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|   Mt. Ephraim Crossroads Sharpshooters Hold the Line - Dickerson, MD
in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites You are looking at Sugarloaf Mountain, where the running cavalry fight that began in the late afternoon on September 9, 1862, in Barnesville came to a halt. posted by:  Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 3/27/2020 last visited: 5/21/2020 |
 view galleryE95 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: 3/29/2020 last visited: 5/21/2020 |
 view galleryE96.1 km | Darnestown-Confederate Visit - Darnestown, MD in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites On June 25-27, 1863, the Federal Army of the Potomac used two temporary pontoon bridges to cross the Potomac River from Virginia back into Maryland at Edwards Ferry. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 3/19/2020 last visited: 7/4/2020 |
 view galleryE96.1 km | Fairfax Museum and Visitor Center in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Located along 236 in Fairfax, VA posted by: robert location: Virginia date approved: 10/26/2006 last visited: 10/26/2006 |
 view galleryE96.1 km | Historic Cemeteries - Oakton, Virginia in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Civil War Trail site at Flint Hill & Oakton Church of the Brethren. posted by:  flyingmoose location: Virginia date approved: 7/27/2020 last visited: never |
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| 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 galleryNE96.7 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 galleryNE96.7 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 |
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| Hartwood Church in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites During the Civil War, Federal troops occupied and desecrated this church, but were subsequently captured by a Confederate squadron who surprised them while they slept. posted by: La de Boheme location: Virginia date approved: 5/23/2010 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE97.2 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 galleryNE97.2 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 galleryNE97.4 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 galleryNE97.5 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 galleryNE97.7 km | Hospitals in Frederick Caring for the Wounded - Frederick MD in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites In this building, soldiers who died in one of the many area hospitals following the battles of South Mountain, Antietam, Gettysburg, and Monocacy were embalmed and prepared for interment at nearby Mount Olivet Cemetery or for shipment home. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 4/6/2020 last visited: 5/24/2020 |
 view galleryNE97.7 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: 4/6/2020 last visited: 5/24/2020 |
 view galleryNE97.7 km | North Market Street "Now I shall see Cousin J." - Frederick MD in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites On June 28, 1863, Union Gen. John F. Reynolds rode into Frederick to visit his cousin Catherine Reynolds Cramer and her sisters near the intersection of North Market and Second Streets. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 3/19/2020 last visited: 6/1/2013 |
 view galleryNE97.7 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 |
 view galleryNE98.2 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 galleryE99 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 gallerySE99.1 km | Chancellorsville Battlefield in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Part of the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, the battle that took place here in early May 1863 is regarded by some as Robert E. Lee's greatest victory. posted by: La de Boheme location: Virginia date approved: 7/24/2007 last visited: 4/25/2014 |
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| Gettysburg Campaign Invasion & Retreat - Oakland, 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: 3/29/2020 last visited: never |
 view galleryNW99.3 km | Oakland - Oakland, Maryland in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites The Oakland Civil War Discovery Trail Marker is located at the restored Oakland Train Depot on East Liberty Street in the Town of Oakland, Garrett County, Maryland posted by: outdoorboy34 location: Maryland date approved: 5/10/2014 last visited: never |
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| Rio Hill 1864 Skirmish George A. Custer Attacks a Confederate Winter Camp - Charlottesville VA in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites In December 1863, Confederate troops established winter quarters here. The approximately 200 soldiers, under the command of Capt. Marcellus N. Moorman, were from Stuart’s Horse Artillery Battalion and were equipped with 16 cannons. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 7/22/2020 last visited: never |
 view galleryS100.1 km | Rio Hill Artifacts Found at Rio Hill - Charlottesville VA in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Civil War relic collectors found Stuart’s winter camp and skirmish site (shaded area of map) long before the Rio Hill Shopping Center opened in 1989.
Metal detectors were used to search the area and artifacts—bullets, buttons, belt and harness buckles, shell fragments, camp equipment and personal items—were found. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 7/23/2020 last visited: never |
 view galleryNW100.7 km | Fort Alice-Railroad Bridge Destroyed - Oakland MD in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites On April 26, 1863, during the Confederate occupation of Oakland, a detachment of Confederate Capt. John H. McNeill's partisan rangers attacked the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad bridge here over the Youghiogheny River. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 3/19/2020 last visited: never |
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