The Federal Signal Station
near this point was captured Oct. 10, 1862 by a detachment of Gen. J. E. B. Stuart's Cavalry. On clear days this station could communicate with stations on South Mountain which relayed messages via Catoctin Mt. to Sugar Loaf Mt. to Washington, D.C.
Marker can be reached from Historic National Road, on the left when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org
