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|   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 |
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| Brentsville Courthouse Historic Centre in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Although Brentsville, VA never saw any direct battle action, it suffered devastating damage from both the Confederate and Union armies during the Civil War. posted by: La de Boheme location: Virginia date approved: 7/7/2012 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE84.7 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 galleryNE85.5 km | Council of War - Should We Attack? - Boonsboro, Maryland in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Civil War Discovery marker at Devil's Backbone County Park near Boonsboro, Maryland. posted by:  BruceS location: Maryland date approved: 4/12/2014 last visited: never |
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| Monocacy Aqueduct in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Located along the C & O canal this is a well preserved site for all historians. posted by:  flyingmoose location: Maryland date approved: 4/3/2008 last visited: 4/15/2012 |
 view galleryE85.8 km | Monocacy Aqueduct-Too Tough To Crack - Dickerson, MD in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Confederate Gen. D. H. Hill’s division crossed the Potomac at Point of Rocks on September 4, 1862, and marched south to clear Union forces from the area. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 3/10/2020 last visited: 4/15/2012 |
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| Town of Orange in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and 45,000 men set up winter encampment in Orange County, VA after returning from Gettysburg in 1863. posted by: La de Boheme location: Virginia date approved: 9/23/2012 last visited: 3/12/2015 |
 view gallerySE85.9 km | Germanna Crossing in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Union troops crossed the Rapidan River at Germanna in pursuit of the Confederate army. posted by: La de Boheme location: Virginia date approved: 7/8/2011 last visited: 3/30/2012 |
 view galleryE86.6 km | Poolesville-Warm Reception - Poolesville, MD in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Located at the intersection of the two main roads, mid-19th century Poolesville was Montgomery County’s second-largest town. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 3/20/2020 last visited: 5/21/2020 |
 view galleryNE86.6 km | Gettysburg Campaign and Boonsboro - Lee's Headquarters - Boonsboro, MD in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites The two markers at this location within Boonsboro describe the travels of two of Lee's campaigns-the Antietam Campaign and the Gettysburg Campaign. posted by: NorStar location: Maryland date approved: 11/19/2014 last visited: 7/16/2020 |
 view galleryE86.9 km | Ambush At Anker's Shop - Sterling, Virginia in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Civil War site located in front of the Loudoun campus of Northern Virginia Community College posted by: flyingmoose location: Virginia date approved: 8/3/2020 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE86.9 km | Carrollton Manor-Green Corn March - Adamstown, MD in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites On Saturday, September 6, 1862, the Army of Northern Virginia was spread along the entire length of Buckeystown Turnpike all the way to Frederick. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 3/20/2020 last visited: 5/21/2020 |
 view galleryNE87.1 km | Battle at South Mountain-A Natural Barrier - Middletown, MD in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites The Battle of South Mountain erupted on September 14, 1862, when elements of the Union army tried to drive the Confederate rear guard from Crampton’s, Fox’s, and Turner’s Gaps. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 3/10/2020 last visited: 7/15/2011 |
 view galleryNE87.1 km | 19th Century Backpacker -The Civil War Soldier - Middletown, MD in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites An unnamed citizen of Frederick City said the following of the Confederates he had beheld marching through his hometown: “I have never seen a mass of such filthy strong-smelling men. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 3/10/2020 last visited: 7/15/2011 |
 view galleryNE87.1 km | 1862 Antietam Campaign-Lee Invades Maryland - Middletown, 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. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 3/10/2020 last visited: 7/15/2011 |
 view galleryNE87.1 km | Turner's Gap - Boonsboro, MD in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Civil War Trails and other markers located at and near the South Mountain Inn dot the hillside in this Civil War town. Also home to the Washington Monument...the original one. posted by: Math Teacher location: Maryland date approved: 8/12/2011 last visited: 12/8/2015 |
 view galleryE87.4 km | Mosby’s Herndon Station Raid - Herndon, VA in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites A information plaque on the raid of Herndon's train station. posted by: saopaulo1 location: Virginia date approved: 5/15/2009 last visited: 2/7/2011 |
 view galleryE87.5 km | 1862 Antietam Campaign Lee Invades Maryland - Dickerson 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: 5/21/2020 |
 view galleryE87.5 km | Gettysburg Campaign Invasion & Retreat - Dickerson 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: 5/21/2020 |
 view galleryE87.7 km | Beallsville Squabble at the cemetery: Whose flag flies today? - Beallsville MD in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites On September 9, 1862, the running engagement between Illinois, Indiana, and Virginia cavalry units that began the day before in Poolesville continued in Beallsville when two Federal regiments forced the single regiment of Virginia cavalrymen posted here to flee to Barnesville. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 3/22/2020 last visited: 5/21/2020 |
 view gallerySE87.7 km | The Battle Of Mine Run in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Gen. Meade's Federal troops and Gen. Lee's Confederate army clashed at Mine Run in Orange County, Virginia in the winter of 1863. posted by: La de Boheme location: Virginia date approved: 6/28/2011 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE87.7 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 galleryNE88 km | Washington Monument State Park - Boonsboro, MD in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites On the Appalachian Trail, deep in the woods of South Mountain lies the first memorial dedicated to George Washington in the United States and an important Maryland Civil War Trails historic site. posted by: Math Teacher location: Maryland date approved: 8/12/2011 last visited: 12/4/2015 |
 view galleryNE88.4 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: 3/19/2020 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE89.3 km | Central Maryland Heritage League - Middletown. MD in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites The Maryland Civil War program has identified this structure as an official Trails site, marking it with interpretives, and making it as the second site on the Trails tour of this town. posted by: Math Teacher location: Maryland date approved: 8/19/2011 last visited: 7/15/2011 |
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