Maryland History - Drane House

Built 1797. Oldest Structure in Garrett County.

Marker is on Main Street (U.S. 219) north of Accident-Bittinger Road, on the right when traveling north.

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Dundalk, Maryland

Founded 1894

Approximately 200 yards northwest of this spot an iron foundry, owned by William McShane, was built in 1894. When asked to give a name to the railroad depot serving his new foundry, he chose “Dundalk” in honor of ...

To Marylanders Who Served Here

To Marylanders Who Served Here

Col. Tench Tilghman, Confidential Aide to Washington, who wrote:---

--“formerly of my family - in every action (of) the main army - often refused his pay - left as fair reputation as ever belonged ...

The Maryland Campaign of 1862

On September 4, 1862, General Robert E. Lee, hoping to shorten the war by winning a decisive victory on Northern soil, crossed the Potomac River into Maryland. Lee planned to draw the Army of the Potomac through South Mountain into ...

Maryland Campaign of 1862 / The Lost Orders

(Left Side)

On September 4, 1862, General Robert E. Lee, hoping to shorten the war by winning a decisive victory on Northern soil, crossed the Potomac River into Maryland. Lee planned to draw the Army of the Potomac through South Mountain ...

Maryland Campaign of 1862 / The Lost Orders

(Left Side)

On September 4, 1862, General Robert E. Lee, hoping to shorten the war by winning a decisive victory on Northern soil, crossed the Potomac River into Maryland. Lee planned to draw the Army of the Potomac through South Mountain ...

Maryland's Eastern Shore

Hundreds of Enslaved and Free Black Men Enlisted

Although isolated from Maryland's largest population centers, the Eastern Shore was important to the state's role in the Civil War and exemplified the citizens' divided loyalties.

In the years before the war, ...

“Crampton’s Gap” “Maryland Heights” and “Pleasant Valley”

Important points during the first invasion of Maryland by the Army of the Confederacy in 1862.

Marker is at the intersection of Old National Pike (Alternate U.S. 40) and Rohrersville Road (Maryland Route 67) on Old National Pike.

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Georgetown, Maryland

Erected by act of Assembly of Maryland, May 1736, on a tract called Tolchester. A base of Continental supplies, 1775 to 1783. Port of Entry and ferry landing. George Washington stopped here enroute to points north and south. • Burned ...

Gold Mining in Maryland

Most gold found in Maryland came from the Potomac area. Mining operations began shortly after gold was discovered near Great Falls during the Civil War and continued until 1940; incidental prospecting continued until 1951. From 1884–1940 the US Mint in ...