The pro-secessionist Maryland General Assembly met in Kemp Hall between April and September 1861.
The Kennedy Farmhouse was used by John Brown and his followers as a staging area for his October 17, 1859 raid on the nearby U.S. Arsenal at Harpers Ferry,Virginia.
During the Battle of Antietam the cellar of the Kretzer Homestead house served as a place of refuge for local residents who remained in Sharpsburg.
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.
During the Civil War the Lockwood House served as headquarters for Union generals, and after the war it was the site of a school for African Americans and became part of Storer College.
During the July 30, 1864 burning of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, a Confederate officer reportedly posted guards to prevent the burning of the Masonic temple.
During the Battle of Antietam the Mumma Farmstead was the only civilian property that was intentionally damaged.
The museum tells the story of medical care for soldiers during the Civil War.
Sitting atop the summit of South Mountain at Turner’s Gap, Confederate Brig. Gen. Daniel Harvey Hill made his headquarters in the inn during the Battle of South Mountain.
During the Battle of Antietam, the Otto farm was occupied by both armies at different times, and after the battle it was used as a Union hospital.
This farm was used by General George McClellan as headquarters during the Battle of Antietam; it was also a hospital and signal station.
During the Battle of Antietam, the Piper House served as headquarters for two Confederate generals and was damaged during the fight at nearby Bloody Lane.
Prospect Hall was the site of the transfer of command of the Army of the Potomac from Union General Joseph Hooker to General George Meade before the Battle of Gettysburg.
In October 1862, Abraham Lincoln stopped at this house to visit a Union general recovering from a wound received at the Battle of Antietam.
This house was owned by Roger Brooke Taney, future Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, from 1815 to 1823.
The church building was used as a hospital during the war, and the cemetery holds the remains of Roger Brooke Taney and several Civil War soldiers.
The church was used as a hospital after the Battle of Antietam.
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church of Sharpsburg was badly damaged during the Battle of Antietam, and was used as a hospital by both the Confederate and Union armies.
Tolson’s Chapel was an African American church and Freedmen’s Bureau school in the years after the Civil War.
Washington Monument was used as a Union signal station before and during the Battle of Antietam, and during the Confederate retreat from Gettysburg.
