Battle of Funkstown - Funkstown, Maryland
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N 39° 36.398 W 077° 42.317
18S E 267741 N 4387595
Located south of Funkstown.
Waymark Code: WM4A32
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 07/27/2008
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Battle of Funkstown
July 10, 1863
After Gettysburg, in order to mask entrenching operations along the Potomac river by General R. E. Lee, Confederate troops, led by General J.E.B. Stuart, engaged Union forces under General John Buford. The day-long battle east of the road resulted in 479 casualties. The Chaney house served s a hospital and at the Keller home Major H.D. McDaniel, later Governor of Georgia, survived his wounds.
County (required): Washington County
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