM52G_north-adams-street-and-middle-lane-residential-area_Rockville-MD.html
The area at North Adams Street and Middle Lane has four of the oldest surviving Rockville homes: 101, 106, and 5 North Adams, and the Beall-Dawson House.
The 1793 portion of the house at 5 North Adams is probably the oldest structure in Rockvi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM525_1862-antietam-campaign_Dickerson-MD.html
Fresh from the victory at the Second Battle of ManassasGeneral Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia crossed the Potomac River on September 1-6, 1862,to bring the Civil War to Northern soil and to recruit sympathetic Marylanders. Union Gen. Ge…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM51W_gettysburg-campaign_Dickerson-MD.html
After stunning victories at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, Virginia, early in May 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee carried the war through Maryland, across the Mason and Dixon Line and into Pennsylvania. His infantry marched north throug…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM51M_whites-ferry_Dickerson-MD.html
The serenity of the Maryland countryside wasshattered on September 4-6, 1862, as 35,000 Confederate soldiers of the Army of Northern Virginiawaded across the Potomac River. Gen. Robert E. Lee, hoping to rally support in the dividedstate, sent the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4ZW_higgins-house_Rockville-MD.html
Early Sunday morning, June 28, 1863, Confederate cavalrymen arrived at merchant John Higgins' house to arrest him, but he had already left for Christ Episcopal Church. Instead they captured Eblen, a 17 year-old Union soldier recuperating here. Whe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4UT_veirs-mill_Aspen-Hill-MD.html
Veirs Mill was built by Samuel Clark Veirs in 1838. It was operated by Veirs and Co., or Veirs and Bros., for 89 years. Known by many as Rock Creek Mills, it drew customers from Rockville and Mitchel's Crossroads (now Wheaton), through a route tha…