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|   Baltimore Riot Trail-Combat on Pratt Street - Baltimore MD
in U.S. Civil War Sites On April 19, 1861, Confederate sympathizers attacked the 6th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment as it changed trains en route to Washington, which the secessionists hoped to isolate. posted by:  Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 03/23/2023 last visited: 03/25/2023 |
 view galleryNE50.4 km | Civil War Magazine - Baltimore, MD in U.S. Civil War Sites A magazine and ammunition storage dating back to the Civil War at Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland. posted by:  bluesnote location: Maryland date approved: 08/26/2021 last visited: never |
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| Mosby-Forbes Engagement - Aldie, Virginia in U.S. Civil War Sites Located along the eastern edge of Mt. Zion Historic Park. posted by: flyingmoose location: Virginia date approved: 07/15/2021 last visited: never |
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| New Market Roads to Gettysburg - New Market MD in U.S. Civil War Sites Gen. John Sedgwick's VI Corps, which guarded the army's right flank, moved by here to Mount Airy and Westminster, reaching Manchester on June 30. The next day, the corps began an epic 34-mile march to Gettysburg. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 03/26/2023 last visited: 04/01/2023 |
 view galleryNE50.5 km | Fort McHenry - Baltimore, MD in U.S. Civil War Sites During the Civil War, Fort McHenry was used by the north for a prison for Confederate soldiers. posted by: bluesnote location: Maryland date approved: 01/07/2016 last visited: 08/14/2022 |
 view galleryNE50.5 km | Baltimore Riot Trail-Death at President Street Station - Baltimore MD in U.S. Civil War Sites In 1861, as the Civil War began, Baltimore secessionists hoped to stop rail transportation to Washington and isolate the national capital. On April 19, the 6th Massachusetts Regiment arrived here. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 03/23/2023 last visited: 03/25/2023 |
 view galleryNE50.7 km | Baltimore Riot Trail-Flag Waving at Fawn Street - Baltimore MD in U.S. Civil War Sites Capt. Albert S. Follansbee quickly ran into trouble as he led four companies of the 6th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment to Camden Station by President and Pratt Streets on April 19, 1861. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 03/23/2023 last visited: 03/25/2023 |
 view galleryNE50.7 km | Baltimore Riot Trail-Barricade at Jones Falls Bridge - Baltimore MD in U.S. Civil War Sites While Capt. Albert S. Follansbee waited at President Street Station with the last four companies of the 6th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, horses pulled several carloads of soldiers to Camden Station. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 03/23/2023 last visited: 03/25/2023 |
 view galleryW50.9 km | Civil War Winter Encampment Sites 1861-1862 - Leesburg, Virginia in U.S. Civil War Sites Site where Confederate soldiers spent the winter of 1861-1862 near Leesburg, Virginia. posted by:  BruceS location: Virginia date approved: 05/07/2014 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE51 km | Colonel Charles Marshall C.S.A.-Baltimore, MD in U.S. Civil War Sites A Blue Plaque has been placed on the former home of Colonel Charles Marshall C.S.A. - 1830-1902- Chief of Staff to General Robert E. Lee at Appomattox. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 09/28/2022 last visited: 01/28/2023 |
 view galleryNW51 km | Carrollton Manor-Green Corn March - Adamstown MD in U.S. Civil War 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. The soldiers camped in the fields on either side of the road on the evenings of September 5-6. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 03/27/2023 last visited: 04/02/2023 |
 view galleryNE51.7 km | Baltimore Regional Trail A House Divided in U.S. Civil War Sites During the Civil War, Baltimore and its environs exemplified the divided loyalties of Maryland's residents. The city had commercial ties to the South as well as the North, and its secessionist sympathies erupted in violence on April 19, 1861. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 03/23/2023 last visited: 03/25/2023 |
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| Camp Jones & 10th Alabama Cemetery - Bristow VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Hundreds of Confederate soldiers died of disease while encamped at Bristoe Station following the Battle of First Manassas and were buried in the surrounding fields. posted by: La de Boheme location: Virginia date approved: 08/30/2012 last visited: never |
 view galleryNW53.3 km | Gordon’s Decisive Attack-Monocacy National Battlefield - Frederick MD in U.S. Civil War Sites The first Confederate troops to cross the Monocacy River had been repulsed by the Federals massing across the Thomas farm. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 09/27/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
 view galleryNW53.3 km | Thick of the Battle-Monocacy National Battlefield - Frederick MD in U.S. Civil War Sites The Battle of Monocacy changed from a stalemate to a rout as the final lines of Maj. Gen. John B. Gordon's three Confederate brigades swept down Brooks Hill onto the fields of Thomas farm. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 09/27/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
 view galleryNW53.3 km | Thomas Farm-Monocacy National Battlefield - MD in U.S. Civil War Sites Col. C. Keefer Thomas, a businessman, should have stayed in Baltimore. He was so sure a war eventually would rage around that city that he moved his family to this 240-acre farm, called Araby. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 09/27/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
 view galleryNW53.3 km | Federal Retreat-Monocacy National Battlefield - Frederick MD in U.S. Civil War Sites The Northerners held, then lost, then retook the Thomas house grounds as the fighting ebbed and flowed in the stifling heat. Casualties mounted quickly on both sides. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 09/27/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
 view galleryNW53.9 km | Gambrill Mill-Monocacy National Battlefield - Frederick MD in U.S. Civil War Sites Mill owner James H. Gambrill used his wits to survive the turmoil. A Southern sympathizer, he sold flour to Northern troops as they set up their line of defense on his land. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 09/27/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
 view galleryNW53.9 km | Monocacy National Battlefield - Frederick MD in U.S. Civil War Sites Here on farmlands bordering the Monocacy River, the fate of the nation’s capital was decided July 9, 1864, when Union troops confronted Confederate soldiers marching toward Washington. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 09/27/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
 view galleryNW53.9 km | Monocacy National Battlefield - Frederick MD in U.S. Civil War Sites The Battle that Saved Washington-In the summer of 1864, Confederate Lieutenant General Jubal Early launched a campaign down the Shenandoah Valley with a corps of approximately 15,000 troops. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 09/27/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
 view galleryNW54.2 km | McCausland’s Attack-Monocacy National Battlefield - Frederick MD in U.S. Civil War Sites Brig. Gen. John McCausland's cavalry brigade forded the river, dismounted, and advanced up the slope toward the Worthington house. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 09/27/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
 view galleryNW54.2 km | Worthington House-Monocacy National Battlefield - Frederick MD in U.S. Civil War Sites Fields of wheat and corn surrounded the hilltop farmhouse of John T. Worthington. Few trees obstructed his views of the meandering Monocacy River and Thomas farm to the east. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 09/27/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
 view galleryNW54.2 km | Worthington-McKinney Ford— Monocacy National Battlefield - Frederick MD in U.S. Civil War Sites Confederate troops succeeded in finding their way across the Monocacy River at the foot of this hill. Brig. Gen. John McCausland's 350 cavalrymen came up over the hill and assembled on the front yard of the Worthington farm. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 09/27/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
 view galleryNW54.6 km | Federals Take a Stand-7:00 a.m., July 9, 1864 - Frederick MD in U.S. Civil War Sites Monocacy National Battlefield- After skirmishing on July 8 with Confederates west of Frederick, MD, Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace’s 5,800 Union troops—many of them “raw and untried”—took a stand at the Monocacy River. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 09/27/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
 view galleryNW54.9 km | Best Family Farm - Frederick MD in U.S. Civil War Sites The Bests were used to working amid soldiers, for Union and Confederate troops had camped here on the South Hermitage farm several times since the Civil War broke out in 1861. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 09/26/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
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