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|   Libertytown Hot, Humid, and Worn Out - Libertytown MD
in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites On June 29, 1863, the Army of the Potomac's II Corps, commanded by Gen. Winfield S. Hancock, broke camp south of Frederick near the Monocacy River, marched into Frederick, and turned eastward on the road to Liberty (Libertytown). posted by:  Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 4/6/2020 last visited: 5/2/2020 |
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| Mount Airy-Under the Barrels - Mount Airy, MD in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites During the Civil War, Co. K, 14th New Jersey Infantry, guarded the railroad and National Road at Mount Airy. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 3/10/2020 last visited: 5/2/2020 |
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| Aquia Creek Landing in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Aquia Landing was the site of one of the war’s earliest military engagements and became a major supply base for the Union army in three separate campaigns. posted by: La de Boheme location: Virginia date approved: 7/31/2009 last visited: never |
 view gallerySE115.4 km | Slaughter Pen Farm - Fredericksburg, VA in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites The area is known as the "Slaughter Pen Farm" because the soldiers advanced with little or no cover against strongly positioned Confederates on high ground (Prospect Hill) and sustained heavy casualties. posted by:  DougK location: Virginia date approved: 4/25/2011 last visited: 5/23/2011 |
 view gallerySE116.8 km | White Oak Church in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites White Oak Church ~ "Seems to have belonged to some former age" posted by: garmin_geek location: Virginia date approved: 5/15/2009 last visited: 1/24/2015 |
 view gallerySE117 km | Massaponax Church in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Union Gen. Grant and his staff held a conference in Massaponax Church after leaving the Spotsylvania Court House battlefield. posted by: La de Boheme location: Virginia date approved: 6/3/2012 last visited: never |
 view galleryE117 km | Lincoln Memorial - Washington, DC in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites The Lincoln Memorial on the Mall honors President Abraham Lincoln. posted by: saopaulo1 location: District of Columbia date approved: 6/2/2009 last visited: 10/12/2013 |
 view galleryE117.6 km | Brookeville Prisoners Paroled - Brookeville MD in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites On June 28, 1863, Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart left Rockville with three cavalry brigades, 125 captured Union supply wagons, and more than 400 military and civilian prisoners, arriving in Brookeville that night. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 4/6/2020 last visited: 4/15/2020 |
 view galleryE117.6 km | Alexandria National Cemetery - Alexandria, VA in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Alexandria National Cemetery is on the the first National Cemeteries that was started by the Federal Government. posted by: saopaulo1 location: Virginia date approved: 6/2/2009 last visited: 6/30/2016 |
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| The Battle of McDowell McDowell Battlefield Trail - McDowell VA in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites “God blessed our arms with victory at McDowell yesterday...” Major General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson to his wife Anna. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 7/17/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallerySW118.3 km | Battle of McDowell-Confederates Hold the High Ground - McDowell VA in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Beyond the ridge you are facing is Sitlington’s Hill. On the afternoon of May 8, 1862, Gen. Edward “Allegheny” Johnson directed two brigades of Confederate infantry to take position on the hill facing the Federals across Bull Pasture Creek. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 7/17/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallerySE118.4 km | Plantations on Guinea Station Road in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Some of the old homes Gen. Grant and the Union army passed in 1864 as they moved south to Guinea Station, are still standing. posted by: La de Boheme location: Virginia date approved: 6/3/2012 last visited: never |
 view galleryE118.8 km | Smithsonian Museum of American History - Washington, D.C in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites This is one of many museums along the Washington National Mall. posted by: bluesnote location: District of Columbia date approved: 3/21/2016 last visited: 3/21/2016 |
 view gallerySW119.4 km | Village of McDowell-Battle of McDowell - McDowell VA in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Union troops camped in the fields south of here between April 17, 1862, and the Battle of McDowell on May 8. They deployed artillery, including “two twelve pounders [that] were planted on the plateau in the read of [the church]. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 7/17/2020 last visited: never |
 view galleryE119.9 km | Lincoln Cottage - Washington DC in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites President Lincoln's Cottage was where Abraham Lincoln escaped the heat and bustle of Washington, D.C., from June to November of the Civil War years 1862 through 1864.
posted by: HaricotVert_52 location: District of Columbia date approved: 4/15/2009 last visited: 7/13/2013 |
 view galleryE120.2 km | Ulysses S. Grant Memorial - Washington, DC in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites The Grant Memorial sits at the feet of the Capitol building. It honors President Grant. posted by: saopaulo1 location: District of Columbia date approved: 6/2/2009 last visited: 10/12/2013 |
 view gallerySW121 km | Town of Monterey-Headquarters Town - Monterey VA in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Monterey was headquarters for Confederates during much of the 1861 Mountain Campaign and headquarters for Federals prior to the fighting at McDowell. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 7/20/2020 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE121.8 km | Middleburg Meade's Pipe Creek Plan - Keymar MD in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites On June 29, 1863, Union Gen. George G. Meade ordered the Army of the Potomac to Pipe Creek to counter any move toward Washington or Baltimore by Gen. Robert E Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and to engage it in battle. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 4/6/2020 last visited: 5/2/2020 |
 view galleryNE123.6 km | Union Bridge - Reynolds’ Last Journey - Union Bridge, MD in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Union Gen. John E. Reynolds was killed at Gettysburg on July 1, 1863 while directing his command along the Chambersburg Turnpike in the early fighting. His body was carried to a house in town posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 4/12/2020 last visited: 5/2/2020 |
 view galleryE124.6 km | Gettysburg Campaign Invasion & Retreat - Cooksville 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: 4/6/2020 last visited: 4/15/2020 |
 view galleryE124.6 km | Cooksville Saving the Guns - Cooksville, MD in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites When Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart led his cavalry division north across the Potomac River into Maryland in June 1863, about 400 Federals and civilians were captured and then paroled in Brookeville. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 4/6/2020 last visited: 4/15/2020 |
 view gallerySE124.7 km | Guinea Station - Woodford, Virginia in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites It was at the Chandler Farm at Guinea Station that Confederate General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson died on May 10, 1863. posted by: Sneakin Deacon location: Virginia date approved: 8/27/2010 last visited: 4/13/2004 |
 view galleryNE127.3 km | New Windsor Village by Moonlight - New Windsor, MD in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites That night, the exhausted men and horses, wrote a New York cavalryman, passed through “a small but beautiful village New Windsor. It was about 10 o’clock when we arrived there. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 4/8/2020 last visited: 5/3/2020 |
 view galleryNE129.1 km | Taneytown Meade’s Pipe Creek Plan - Taneytown MD in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites On June 29, 1863, Union Gen. George G. Meade ordered the Army of the Potomac to Pipe Creek to counter any move toward Washington or Baltimore by Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia and to engage the Confederates in battle. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 4/12/2020 last visited: 5/2/2020 |
 view galleryE130.2 km | Sykesville-Capturing Joe Hooker - Sykesville, MD in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Before dawn on June 29, several former area residents guided Stuart’s column north from Cooksville. At Old Frederick Road (present-day State Rte. 99) the force divided, and elements ranged east to Sykesville and Marriottsville. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 3/10/2020 last visited: 3/15/2020 |
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