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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C3W_grusendorf-log-house_Gaithersburg-MD.html
The Grusendorf Log House is one of a few remaining pre-Civil War structures in the Germantown/Gaithersburg area. Built circa 1840.
The Cabin was relocated to its present site next to the Seneca Creek State Park Visitor Center in the 1990s to pr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C3T_the-woodlands_Gaithersburg-MD.html
The LandFrancis Cassatt Clopper began assembling The Woodlands in 1812 by purchasing a patchwork of neighboring farms. An assessment of Montgomery County properties in 178 listed a variety of framed houses, log cabins, and tobacco and corn sheds e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BRF_the-civil-war-in-darnestown_Gaithersburg-MD.html
Although no major battles were fought in Darnestown, major troop movements occurred throughout the war.
April 13, 1861? ? -?- ?Fort Sumpter Falls
April 15 1861? ? -?- ?Lincoln calls out 75,000 state militia
May 3, 1861? ? -?- ? Lincoln ca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BO9_the-signal-corps-and-wartime-communications_Gaithersburg-MD.html
A Signal Corps station and training camp was established near Darnestown in 1861. Signaling with flags was invented by army surgeon Albert J. Meyer and first used against the Navahos in border warfare before the Civil War. Signaling with flags pro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BNU_civil-war-troops-darnestown-residents_Gaithersburg-MD.html
Military Hardships
Before becoming soldiers with military spirit, the men endured a series of hardships and deprivations. Even with their close proximity to Washington D. C. the men of Banks' division suffered shortages of clothing, shelter, fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BNA_disease-death-and-medical-discoveries-during-the-civil-war_Gaithersburg-MD.html
Soldiers feared bullets and bayonets on the battlfield, but the greater danger was the invisible presence of bacteria in both Union and Confederate camps. By 1865, 620,000 men were casualties of war; the bulk succumbed to communicable diseases lik…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BMF_clues-to-the-past-oral-history-and-archaeology_Gaithersburg-MD.html
Several recorded accounts identified that 20 to 30 individuals, including members of the Darne family, were buried here. Given the high infant mortality rates until the mid-19th century even the youngest residents of Darnestown were vulnerable to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BL1_darnestown-a-strategic-point-of-defense_Gaithersburg-MD.html
By the summer of 1861, the Union recognized Darnestown as an ideal location for establishing a major division headquarters. The town was strategically situated at the intersection of roads leading to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and to Washington…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BKT_a-19th-century-crossroads_Gaithersburg-MD.html
The thriving crossroads community of Darnestown during the 1880s looked much different than it does today. Photographs from that time, however, help us understand what someone traveling through Darnestown might have experienced.
Darnestown grew…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BKO_andrew-small-academy_Gaithersburg-MD.html
The years following the Civil War were a booming time for Darnestown. Local residents repaired damages from the war and returned to their daily means of livelihood. Andrew Small was a C&O Canal contractor and became familiar with Darnestown during…