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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T2K_gettysburg-campaign-historical_Williamsport-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/HM1T2F_cushwa-basin-williamsport-historical_Williamsport-MD.html
Williamsport is located near the midway point of the 184.5 mile-long C & O Canal. Cushwa Basin was a turning basin where the 90 to 95 foot-long canal boats could turn around, one of only a few along the length of the canal system. This allowed boa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SZ0_mercersville-historical_Sharpsburg-MD.html
Mercersville was named for Charles Fenton Mercer, who served as the first president of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company from June 1828 through June 1833. Mr. Mercer, from Loudoun County, Virginia, also served as a member of the U.S. House of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SVU_the-c-o-canal-in-the-civil-war-at-williamsport-historical_Williamsport-MD.html
The C&O Canal was an important transportation line during the Civil War, and was a frequent target of attack from both sides. Confederate General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's troops attempted to breat Dam Nos. 4 & 5 in the winter of 1861-62.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SVT_murder-of-dewitt-clinton-rench-rentch-historical_Williamsport-MD.html
On June 5, 1861 Dewitt Clinton Rench came to Williamsport on business for his father, a local farmer. Angered at the presence of a Confederate sympathizer, a crowd of men demanded that he leave town. Rench refused until a prominent citizen advised…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SVK_doubleday-hill-historical_Williamsport-MD.html
In April 1861, Williamsport residents awoke to find themselves living across the Potomac River from the enemy. Virginia had seceded from the Union, and troops from both sides skirmished for control of the vital river crossing and the C & O Canal. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SVJ_doubleday-hill-historical_Williamsport-MD.html
In April 1861, Williamsport residents awoke to find themselves living across the Potomac River from the enemy. Virginia had seceded from the Union, and troops from both sides skirmished for control of the vital river crossing and the C & O Canal. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SVI_lights-ford-and-lemens-ferry-historical_Williamsport-MD.html
Williamsport was an important crossing point on the Potomac River. In 1863 Light's Ford was described as "the best ford on the river," and Union and Confederate troops crossed here repeatedly. Union armies forded the river in June and July 1861, a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SVH_the-bowie-list-historical_Williamsport-MD.html
Following the war, the unmarked graves of the Confederate dead were scattered across Washington County. Many were in poor condition and exposed to the elements by farmers and animals. In 1869, the trustees of the Antietam National Cemetery cont…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S95_buena-vista-ice-company-ft-richie_Highfield-Cascade-MD.html
Until the mid-1920s, the Buena Vista Ice Company of Germantown (now Cascade), Maryland, was located on this site for the harvesting of natural ice used to preserve produce and dairy products during shipment. It was one of its kind on the East Coas…
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