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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YVB_tolsons-chapel_Sharpsburg-MD.html
In September 1862, in fields surrounding Sharpsburg, soldiers fought the deadliest battle the nation had seen. Four years later, African Americans here erected a simple log church - a building in which they would exercise their dearly-won freedoms…
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Pvt. Berry Benson, 1st South Carolina Infantry, Gregg's Brigade
About 4:00 p.m. the 4th Rhode Island and 16th Connecticut Infantry Of Col. Edward Harland's Brigade were below and in front of you. They constituted the left flank of the entire Unio…
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/HM1OW1_blackfords-ford_Sharpsburg-MD.html
In June 1864, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee sent Gen. Jubal A. Early's corps from the Richmond battlefields to the Shenandoah Valley to country Union Gen. David Hunter's army. After driving Hunter into west Virginia, Early invaded Maryland to att…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OTS_historic-cemetery_Sharpsburg-MD.html
Although now part of the Mumma Farm, and known as Mumma Cemetery, this site was first established as a burial ground by the Orndorff family. Living on this farm at the time of his death, Major Christian Orndorff II was buried here in December 1797…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OE2_the-burnside-bridge_Sharpsburg-MD.html
Known as the Rohrbach Bridge before the battle, it was renamed for General Ambrose Burnside who commanded the Union soldiers who fought to take this crucial Antietam crossing during the battle. This bridge is one of several bridges that Washington…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OCQ_witness-to-history_Sharpsburg-MD.html
As a young tree, the Burnside Sycamore witnessed the battle of Antietam. It still stands more than one hundred fifty years later and remains a favorite landmark for park visitors. You can help preserve and protect this living relic by appreciating…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OCC_it-is-a-p-hill_Sharpsburg-MD.html
Outnumbered Southerners watched the Northern Ninth Corps climb the hills toward them:
"The first thing we saw appear was the gilt eagle that surmounted the pole, then the top of the flag, next the flutter of the stars and stripes itself, slowly…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HYU_sharpsburg-bluebirds_Sharpsburg-MD.html
"Take me out to the ball game, Take me out with the crowd. Buy me some peanuts and cracker jack, I don't care if I never get back. Let me root, root, root for the home team, If they don't win it's a shame. For it's one, two, three strikes, you're …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A4N_browns-wise-virginia-battery_Sharpsburg-MD.html
Brown's battery held four different positions on this end of the battlefield, demonstrating the mobility of field artillery. The battery started the day on the high ground to the west, then around noon moved past this position to the ridge line in…