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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/HM155W_creating-a-national-park_Williamsport-MD.html
It is a refuge, a place of retreat, a long stretch of quiet and peace at the Capital's back door?William O. Douglas.Look around you. The park you stand in exists because people cared. In January 1954, Justice William O. Douglas of the Supreme Cour…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM155U_williamsport_Williamsport-MD.html
William's Port lay on the edge of the Maryland frontier in 1787 when founded by Revolutionary War hero General Otho Holland Williams. In 1790 this river town nearly became capital of the United States when President George Washington personally vi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM155K_conococheague-creek-aqueduct_Williamsport-MD.html
Eleven aqueducts were built from Georgetown to Cumberland to carry water over water. The aqueducts, literally "water bridges," carried the canal over the large streams and rivers flowing into the Potomac River. The Conococheague Creek Aqueduct bef…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM155H_connecting-people-and-places_Williamsport-MD.html
You are following a segment of the Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail, an evolving network that includes the C&O Canal Towpath. An enterprise of many partners, the Trail celebrates the heritage of the Potomac and upper Ohio river basins and of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ0A_river-view-cemetery_Williamsport-MD.html
The origin of River View Cemetery dates back to the November session of the General Assembly of Maryland in the year 1786 when it was incorporated by special act of that body. The land was donated to the town of Williamsport by General Otho Hollan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ07_abner-doubleday_Williamsport-MD.html
While a Captain in the Union Army, during the Civil War, he crossed the Potomac River, at Williamsport, in 1861 and built a breastwork, mounting three siege guns, on this hill, now known as Doubleday Hill.
He is credited witih inventing the gam…