Map of Carroll County Map Key 1 Union Mills

1 “Old Commons”

ennsylvania Avenue P “CORBIT’S 2 Western Maryland Railroad

3 71 E. Main - Westminster Union Bank W. “Corbit’s Charge” Main Street Self-Guided Tour CHARGE” 4 140 E. Main - “Odd Fellows Hall” Map 5 E. Main & Court Streets - A Civil Westminster Hotel & Tavern Western Maryland Railroad Self-Guided Tour 206 E. Main - Shellman House, The 2 6 Historical Society of Carroll County in E. Main & N. Bishop Streets - 7 Westminster, Baughman Blacksmith Shop 45 min. from Baltimore 90 min. from Washington 3 35 min. from Gettysburg 8 Longwell Avenue Maryland 297 E. Main - Trumbo/Chrest House E. Main Street

9 325 E. Main - Crouse House

Intersection of E. Main St. & 4 Carroll County Visitor Center 10 Washington Road - Corbit Plaque & 210 East Main Street Center Street Center Street Sharrer undertaking establishment Westminster, Maryland 21157 410-848-1388 11 45 Washington Road Court Street 14 6 1-800-272-1933 Sycamore Street 5 13 N. Church Street - Westminster E-mail address: [email protected]

12 Church Street N. Church Street W Cemetery Website: www.carrollcountytourism.org

Cemetery estminster 12 Monday through Saturday - 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. E. Main Street 23 North Court Street - Sundays and most Holidays - 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 13 7 Ascension Episcopal Church Bishop Street N. Bishop Street

14 Carroll County Court House Manchester Road 10 8

10 ashington Road W The Americans With Disabilities Act applies to the Carroll 9 County Government and its programs, services, activities, and 11 facilities. If you have any questions, suggestions, or

Reisterstown complaints, please contact Jolene Sullivan, the Carroll County Government Americans With Disabilities Act Coordinator, at 410-386-3600, 1-888-302-8978 or TT No. 410-848-9747. The mailing address is 10 Distillery Drive, Suite 101, Westminster, MD 21157. small but extremely important through Reisterstown on the pre- The “Battleground” 297 East Main Acavalry skirmish took place in vious day, and made their head- Trumbo/Chrest House, circa. 1830. This home was in Westminster on June 29, 1863. quarters on the “Old Commons”, “Old Commons” the line of fire of the charging Confederate cavalrymen The clash on the edge of town a high point which commanded a Now the campus of McDaniel College. For many on the Washington Road to East Main Street. The between General J.E.B. Stuart’s fine view of the country for many years before the , the site for July 4th celebra- side of this home has bullet marks from the . and a small unit of the miles. A detachment of the 150th tions, picnics, and political rallies. Site of the camp of 325 East Main Delaware cavalry was a significant New York had occupied the 1st Delaware cavalry. It was selected because of the Crouse House, circa. 1850. This home was used as a factor in slowing down the Westminster as a Provost Guard commanding view of the surrounding countryside to detect the approach of Rebel forces. temporary hospital. General’s march. Instead of pro- for several months before their ceeding into Pennsylvania to arrival. Railroad East Main Street & Washington Road inform General Robert E. Lee Westminster remained quiet The Western Maryland R.R. connected Baltimore Location of the Historical Marker commemorating about the major Union troop Ascension Episcopal Church illustration. until about 4 p.m. on June 29th, with Westminster and had just been extended to the “Corbit’s Charge.” Opposite, now a seafood carry-out, movements, Stuart’s cavalry was when the report of approaching area in 1861. Stuart dispatched Horse and is the site of the undertaking establishment of F.A. delayed long enough to make it advisable to spend the Confederates was brought to the Union troops by a the 3rd Virginia cavalry units to this point to “cut off Sharrer & Son. Union and Confederate casualties fell night in the Westminster area. Historians have often doctor visiting a patient in the country. In Major the retreat” of the Delaware cavalry. near his establishment and were carried in to be pre- wondered whether the results of the Battle of ’s absence, Capt. Corbit immediately gathered pared for burial. Gettysburg might have been different if Stuart had his men and led a charge through the streets of 71 East Main 45 Washington Road arrived before July 2nd. Westminster toward the Washington Road. They Now Westminster Union Bank. Site of the Abner Near here was the first encounter by Lt. Clark and the On June 27th, General J.E.B. Stuart crossed the expected to overcome a small unit of Confederates, but Neal home. His sons, Henry and Frank, returned with Stuart’s advance guard. This was the last time they 12 trooper advance for the 1st Delaware cavalry and Potomac into Maryland at Rowser’s Ford with three instead found themselves in the midst of a large body would return home because of their Southern senti- the Confederates. brigades of Confederate cavalry, numbering nearly of Stuart’s veteran cavalry. A fierce skirmish ensued, ments. A plaque is located on the side of the building 6,000 men. On June 28th, Stuart entered Rockville for but the little unit of green but gallant troopers were noting this event. North Church Street the purpose of destroying the telegraph and procuring quickly overpowered, many were captured, including Westminster Cemetery - Site of the Union Meeting supplies, and learned of the approach from Corbit and Churchman. Two were killed, 11 were 140 East Main House used as a hospital. The wounded of both sides Washington of a large Union wagon train. He suc- wounded, and a few managed to make their escape The “Odd Fellows Hall”, circa. 1854. Headquarters of were treated here by local physicians. The site is ceeded in capturing 125 new supply wagons and their down the Reisterstown Road, pursued closely by Lt. Bowman, Provost Guard, Co. F, 150th New York marked by an iron urn near the flag pole. contents, badly needed by the Confederate forces. Confederates. Two prominent Confederate officers Infantry and his detachment of 16 men. 23 North Court Street This was a handsome prize, but the wagon train and were killed and ten men badly wounded. The wounded Ascension Episcopal Church, circa. 1844. In the prisoners slowed the cavalry to a walking pace. A brief on both sides were cared for in improvised hospitals in East Main & Court Streets cemetery is the grave of 1st Lt. John William Murray, encounter with Maryland Militia occurred at Westminster by local physicians and citizens. Now a service station. Site of the Westminster Hotel & Tavern. “Headquarters” of Major B. Co. E, 4th Virginia cavalry, C.S.A. killed in the Cooksville. In an attempt to cut off communications That night, Stuart’s five-mile long column Knight, 1st Delaware cavalry prior to the engagement. engagement. between Washington and the Army of the Potomac, bivouacked along the Littlestown between two columns tore up tracks of the B&O Railroad at Westminster and Union Mills. Brigadier General Fitz 206 East Main Court Square Hood’s Mill and Sykesville, and set fire to two small Lee spent the night sleeping in the orchard at the Shellman House, circa. 1807. The Carroll County Court House, bridges, one of them at Piney Run. The Howard Shriver Homestead. Men and horses rested for four Historical Society of Carroll County. circa. 1838. A large Union flag Cotton Factory was raided and the Confederate sol- hours; the first time since crossing into Maryland on flew from the cupola. The flag diers gladly used the belts from the factory’s machinery June 27th. General Stuart spent the night in East Main & North Bishop Streets was torn down and carried to replace the soles of their worn boots. Westminster and rode on to Union Mills early the next Site of Michael Baughman away by Stuart’s men following Stuart continued north to rendezvous with General morning. Blacksmith Shop. Delaware cavalry- the engagement. Thirteen Early and came into Westminster in the afternoon. On June 30th, the Union VI Corps arrived at the men were having horses shod here ladies of the town of West- Shortly before Noon on June 28th, units of the 1st outskirts of Westminster. Randol’s Battery fired sever- just prior to the engagement. They minster had sewn the flag and were surprised, and men and horses Delaware Cavalry, numbering less than 100 men of al shells over the town and the 3rd Pennsylvania cavalry signed their names on the stars. were captured by the Rebels. Companies C and D, arrived in Westminster to guard dashed in and captured the Confederate stragglers and the important rail and road junction. They were com- their wounded. Court House illustration manded by Major Napoleon B. Knight, with Capt. During the last days of June, 1863, the “Horrors of Charles Corbit and Lt. Caleb Churchman as company War” had literally come to the doorsteps of the citizens Information compiled by G. Thomas LeGore, co-author of Just South of Gettysburg, Carroll County, Maryland in the Civil War, commanders. They had moved from Baltimore of Westminster. published by the Historical Society of Carroll County.