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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOE_the-lost-orders_Boonsboro-MD.html
No other document of the Civil War has generated so much controversy as Lee's Special Orders No. 191. These "Lost Orders" detailed the movements of Lee's army for the operation against Harpers Ferry. On September 9 Lee sent copies of the order to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOD_the-maryland-campaign-of-1862_Boonsboro-MD.html
On September 4, 1862, General Robert E. Lee, hoping to shorten the war by winning a decisive victory on Northern soil, crossed the Potomac River into Maryland. Lee planned to draw the Army of the Potomac through South Mountain into Pennsylvania an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOC_maryland-campaign-of-1862-the-lost-orders_Boonsboro-MD.html
(Left Side) On September 4, 1862, General Robert E. Lee, hoping to shorten the war by winning a decisive victory on Northern soil, crossed the Potomac River into Maryland. Lee planned to draw the Army of the Potomac through South Mountain into …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNF_cannon-of-revolutionary-war_Boonsboro-MD.html
(War of American Independence)1775-1783forged Mount Aetna, MarylandDedicated July 4, 1906Rededicated July 5, 1992Charles F. Kauffman, Jr.Mayor, Town of BoonsboroRobert J. Shifler, Assistant Mayor · Kevin M. Chambers, Councilman · Rob…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMZ_jones-crossroads_Boonsboro-MD.html
This crossing served during July 10-15, 1863, as an anchor for the flanks of such gathering Federal forces as the Reserve Artillery and the Second, Third, and Twelfth Corps. Minor skirmishes with elements of Lee's besieged Army of Northern Virgini…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMT_booths-mill-bridge_Boonsboro-MD.html
Built in 1833 by Charles Wilson for $2,700, this three-archer over Antietam Creek has spans of 45', 43' and 45'. It replaced a wooden bridge near the site of a powder mill. Also known as the Delamere Bridge, it is near the pillared mansion "Delame…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMS_council-of-war_Boonsboro-MD.html
Gen. George G. Meade gathered his generals near here at his "Antietam Bridge" headquarters on the evening of July 12, 1863, to decide whether to assault the Confederate defenses near Williamsport protecting Gen. Robert E. Lee's escape routes to th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKZ_gettysburg-campaign_Boonsboro-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/HMKX_the-national-road_Boonsboro-MD.html
". . . so many happy people, restless in the midst of abundance." —Alexis de Tocqueville, 1840. Americans are an adventurous people. Frompast to present, they have used feet, horses,wagons, stagecoaches, canals, railroads,bicycles, automo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKR_john-collins_Boonsboro-MD.html
Native of Frederick County, skilled hunter and a superintendent of provisions with the Lewis and Clark expedition, John Collins was the first Marylander to cross the North American continent. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were charged by Thom…
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