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|   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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Union Mills "Shining lights" - Union Mills, MD in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites At daybreak on June 30, 1863, Gen. J. E. B. Stuart arrived here from his bivouac at the Orendorff farm north of Westminster. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 4/12/2020 last visited: 5/3/2020 |
 view galleryE14 km | Defiance at Union Mills "I'm a Union man!" - Union Mills, MD in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites In 1863, brothers Andrew K. and William Shriver resided on either side of the Littlestown Turnpike here and likewise were divided in their loyalties, with William supporting the Confederacy and Andrew the Union. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 4/12/2020 last visited: 5/3/2020 |
 view galleryE14 km | Gettysburg Campaign Invasion and Retreat - Union Mills, 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: 4/12/2020 last visited: 5/3/2020 |
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| 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 |
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| Gettysburg Heritage Sites Self-Guided Walking Tour - Gettysburg, PA in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Learn about history as you stroll though rolling hills which were once deadly battlefields but are now decorated with interpretive and endless monuments, memorials and markers. Learn about local town cultural too as you tour the town square. posted by: Math Teacher location: Pennsylvania date approved: 9/13/2010 last visited: 4/20/2019 |
 view galleryN16.9 km | Gettysburg National Military Park - Gettysburg PA in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Gettysburg National Military Park preserves and presents the history of the pivotal Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863, a turning point in the war between the states. posted by:  HaricotVert_52 location: Pennsylvania date approved: 6/2/2009 last visited: 6/1/2012 |
 view galleryN18.3 km | The Jenny Wade House - Gettysburg, PA in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites This site is as it was in this house the only Civilian was killed during the Battle of Gettysburg. She was killed in the house's kitchen on the 3rd day of the battle: July 3, 1863. Along with her sister & mother, helped the Union by baking bread. posted by: Math Teacher location: Pennsylvania date approved: 8/11/2011 last visited: 7/23/2017 |
 view gallerySE18.7 km | Gettysburg Campaign Invasion & Retreat - Westminster 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: 4/13/2020 last visited: 5/3/2020 |
 view gallerySE18.7 km | Divided Loyalties The Neal Family - Westminster MD in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites A block away, at what is now 71 East Main Street, stood the Abner Neal house. In August 1862, Federal soldiers arrested sixteen Westminster residents as Southern sympathizers and escorted them to Baltimore for questioning. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 4/13/2020 last visited: 5/3/2020 |
 view gallerySE18.7 km | Westminster Depot Pressed into Service - Westminster MD in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites During the Civil War, railroads for the first time attained strategic importance for transporting troops and equipment. On July 1, 1863, Gen. Herman Haupt, chief of U.S. Military Railroads, assumed control here of the Western Maryland Railroad to supply the army engaged at Gettysburg. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 4/13/2020 last visited: 5/3/2020 |
 view galleryN18.7 km | The Shriver House - Gettysburg, PA in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites This significant civil war house and contributing structure to the historic district is marked by the historical society and has been turned into a museum to teach about local cultural history with regards to the Battle of Gettysburg. posted by: Math Teacher location: Pennsylvania date approved: 4/28/2011 last visited: 3/29/2015 |
 view galleryN19.2 km | David Wills House - Gettysburg PA in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites President Abraham Lincoln stayed in the home of David Wills when he visited Gettysburg to deliver his Gettysburg Address. posted by: HaricotVert_52 location: Pennsylvania date approved: 5/30/2009 last visited: 4/20/2019 |
 view gallerySE19.3 km | Corbit's Charge “Suicidal Bravery” - Westminster MD in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites A detachment of the 150th New York Infantry and 108 officers and men of the 1st Delaware Cavalry, including Capt. Charles Corbit’s Co. C, guarded the road junction and Western Maryland Railroad line at Westminster. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 4/13/2020 last visited: 5/3/2020 |
 view gallerySE19.3 km | Gettysburg Campaign Invasion & Retreat - Westminster 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: 4/13/2020 last visited: 5/3/2020 |
 view gallerySE19.3 km | Divided Loyalties A U.S. Flag Goes South - Westminster MD in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites During the Civil War, some Westminster families supported the Confederacy while others stood by the Union. Among the latter was Mary Ann “Mollie” Huber, who organized a dozen other like minded ladies into a sewing circle that met at her house. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 4/13/2020 last visited: 6/23/2019 |
 view gallerySE19.3 km | Aftermath of Battle Hospitals and Graves - Westminster, MD in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites After the cavalry engagement here on June 29, 1863, Westminster’s citizens cared for dozens of wounded of both sides. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 4/13/2020 last visited: 6/23/2019 |
 view gallerySE19.8 km | Engagement at Westminster War at the Almshouse - Westminster MD in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites On June 29, 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s infantry was in Pennsylvania, and Gen. J.E.B. Stuart’s cavalry arrived here on the outskirts of Westminster. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 4/12/2020 last visited: 5/3/2020 |
 view galleryN20 km | General Lee's Headquarters - Gettysburg PA in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites This museum is the stone house used as CSA Gen. Robert E. Lee personal headquarters during the battle of Gettysburg. posted by: HaricotVert_52 location: Pennsylvania date approved: 6/2/2009 last visited: 7/28/2014 |
 view galleryS20.4 km | 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 |
 view gallerySW23.5 km | Catoctin Iron Furnace-No Time For War - Thurmont MD in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites When Union Gen. John F. Reynolds’ I Corps marched by here on June 29, 1863, en route to Emmitsburg and soon to Gettysburg, his men were progressing “swimmingly.” posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 3/11/2020 last visited: 7/24/2011 |
 view galleryE24.8 km | Manchester-Meade's Pipe Creek Plan - Manchester, 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: 4/6/2020 last visited: 5/3/2020 |
 view galleryS32.2 km | New Market Roads to Gettysburg - New Market MD in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Late in June 1863, the Union Army of the Potomac pursued Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia as it invaded the North less than a year after the Antietam Campaign. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 3/19/2020 last visited: 5/2/2020 |
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