Fort Miller

On the opposite side

of the river

Fort Miller

built during

French and Indian War.

Marker is at the intersection of Lakes to Locks Passage (U.S. 4) and Fort Miller Road, on the right when traveling south on Lakes to Locks Passage.

Courtesy hmdb.org

This Stone Marks the Site of the Fort at McDowell's Mill

Erected by John McDowell before 1754. It was used as a base of supplies and as a magazine until the erection of Fort Loudon in 1756. The military road from Pennsylvania, connecting with the Braddock Road at Turkey Foot, was ...

Abandonment of Fort Mill Ridge

The Union troops at Fort Mill Ridge continued their duties until June 14, 1863. Then, in response to Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania, Campbell's command was ordered to concentrate with the rest of their division at New Creek (Keyser). Confederate General ...

Construction of Fort Mill Ridge

On March 16, 1863, Col. Campbell ordered his command to move their encampment from Romney to the fields adjacent to Mill Creek immediately west of Mill Ridge. Sheltered between the mountain to the west and the ridge, the camp was ...

Fort Mill Ridge

General Information

Fort Mill Ridge is a Union fortification constructed between March and June, 1863, to defend the Mechanicsburg Gap and South Branch Potomac Valley. The remains of the fortification have been undisturbed over the past 135 years and are among ...

Fort Mill Confederate Memorial

[South Side]:

1860

Dum Spiro Spero

Spes Animis Opibuscue Parati

1891

Defenders of

State Sovereignty.

[East Side]:

List of names

[North Side]:

1865

The warrior's banner takes its flight

to greet the warrior's soul.

[West Side]:

List of names

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (State Highway 160) and Academy Street, on the ...

Fort Mill

(Front)

Fort Mill was established on land received in 1787 by Thomas Spratt, one of the first settlers in this area. According to local tradition, the 4,535-acre tract in Catawba Indian territory was given Spratt by the Catawbas who were grateful ...

Fort Mills

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One of the four stockade forts erected in 1756 along the North Mount Road as supports for Fort Frederick in preventing the Indians from descending upon the inhabitants living in the Cumberland Valley.

Marker is on Historic National Road (U.S. 40), ...