view gallery SW82.4 km
|  The Battle of Cross Keys
in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites This marker is not in good shape. There are severe brown discoloration on the title and the picture. Hopefully this will be restored soon. posted by: 79scouts location: Virginia date approved: 7/28/2011 last visited: never |
view gallery SW82.4 km
|  Battle of Cross Keys
in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites This Civil War Trail marker is in poor shape. There is a brown discoloration on three of its edges. posted by: 79scouts location: Virginia date approved: 7/28/2011 last visited: never |
view gallery N82.7 km
|  Williamsport-The Beginning and the End - Williamsport, MD
in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites 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. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 3/10/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery N82.7 km
|  Gettysburg Campaign-Invasion & Retreat - Williamsport, MD
in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites 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. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 3/10/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery N82.7 km
|  C & O Canal Aqueduct-Stonewall Changes Course - Williamsport, MD
in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites 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. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 3/10/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery SW83.4 km
|  The Battle of Cross Keys
in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites This Civil War Trail marker is across the street from Cross Keys Cemetery. posted by: 79scouts location: Virginia date approved: 7/28/2011 last visited: never |
 SW84.2 km
|  Port Republic Battlefield
in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Site of the final battle of Confederate General Stonewall Jackson's Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862. The battlefield can be explored from public roads that run through the area. Markers mark the locations of some of the battle's major action. posted by: Arby Geo location: Virginia date approved: 12/25/2006 last visited: 7/25/2020 |
view gallery SE85 km
|  Dumfries ~ Love's Tavern
in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites A Virginia Civil War Trails site located on U.S. 1 in Dumfries, VA. posted by: garmin_geek location: Virginia date approved: 4/22/2011 last visited: never |
view gallery NE85.1 km
|  Meade Takes Command - Frederick, MD
in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Maj. Gen. George Meade received his notice to take over command of the Army of The Potomac near this marker at Prospect Hall. The Battle of Gettysburg was just days away. posted by: vhasler location: Maryland date approved: 12/13/2012 last visited: 6/1/2013 |
view gallery N85.6 km
|  Vital Crossroads-Clear Springs in the Civil War - Clear Spring MD
in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites This was a lively Unionist community on the important National Road during the war. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 3/12/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery NE86.3 km
|  The Lost Order Shrouded in a Cloak of Mystery - Frederick MD
in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites On September 9, he promulgated his campaign strategy - to divide his army, send Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson to attack Harpers Ferry, and send Gen. James Longstreet toward Hagerstown - was described in Special Orders No. 191, seven copies of which were distributed to his senior subordinates. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 4/8/2020 last visited: 6/12/2011 |
view gallery NE86.3 km
|  1862 Antietam Campaign Lee Invades Maryland - Frederick MD
in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Fresh from victory at the Second Battle of Manassas, Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia crossed the Potomac River on September 4–6, 1862, to bring the Civil War to Northern soil and to recruit sympathetic Marylanders. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 4/8/2020 last visited: 6/12/2011 |
view gallery NE86.3 km
|  Monocacy National Battlefield - Frederick MD
in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites The Battle of Monocacy on July 9, 1864, became known as the "Battle that Saved Washington, DC". posted by: HaricotVert_52 location: Maryland date approved: 4/14/2009 last visited: 6/27/2016 |
view gallery SE86.3 km
|  First Day At Chancellorsville Battlefield
in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites The troops of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and Union Gen. Joseph Hooker clashed in these fields on May 1, 1863. posted by: La de Boheme location: Virginia date approved: 4/13/2010 last visited: 6/9/2014 |
view gallery NE86.4 km
|  Hyattstown Uninvited Guests - Clarksburg, MD
in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites The roadside village of Hyattstown became the front line when Confederate cavalry stationed to the north in Urbana clashed with Union cavalry reconnoitering from Clarksburg to the south. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 3/27/2020 last visited: 5/9/2020 |
view gallery NE86.6 km
|  Landon House-From Hospitality to Hospital - Frederick, MD
in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Constructed in 1754 on the banks of the Rappahannock River in Virginia, this building was reconstructed here in 1846 and became Landon Female Academy. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 3/20/2020 last visited: 5/21/2020 |
view gallery SE86.9 km
|  Confederate Winter CampsFighting Boredom and Disease - Woodbridge VA
in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites After the Confederate victory at Ball’s Bluff in October 1861, the Union and Confederate armies settled into winter camps between Washington and Richmond. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 7/24/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery SE87.2 km
|  Todd's Tavern
in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites The Union and Confederate cavalries clashed at the crossroads in the race for Spotsylvania Court House. posted by: La de Boheme location: Virginia date approved: 6/1/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery NE87.4 km
|  Battle of Funkstown - At Bay another Day - Funkstown MD
in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites The Confederate presence at Funkstown threatened any Union advance against Gen. Robert E. Lee’s position near Williamsport and the Potomac River as he retreated to Virginia posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 3/27/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery NE87.4 km
|  1862 Antietam Campaign Lee Invades Maryland - Frederick, MD
in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Fresh from victory at the Second Battle of Manassas, Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia crossed the Potomac River on September 4–6, 1862, to bring the Civil War to Northern soil and to recruit sympathetic Marylanders. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 3/20/2020 last visited: 5/24/2020 |
view gallery NE87.5 km
|  Barbara Fritchie House “Shoot if you must this old gray head, but spare your country’s flag.” - Frederick, MD
in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites As the Confederate army marched through Frederick on September 10, 1862, feisty local Unionists—mostly women—showed their defiance by waving the Stars and Stripes. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 3/20/2020 last visited: 5/24/2020 |
view gallery NE87.5 km
|  B & O Railroad Station "No malice in my heart" - Frederick, MD
in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites At this intersection, President Abraham Lincoln spoke from a railroad car platform to Frederick residents assembled in the street on October 4, 1862 posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 3/20/2020 last visited: 5/24/2020 |
view gallery N87.5 km
|  Gettysburg Campaign Invasion & Retreat - Clear Spring MD
in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites 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 posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 3/12/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery NE87.7 km
|  City Hall - Frederick, MD
in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites City hall was formerly the courthouse, at which several events related to the US Civil War occurred. posted by: vhasler location: Maryland date approved: 12/7/2012 last visited: 6/1/2013 |
view gallery NE87.9 km
|  Gen. Bradley T. Johnson A Visitor in His Own Hometown - Frederick MD
in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites In June 1864, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee sent Gen. Jubal A. Early’s corps from Richmond battlefields to the Shenandoah Valley to counter Union Gen. David Hunter’s army. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 3/27/2020 last visited: 7/16/2020 |
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