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|   Battle of Fort Stevens - Washington DC
in Battlefields The Battle of Fort Stevens was an American Civil War battle fought July 11–12, 1864 in what is now Northwest Washington, DC, as part of the Valley Campaigns of 1864 between forces under Confederate Lieutenant General Jubal Early and Union Major General Alexander McDowell McCook. posted by:  Don.Morfe location: District of Columbia date approved: 11/8/2020 last visited: 10/17/2021 |
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| Ox Hill Battlefield - Fairfax, Virginia in Battlefields Located at the intersection of West Ox Road and Monument Drive. posted by:  flyingmoose location: Virginia date approved: 10/18/2020 last visited: 7/19/2022 |
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| Cooksville Skirmish, Cooksville MD in Battlefields On June 29th, 1863, Confederate calvary under the command of J.E.B. Stuart encountered a detachment of Maryland militia. The Confederates easily defeated their opponents. posted by:  briansnat location: Maryland date approved: 5/30/2008 last visited: 10/16/2022 |
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| The Civil War at Poolesville - Poolesville MD in Battlefields Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker’s Headquarters were established here on June 26, 1863, during the Gettysburg Campaign. Skirmishes occurred here in September, November and December 1862 and July 1864. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 11/28/2021 last visited: 11/28/2021 |
 view galleryNW41.5 km | Battle at Sugarloaf Mountain-Mt. Ephraim Crossroads Sharpshooters Hold the Line - Comus MD in Battlefields 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: 3/29/2023 last visited: 3/29/2023 |
 view galleryNW42.3 km | Skirmish at Hyattstown - Hyattstown MD in Battlefields 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 on the evening of September 8, 1862. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 3/29/2023 last visited: 3/29/2023 |
 view galleryW46.2 km | Manassas Battlefield (Bull Run), Manassas VA. in Battlefields In the summer of 1861, enthusiastic volunteers in colorful uniforms gathered to fight the first major land battle of the war. Confident that their foes would turn and run, neither side anticipated the smoke, din and death of battle. posted by: Lat34North location: Virginia date approved: 9/14/2007 last visited: 7/19/2022 |
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| Crimea Mansion-The Arrest of Ross Winans - Baltimore MD in Battlefields On May 11, 1861, Union Gen. Benjamin F. Butler's troops occupied the railroad depot southwest of Baltimore at Relay, where a spur of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's main line turned south to Washington. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 3/30/2023 last visited: 3/25/2023 |
 view galleryW47 km | Battle at Ball’s Bluff - Leesburg VA in Battlefields On the night of October 20, 1861, a small Federal scouting party crossed the Potomac River from Maryland to determine whether recent troop movements indicated a Confederate withdrawal from Leesburg. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 9/7/2020 last visited: 10/17/2021 |
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| Battle of the Severn - Annapolis, MD in Battlefields The battle of the Severn was fought nearby. It was small battles and revolts like this that eventually escalated into the American Revolution. posted by: bluesnote location: Maryland date approved: 6/22/2021 last visited: 3/8/2022 |
 view galleryNE50.4 km | Combat on Pratt Street - Baltimore, MD in Battlefields One of the earliest confrontations of the Civil War took place in downtown Baltimore, led to the death of the first confederate soldier of the war. posted by: bluesnote location: Maryland date approved: 2/15/2019 last visited: 6/21/2022 |
 view galleryNE50.7 km | Battle at Fort McHenry - Baltimore MD in Battlefields As a guardian of Baltimore's harbor, Fort McHenry is the site of the successful defense of the city by American forces during the British attack on September 13-14 which inspired Francis Scott Key to write "The Star-Spangled Banner". posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 9/19/2020 last visited: 10/17/2021 |
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| Kettle Run - Bristoe Station VA in Battlefields During the Civil War, just before the 2nd Battle of Manassas in 1862, Confederate and Federal troops skirmished at the Orange & Alexandria Railroad in northern VA. posted by: La de Boheme location: Virginia date approved: 8/29/2012 last visited: never |
 view galleryNW55.2 km | Battle of Monocacy-The Battle that saved Washington - Frederick MD in Battlefields Here along the Monocacy River on July 9, 1864, was fought the battle between Union forces under General Lew Wallace and Confederate forces under General Jubal A. Early. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 10/18/2020 last visited: 10/17/2021 |
 view galleryNE57.9 km | Battle of North Point - Dundalk MD in Battlefields In 1814 Baltimore's defenders watched about 4,500 British troops march from North Point toward the city. Roughly 3,200 Americans, led by Brigadier General John Stricker, were sent to impede the advance. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 9/19/2020 last visited: 10/17/2021 |
 view galleryNE57.9 km | At Patapsco Neck -Battle of North Point- Dundalk MD in Battlefields The narrow land shaped by Bear Creek, Bread and Cheese Creek, and Back River was the site of the Battle of North Point, September 12, 1814. Some 3,200 Americans clashed with 4,500 British to delay the advance on Baltimore. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 12/2/2022 last visited: 12/4/2022 |
 view galleryNE57.9 km | The Conflict upon this Battle Field-North Point Battlefield - Dundalk MD in Battlefields The conflict upon the North Point Battle Field on September 12, which was followed on the 13 and 14 by the unsuccessful bombardment of Fort McHenry, was the last battle upon American Soil before peace was secured. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 12/3/2022 last visited: 12/4/2022 |
 view galleryNE57.9 km | Battle of North Point 1814 - Dundalk MD in Battlefields This one-acre of the North Point Battlefield was set aside in 1839 to commemorate those who risked and gave their lives to defend their homes and country from an invading British Army. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 12/3/2022 last visited: 12/4/2022 |
 view galleryNE57.9 km | Battle Acre-Dundalk, MD in Battlefields Battle Acre-September 12, 1814-Here General Stricker’s City Brigade inflicted severe losses upon the main body of the British Army. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 12/2/2022 last visited: 12/4/2022 |
 view galleryNE58.7 km | North Point Battlefield-Dundalk, MD in Battlefields North Point Battlefield on September 12, 1814 is where General John Stricker met the British Army. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 9/9/2022 last visited: 12/4/2022 |
 view galleryNW58.9 km | Capture of Army General Hospital #1 - Frederick, MD in Battlefields During the Civil War, on September 6, 1862 General Lee captured Army General Hospital #1 (now known as Hessian Barracks), causing an 500 additional casualties. One week later, General McClellan recaptured the hospital. posted by: bluesnote location: Maryland date approved: 1/18/2022 last visited: 8/18/2022 |
 view galleryNW64.2 km | Brunswick Formerly Berlin-Gettysburg Campaign - Brunswick MD in Battlefields Union troops pursuing the Confederate army to Virginia after the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863 crossed the Potomac River here. Called Berlin at the time of the Civil War, this town truly experienced the challenges of life on the border. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 11/26/2021 last visited: 11/27/2021 |
 view galleryNE68.1 km | Gilmor's Raid-Capturing Cockeysville - Cockeysville, MD in Battlefields Johnson sent 25 mounted troopers under Maj. Harry Gilmor to seize Cockeysville, where they arrived on Sunday, July 10. They set up pickets and burned the Northern Central Railway’s bridge across the Big Gunpowder Falls. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 9/13/2022 last visited: 9/24/2022 |
 view galleryNW68.2 km | Union Gen. William B. Franklin's Headquarters - Burkittsville MD in Battlefields The Hamilton Willard Shafer Farm House was the headquarters of General William B. Franklin's 6th Corps on the afternoon of September 14, 1862 during the Battle of Crampton's Gap. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 11/25/2021 last visited: 11/26/2021 |
 view galleryNW69 km | Advance, Retreat, and Refuge in Middletown In the Path of War - Middletown MD in Battlefields As the Civil War approached, the citizens of Middletown read about the coming conflict in the town newspaper, The Valley Register. Some attended patriotic rallies, while others found it safer to conceal their allegiances. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 11/19/2021 last visited: 11/16/2021 |
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