Horatio Sharpe

Lived: 1718-1790. Here as Governor of Maryland and the commander of the fort. Fort Frederick was built by his direction. Governor: 1753-1769. Sharpsburg, Md., was named in his honor.

Daniel Boone

Lived: 1734-1820. Here as a teamster with Braddock's forces, blazed the Wilderness Road to Kentucky. A famous frontiersman and Ky. legislator. Namesake: Boonesboro.

Henry Lee

Lived: 1756-1818. Here as Governor of Va. and commander of forces against the Whiskey Rebellion. Congressman and father of Robert E. Lee. His nickname: "Light-Horse Harry."

Thomas Gage

Lived: 1721-1787. Here as Lt. Col. for Gen. Braddock. As military Governor of Mass., ordered British troops to Lexington, Concord, and "Bunker Hill" (Breed's Hill).

George Washington

Lived: 1732-1799. Here as aide-de-camp to Braddock, fort commander, commander of Va. forces, and as our first President. He led the Continental Army to victory in the American Revolution. His nickname: "Father of His Country."

Edward Braddock

Lived 1695-1755. Here as a British Major Gen. and commander of the fort. He was a career officer in the Coldstream Guards and died of a battle wound. He was buried in the Braddock Road (his namesake) near present Uniontown, Pa.

Main Gate Was Ahead

Marker is at the intersection of Prospect Square and Washington Street, on the left when traveling south on Prospect Square.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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