The park, created in 1894, preserves and commemorates the Battle of Gettysburg, fought July 1-3, 1863.
The site of John Brown’s raid in 1859, Harpers Ferry was also strategically important during the war years, and changed hands several times.
Hitt Bridge is one of three stone arch bridges significant in the Battle of Antietam.
Landon House was occupied by Northern and Southern troops during the war, and was the site of a ball hosted by J.E.B. Stuart in September 1862.
At or near the Gambrill (or Araby) Mill, several Union soldiers were killed and wounded by the first firing at the Battle of Monocacy. The mill also served as a Union hospital during the battle.
Union and Confederate forces clashed here on July 9, 1864, in the “Battle that Saved Washington.”
During the Battle of Antietam the Mumma Farmstead was the only civilian property that was intentionally damaged.
South Mountain State Battlefield preserves and commemorates the various sites associated with the Battle of South Mountain, fought on September 14, 1862.
The Trinity Lutheran Church steeple was used by the Union Army to send signals during the Gettysburg Campaign.
Turner’s Gap was the scene of one of a series of battles for control of the mountain passes in the Battle of South Mountain during the Maryland Campaign of 1862.
Loudoun Independent Rangers, the only Union force from Virginia, was raised here in 1862 by Samuel Means, a Waterford miller.
During the war, the land was used to bivouac troops and place guns to protect arriving artillery.
This ferry was a crossing point during the Civil War, used on many occasions by Confederate forces during raids and campaigns in Maryland.
Whites’ Ford is located about 3 miles north of White’s Ferry, near Lock 2 on the C&O Canal on the Maryland side of the Potomac River.
