Treatment of the Wounded - Hagerstown, Maryland
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BruceS
N 39° 38.636 W 077° 43.460
18S E 266231 N 4391785
Sign giving information about the treatment of wounded during the Civil War.
Waymark Code: WMKEJA
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 03/31/2014
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Text marker:
Treatment of the Wounded
The Rochester House stood on this site until its demolition in the mid-1950s. During the Civil War, it was the home of Mrs. Frances Howell Kennedy provided food and comfort to all wounded soldiers in local hospitals. She also opened her home to the care of many Federal soldiers, including Captain Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. of the 20th Massachusetts Infantry, who went on to become an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Holmes was wounded at the Battle of Antietam.
Group that erected the marker: Maryland Heritage
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Prospect & Washington
Hagerstown, Maryland
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed
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