Maj. Gen. Isaac Ridgeway Trimble, C.S.A.
Civil Engineer, graduated West Point 1822. Among engineer officers sent to assist railroad companies, surveyed first route of B&O, 1827. Resigned commission to pursue distinguished railroad career. Enlisted in Confederate Army after Baltimore riots, 1861. Led brigade at Cedar Mountain, fought at Manassas and Sharpsburg; lost leg in "Pickett's Charge" at Gettysburg. His elaborate gothic mansion, "Ravenhurst," stood near here until it burned in 1985.
Marker is at the intersection of Dulaney Valley Road and Ravenshurst Circle, on the right when traveling south on Dulaney Valley Road.
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