Crossroads of History - Hagerstown, Maryland - Signs of History on Waymarking.com

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Crossroads Of History
Route 40 & 11 Cross At This Point 

In the court house that stood on this site, Confederate Gen. John McCausland was given $20,000 in cash and all the suits, hats, shoes, boots, shirts and socks that could be found as ransom upon his threat to burn Hagerstown in July of 1864.

Over the Old National Trail in front of this court house passed thousands of settlers on the way west by wagon, horse and foot in the first half of the 19th century before the building of railroads across the mountains.

The street to th west was once an Indian trail, the armies of the Union and the Confederacy used as the tide of the Civil War ebbed back and forth across the Potomac.

Group that erected the marker: Unknown Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary: W. Washington St. and Summit Ave. Hagerstown, Maryland URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed

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