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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM38_gen-robert-e-lee_Hagerstown-MD.html
Gen. Robert E. Lee with Longstreet's Corps entered Hagerstown Sept. 11, 1862 to make it a base for operations in Pennsylvania. On Sept. 14, 1862 this force hastened to the battle of South Mountain and then to the battlefield of Antietam.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2Q_edwards-ferry_Poolesville-MD.html
A major crossing of the Potomac River guarded by Union troops throughout the Civil War. In Oct. 1861 a Union unit crossed during the Battle of Ball's Bluff, but did not participate.
From Dec. 1861 to March 1862 the base of balloon operations o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E_gold-mining-in-maryland_Rockville-MD.html
Most gold found in Maryland came from the Potomac area. Mining operations began shortly after gold was discovered near Great Falls during the Civil War and continued until 1940; incidental prospecting continued until 1951. From 1884-1940 the US Mi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D_c-o-canal-aqueduct_Williamsport-MD.html
On September 10, 1862, Gen. Robert E. Lee ordered Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson and a detachment of 15,000 men, about two-thirds of the Army of Northern Virginia, to capture the Union garrison at Harpers Ferry and secure Confederate lines of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2C_williamsport_Williamsport-MD.html
On June 15, 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's second invasion of the North began here as 2,000 of Gen. Albert G. Jenkins's infantrymen splashed across the Potomac River. For the next eleven days, almost 50,000 soldiers under Gens. James Longs…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20_john-wilkes-booth_Port-Tobacco-MD.html
Divided loyalties and ironies tore at Marylander's hearts throughout the Civil War: enslaved African-Americans and free United States Colored Troops; spies and smugglers; civilians imprisoned without trial to protect freedom; neighbors and familie…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L_christ-church-episcopal_La-Plata-MD.html
Parish church of Port Tobacco Parish, one of the 30 Church of England parishes established, 1692, by act of the provincial assembly, supported by a yearly poll tax of 40 pounds of tobacco. In 1904 the edifice was moved stone by stone from Port Tob…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1J_highest-point-on-the-maryland-state-roads-system_Oakland-MD.html
Elevation 3095 feet. Maryland State Roads Commission. J. N. Mackall, Chairman & Chief Engineer; L.T. Downey, District Engineer. Contractor: T. D. Claiborne Co. Inc., August Mencken.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16_gettysburg-campaign_Cumberland-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/HM13_civil-war-in-allegany-county_Cumberland-MD.html
During the Civil War, thousands ofUnited States soldiers were stationedhere in Cumberland and AlleganyCounty to guard against raids andincursions by Confederate forces.Located only about 130 miles fromthe capital at Washington. D.C.,and a short ma…