One of Lee’s ammunition trains was captured here Sept. 15, 1862 by 1200 Federal cavalry under Col. B. F. Davis, escaping from Gen. T. J. “Stonewall” Jackson’s capture of Harpers Ferry. This loss was felt by the Confederate army at the Battle of Antietam.

Marker is at the intersection of Virginia Avenue (U.S. 11) and Bower Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Virginia Avenue.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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