Ferry Hill was the boyhood home of Confederate officer Henry Kyd Douglas, and the property was occupied by both armies at different times during the Civil War.
At the July 2, 1861 First Battle of Falling Waters, Union Maj. Gen. Robert Patterson’s army defeated a smaller Confederate army near Hainesville, Virginia (now WV).
This French and Indian War-era stone fort was used during the Civil War as a picket outpost and was the scene of a Christmas Day skirmish in 1861.
Fox’s Gap was the scene of one of series of battles for control of the mountain passes in the Battle of South Mountain during the Maryland Campaign of 1862.
The George Rizer farmstead was a campground for Union troops during the 1863 Gettysburg Campaign and the scene of a skirmish during the 1864 Monocacy Campaign.
The park, created in 1894, preserves and commemorates the Battle of Gettysburg, fought July 1-3, 1863.
The Gettysburg Railroad Station served as a field hospital following the Battle of Gettysburg, and President Lincoln later passed through it to give the Gettysburg Address.
The Gibson-Todd House was the site where John Brown was hanged for his failed raid against the U.S. Arsenal at Harpers Ferry.
The Goose Creek Meeting began the area’s first school for black children, just after the Civil War.
This area was home to Virginia’s largest settlement of Quakers, vocal abolitionists during the war.
Following the Battle of Antietam, Confederate General Robert E. Lee met with subordinate generals at the Grove-DeLauney House in Sharpsburg, Maryland.
The site of John Brown’s raid in 1859, Harpers Ferry was also strategically important during the war years, and changed hands several times.
This former barracks and prison served throughout the war as a hospital for the North and the South.
Hitt Bridge is one of three stone arch bridges significant in the Battle of Antietam.
Hitt Bridge is one of three stone arch bridges significant in the Battle of Antietam.
The Boonsboro Odd Fellows Hall was used as a hospital following the battles of South Mountain and Antietam in 1862, and after the Battle of Funkstown in 1863.
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.
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.
