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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFC_whites-ferry_Boyds-MD.html
→ 12 Miles →And old ferry and ford across the Potomac River often used during the war between the states by Confederate forces under Generals Robert E. Lee, Jubal Early, J.E.B. Stuart and others during campaigns and raids in Maryland.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFA_barnesville_Barnesville-MD.html
On the evening of September 5, 1862, Gen. Wade Hampton's and Gen. Fitzhugh Lee's Confederate cavalry brigades bivouacked around Barnesville. They rode the next day to their base camp at Urbana, leaving the 9th Virginia Cavalry to guard Barnesville…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF9_barnesville_Barnesville-MD.html
The advance of Union Gen. John F. Reynolds' I Corps began slogging through Barnesville on the morning of Friday, June 26, 1863, having crossed the Potomac River the afternoon before and camped west of town. Continuous heavy rain made marching mudd…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2Q_edwards-ferry_Poolesville-MD.html
A major crossing of the Potomac River guarded by Union troops throughout the Civil War. In Oct. 1861 a Union unit crossed during the Battle of Ball's Bluff, but did not participate.
From Dec. 1861 to March 1862 the base of balloon operations o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E_gold-mining-in-maryland_Rockville-MD.html
Most gold found in Maryland came from the Potomac area. Mining operations began shortly after gold was discovered near Great Falls during the Civil War and continued until 1940; incidental prospecting continued until 1951. From 1884-1940 the US Mi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT_baltimore-and-ohio-railroad-station_Gaithersburg-MD.html
Built: 1884. The Gaithersburg Railroad Station and freight house were built in 1884 as handsome replacements for the adjacent small frame structure which served as a freight depot when the Metropolitan Branch of the B & O Railroad was extended to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD_general-edward-braddock_Gaithersburg-MD.html
General Edward Braddock in April 1755, accompanied by Gov. Horatio Sharpe of Maryland, traveled this road in a coach and six horses, on his way to Frederick, Md. to meet Benjamin Franklin and George Washington, to arrange for teams for the Fort Du…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB_the-silver-spring_Silver-Spring-MD.html
The community of Silver Spring derives its name from a mica flecked sparkling spring which existed in the immediate area and is now commemorated in this park. Francis Preston Blair, who came to Maryland from Kentucky to publish a newspaper in supp…