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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM414_brigadier-general-l-o-b-branch_Sharpsburg-MD.html
Brigadier GeneralL. O'B. BranchC.S.A.killed here.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM413_technical-high-school-old-city-hall_Harrisburg-PA.html
Erected in 1910 and designed by noted Harrisburg architect Charles Howard Lloyd, this building served as the main boy's high school of the City of Harrisburg. Known as the Technical High School, the building replaced, on the same site, the Lancast…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM412_original-capitol-complex_Harrisburg-PA.html
When ten hilltop acres of William Maclay's farm were sold in 1810 to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the ultimate erection of the Old Capitol Building, the sale was predicated upon Maclay's earlier prescribed directive establishing exactly wh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM411_the-dwight-d-eisenhower-highway_Myersville-MD.html
In August 1973, the U.S. Congress designated a cross-country stretch of Interstate as the "Dwight D. Eisenhower Highway," in tribute to President Eisenhower's early recognition of the need for a national network of highways to enhance the mobility…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM410_archers-brigade_Sharpsburg-MD.html
C.S.A.Archer's BrigadeIn its advance from the Antietam Furnace Road, west of this point, on the afternoon of September 17th, 1862. Archer's Brigade of A.P. Hill's Division encountered the Federal troops posted behind the stone wall forming the wes…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM40Z_underground-railroad_Lemoyne-PA.html
Harrisburg's prominent role in the advance of the Union cause leading to the Civil War was particularly evident by its sympathy in harboring former slaves who had escaped servitude from the South. As early as 1836, the Harrisburg Anti-Slavery Soci…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM40Y_old-pennsylvania-railroad-station_Harrisburg-PA.html
Harrisburg grew from its earliest days due to its strategic location as a gateway to western expansion, becoming one of the most important inland centers of U.S. transportation and trade. The development of rail lines along the same routes as the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM40X_333-market-street_Harrisburg-PA.html
At 341 feet in height, 333 Market Street represents the pinnacle of Harrisburg's robust skyline and is not only the city's tallest building, but also the tallest of any building located between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Built in 1977 as part of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM40W_30th-ohio-volunteer-infantry_Sharpsburg-MD.html
(Front Inscription):Ohio30th InfantryCommanded byLieut. Col. Theodore Jones (captured)Major George H. HildtHugh Ewing's (1st) BrigadeKanawha DivisionNinth Army CorpsArmy of the Potomac (Rear Inscription):This Regiment was engaged here about 5 o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM40V_ninth-army-corps_Sharpsburg-MD.html
U.S.A.Ninth Army CorpsEwing's Brigade, Kanawha Division.Col. Hugh Ewing, 30th Ohio Infantry, Commanding.Organization.12th, 23d and 30th Ohio Infantry,McMullin's Battery, Ohio Light Artillery.September 16-17, 1862.On the evening of September 16th E…