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|   Confederate Retreat
in Maryland Historical Markers This marker is located at the bottom of the mountain near Gathland State Park. posted by:  DaisyChain location: Maryland date approved: 03/22/2006 last visited: 02/22/2014 |
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|  Gathland State Park - Burkittsville MD
in State/Provincial Parks Gathland State Park is a public recreation area and historic preserve located on South Mountain near Burkittsville, Maryland, in the United States. The state park occupies the former estate of war correspondent George Alfred Townsend (1841-1914). posted by:  Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 05/22/2022 last visited: 09/23/2023 |
 view galleryE1.8 km |  Gathland State Park - Appalation Trail Section
in Appalachian Trail The Appalachian Trail runs through Gathland State Park near Brunswick Maryland. posted by: GT.US location: Maryland date approved: 08/14/2012 last visited: 05/23/2022 |
 view galleryE1.8 km |  Cobb’s Brigade McLaw’s Division C.S.A./Lt. Col. Jefferson M. Lamar & Cobb's Georgia Legion - Burkittsville MD
in U.S. Civil War Sites Side 1: At 1 P.M. on September 14, 1862, Cobb’s Brigade under Gen. Howell Cobb of Athens, GA. marched from Sandy Hook to Brownsville at the west foot of South Mountain. Side 2: Col. Thomas R.R. Cobb (brother of Howell Cobb) organized Cobb’s Legion in August 1861. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 09/26/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
 view galleryE1.8 km | Mell Rifles & Troup Light Artillery - Burkittsville MD in American Civil War Monuments and Memorials The Mell Rifles, Co. D, Cobb’s Legion Infantry, was raised in Athens, GA. in July 1861, by Patrick Hues Mell, Baptist minster and Vice Chancellor of the University of Georgia. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 06/26/2023 last visited: 09/23/2023 |
 view galleryE1.8 km |  Battle of Crampton's Gap - Burkettsville MD
in Battlefields The Battle of Crampton's Gap was a battle fought between forces under Confederate Brig. Gen. Howell Cobb and Union Maj. Gen. William B. Franklin as part of the Battle of South Mountain on September 14, 1862, at Crampton's Gap in Western Maryland. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 10/18/2020 last visited: 10/17/2021 |
 view galleryE1.8 km | Mell Rifles & Troup Light Artillery - Burkittsville MD in U.S. Civil War Sites The Mell Rifles, Co. D, Cobb’s Legion Infantry, was raised in Athens, GA. in July 1861, by Patrick Hues Mell, Baptist minster and Vice Chancellor of the University of Georgia. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 09/26/2020 last visited: 09/23/2023 |
 view galleryE1.8 km | The Maryland Campaign of 1862 - Burkittsville MD in U.S. Civil War Sites 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. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 09/26/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
 view galleryE1.8 km | The Lost Orders - Burkittsville MD in U.S. Civil War Sites 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. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 09/26/2020 last visited: 06/22/2023 |
 view galleryE1.8 km |  1885 - Bess - The Lodge - Gathland State Park, MD
in Dated Buildings and Cornerstones When George Townsend built the Lodge, he inscribed the cornerstone with his wife's name. posted by: GT.US location: Maryland date approved: 08/16/2012 last visited: 02/22/2014 |
 view galleryE1.8 km |  The Lodge - Gathland State Park - Maryland
in Photos Then and Now The Lodge is a stone building on the estate of George Townsend. posted by: GT.US location: Maryland date approved: 08/14/2012 last visited: 11/26/2016 |
 view galleryE1.8 km | Troup Light Artillery - Burkittsville MD in U.S. Civil War Sites Organized in 1858 as the National Artillery, this unit changed its name to the Troup Light Artillery in honor of the former Georgia governor George W. Troup. It became a part of Cobb’s Legion when the war began. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 09/26/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
 view galleryE1.8 km | Padgett’s Field: Confederate Last Stand - Burkittsville MD in U.S. Civil War Sites On September 14, 1862, this area was an open field belonging to George W. Padgett. A wooden, rail fence lined the road on the east. A low, stone wall bordered the field to the west. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 09/26/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
 view galleryE1.8 km | Burial: A Most Disagreeable Task - Burkittsville MD in U.S. Civil War Sites The treatment of soldiers killed in action depended on which army held the battlefield after the guns fell silent. At South Mountain a few men from each Union regiment were assigned to burial details. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 09/26/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
 view galleryE1.8 km | The Stage is Set - Burkittsville MD in U.S. Civil War Sites On the evening of September 13, 1862, Confederate cavalry under Brigadier General Wade Hampton and Colonel Thomas Munford occupied the Crampton’s Gap/Burkittsville vicinity. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 09/26/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
 view galleryE1.8 km | Bartlett Leads the Way - Burkittsville MD in U.S. Civil War Sites Colonel Joseph J. Bartlett, the Commander of the Second Brigade of Franklin’s First Division, found himself in a curious position. As a brigade commander, Bartlett chose both the field across which Franklin’s Corps would attack. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 09/26/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
 view galleryE1.8 km | Medal of Honor Recipients-Burkittsville, MD in U.S. Civil War Sites In July 1862 Congress authorized the president to present medals to soldiers of the United States for gallant and meritorious service. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 10/04/2017 last visited: 10/04/2021 |
 view galleryE1.8 km |  Crampton's Gap - Burkittsville MD
in Named Mountain Gaps Crampton's Gap is located Gathland State Park in the South Mountain area, near Gapland Road and Arnoldstown Road in Frederick County near Burkittsville MD. This was the scene of a U.S. Civil War battle in 1862. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 07/28/2022 last visited: 11/13/2022 |
 view galleryE1.8 km | Battle for Crampton’s Gap “Sealed With Their Lives” - Burkittsville MD in U.S. Civil War Sites The Battle of South Mountain struck Crampton’s Gap late in the afternoon of September 14, 1862, when Union Gen. William B. Franklin finally ordered an attack against Confederate Gen. Lafayette McLaws’s force here. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 03/25/2023 last visited: 03/25/2023 |
 view galleryE1.8 km |  Crampton's Gap - Burkittsville MD
in Wikipedia Entries Crampton's Gap, also known as Crampton Gap, is a wind gap on South Mountain in Maryland. The 928 feet (283 m) gap connects Burkittsville in the Middletown Valley to the east with Gapland and Rohrersville in the Pleasant Valley to the west. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 07/27/2022 last visited: 09/23/2023 |
 view galleryE1.8 km | Battle for Crampton’s Gap-“Sealed With Their Lives” - Burkittsville, MD in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites The Battle of South Mountain struck Crampton’s Gap late in the afternoon of September 14, 1862. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 03/10/2020 last visited: 10/08/2021 |
 view galleryE1.8 km | Battle for Crampton’s Gap “Sealed With Their Lives” - Burkittsville MD in Battlefields The Battle of South Mountain struck Crampton’s Gap late in the afternoon of September 14, 1862, when Union Gen. William B. Franklin finally ordered an attack against Confederate Gen. Lafayette McLaws’s force here. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 03/30/2023 last visited: 04/02/2023 |
 view galleryE1.8 km |  Crampton's Gap "You are Here" Map - Burkettsville MD
in 'You Are Here' Maps The map is on the Battle for Crampton's Gap Civil War Trail Marker. It is located at at the intersection of Gapland Road and Arnoldstown Road, on the grounds of Gathland State Park near Burkettsville MD posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 07/27/2022 last visited: 11/13/2022 |
 view galleryE1.8 km | George Alfred Townsend A Man and His Mountain - Burkittsville MD in U.S. Civil War Sites None of the structures you see here in Crampton’s Gap existed during the battle on September 14, 1862. George Alfred Townsend constructed all the stone buildings and walls, as well as the Correspondents’ Arch, between 1884 and 1896. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 03/25/2023 last visited: 03/25/2023 |
 view galleryE1.8 km | George Alfred Townsend-A Man and His Mountain - Burkittsville, MD in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites None of the structures you see here in Crampton’s Gap existed during the battle on September 14, 1862. George Alfred Townsend constructed all the stone buildings and walls, as well as the Correspondents’ Arch, between 1884 and 1896. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 03/10/2020 last visited: 10/08/2021 |
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