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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3WP_second-battle-of-hagerstown_Hagerstown-MD.html
Six days had passed since the Federals had failed in their first attempt to seize Hagerstown as they pursued Gen. Robert E. Lee's Confederate army retreating to Virginia after the Battle of Gettysburg. On Sunday morning, July 12, 1863, a decisive …
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Combat raged here in the town square and in adjoining city blocks for six hours on Monday, July 6, 1863. Holding Hagerstown was crucial to Gen. Robert E. Lee's retreat to Virginia after the Battle of Gettysburg. If the Confederates lost this cross…
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Following Jonathan Hager's arrival in 1739, German and Scots-Irish immigrants settled in Maryland's Great Valley, developing prosperous farms. By the mid 1790's,agriculture was booming and the region needed a way to get its products to market. Com…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3WM_gettysburg-campaign_Hagerstown-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/HM3WL_hagerstown-ransomed_Hagerstown-MD.html
On July 6th, 1864, Confederate Cavalry General John McCausland and his 1,500 troops demanded a ransom of $20,000 from Hagerstown, or the town would be burned. Three local banks gave up the money, underwritten by the town council. After the war, a …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3WJ_bench-mark-a_Hagerstown-MD.html
"In October 1877, Bench Mark "A" was cut on the water table of the recently rebuilt courthouse in Hagerstown, Maryland", reads the report of the coast and geodetic survey to President McKinley. This was the beginning point of a transcontinental le…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3WI_for-god-and-country_Hagerstown-MD.html
In loving memory of those who gave their lives in the World Wars1917-1918[list of names]1941-1945[list of names]In loving memory of those who gave their lives in the Korean Conflict 1950-1953[list of names]Rededicated by Morris Frock Post No. 42, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3KL_washington-county-courthouse_Hagerstown-MD.html
This is Washington County's third courthouse. When the county was established in 1776, the first courthouse, a combination building that served also as a market house, was built in the middle of the town square, one block east of here. It proved t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3BO_corporal-william-othello-wilson_Hagerstown-MD.html
United States Army Medal of Honor Recipient and Buffalo Soldier
William Othello Wilson, a native of Hagerstown, Maryland, enlisted in the U.S. Army on August 21, 1889, at age 22 in St. Paul, Minnesota.
He was subsequently assigned to the 9th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM39L_washington-county-jail_Hagerstown-MD.html
The first building used as the Washington Country Jail was a log house at 26-28 E. Franklin Street in Hagerstown. In 1818, the state legislature authorized the county to spend $12,000 to build a new jail.
The new jail was built on this site on …