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GETTYSBURG 116 Wrightsville for the Main Confederate Army To Carlisle Chambersburg 30 H CONFEDERATE ADVANCE H 219 220 (Not to Scale) and Harrisburg Cashtown Inn HISTORIC N ATIONAL RD 40 Hanover H Aldie Mill – On June 17, 1863 the first of several days of Cumberland Fairfield 116 (Multiple Sites) To York and fighting broke out here as Union forces pushed west looking 68 70 16 GETTYSBURG 116 Wrightsville for the main Confederate army. 219 Monterey 116 Garrett County Waynesboro Rouzerville Pass (See Inset) Littlestown H Middleburg – Confederate cavalry delayed the Union push here Visitor Center 16 16 again on June 19, 1863. Village of 94 Stateline 60 H Goose Creek Bridge – Fighting here on June 21, 1863 HOUSE 135 220 OL R HO D centered around the historic bridge. MASON AND DIXON LINE SC 97 522 418 KS 140 BLAC H Upperville – A ‘Swirling’ cavalry fight here on June 21, 1863 Conoc oc 494 h S further delayed the Union attempts to find the main Cr e VE T e A O e a NE k g N Confederate army. O R ue Crossing Leitersburg T D H Stephenson Depot – Fighting here on June 14, 1863 cleared the Mason and SE Emmitsburg 50 (Union Encampment) Manchester the way for the Confederate advance into Pennsylvania. GARRETT AND ALLEGANY COUNTIES Dixon Line 60 140 194 Union Mills (Pipe Creek 81 OLD HANOVER RD. H (Stuart Encampment) Right Flank) Williamsport – Confederate Army’s invasion began here on 63 58 June 15, 1863, and its “Wagon Train of Misery” retreated through Clear Soldiers at rest Spring 15 here after Gettysburg. 11 Taneytown H Catoctin Mountain Shielding the Army – South Mountain, to the east, shielded 40 Smithsburg HIS IONAL RD National Park the Confederates from observation by the Union Army. TORIC NAT Cavalry Battle 30 D R Shielding HAGERSTOWN H Crossing the Mason and Dixon Line – Soldiers from both G 64 N I the Army 194 R armies passed by this historic intersection multiple times P S 68 70 77 IG throughout the war. B Thurmont 832 I L 140 27 H 56 40 Creek 97 Gaithersburg (Summit Hill Farm) – Confederate cavalry Williamsport R A ipe T D P arrived here on June 28th, 1863 intent on arresting Union (C&O Canal NHP) R Big N E Battle of C 84 A D supporters. Fort Frederick A R South Mountain N E Funkstown R 77 G I U F D State Park Recreation Area Cunningham Falls I H Darnestown Park – Confederate cavalry enter town on IN R H T B RD State Park C DLEBURG June 27, 1863. Williamsport O G MID T U C N Old Frederick Road N 65 A O ION C S TOW S (Loy’s Station) Middleburg N H A RD Cashtown Inn – Stand in the footsteps of Confederate soldiers Battle of 806 Catoctin E . H 550 Uniontown 97 WESTMINSTER L (Pipe Creek as they marched to Gettysburg. GETTYSBURG Wagoners C Furnace ALT A T Left Flank) A 40 O WESTMINSTER H Wrightsville – A fierce battle took place here on June 28, 1863 C RD Union Bridge T L 68 P IL I M N CKS D before the Battle of Gettysburg. LA R (See Inset) M B P K 84 81 E O C 140 V U I R A A N E T W A S H I N G T O N A 27 D I 34 A . E N J.E.B. STUART’S CAVALRY TOUR I 66 D Battle of R N F 31 R A 30 30 Jones’ 140 V H D N Falling Waters L Devil’s W L H Rowser’s Ford (Seneca) – On the night of June 27–28, 1863, O 97 O T U SY Crossroads Y NION G T Backbone OWN N N RD Gen. J.E.B. Stuart’s 5,000 cavalrymen crossed into Maryland here. 11 I N H R Lee’s PE 15 Park Battle of Greenbrier Lewistown New Windsor S H Rockville – Stuart occupied the town on June 28, 1863, E Woodsboro A Headquarters Meade’s State Park W Boonsboro V D 31 I and found both Confederate sympathizers and loyal Unionists. HQ L FREDERICK O GETTYSBURG R 140 116 116 k Y H Brookeville – On June 29, 1863, Gen. J.E.B. Stuart paroled C e 15 A Depot e 31 almost 400 prisoners here. r C 550 C Gettysburg O Courthouse H Cooksville – Union troops saved vitally important artillery 65 m Boonsboro N a 40 Destination National t O during Confederate cavalry attack on June 19, 1863. e C i M Gettysburg Military Park &O t 194 Can n H Sykesville – On June 29, 1863, Confederate cavalry hatched BUS al N A 34 Corbit’s Charge 15 HP Gambrill a plan to capture Union Gen. Hooker near here. It failed. Antietam State Park 97 M National A H Westminster – Stuart’s cavalry clashed with the Union’s 1st Keedysville IN 97 Battlefield Richfield Walkersville ST Delaware Cavalry here on June 29, 1863. 17 27 27 DOGSTR 32 140 EE Libertytown H Union Mills – Stuart breakfasted here at the William Shriver MARTINSBURG T 26 Carroll County D house on June 30 with Union infantry on his heels. 134 R 70 R Farm Museum A ALT I R D B 40 R 97 Sharpsburg T 67 26 N CARROLL 45 ON Martinsburg U Landon H UNION ADVANCE H T O G Visitor Center, M Rose Hill N C. Burns I H H Guilford Signal Station – A vital link in the Union communica- Belle Boyd House Manor T S SHEPHERDSTOWN T Middletown S Park A R Boteler’s Ford and T W E South Mountain E tion chain between the Army of the Potomac and Washington, D.C. G K D Blackford’s Ford O State Battlefield R L R O D A H Edward’s Ferry – Most of the Union army, pursuing Lee’s M 32 N army, crossed the Potomac here June 24-25, 1863. Prospect 17 40 75 H Poolesville – From here Hooker wired Gen. Henry Halleck in RD Hall IP B LL UT FREDERICK (See Inset) HI TERFL Washington, D.C. concerning supplies to be sent to Frederick. P Y LN T H Barnesville – Three Union infantry corps marched through FREDERICK W 3RD ST E3RDST M 26 144 this little town, June 26–28, 1863. ST New Market 180 70 M H 355 A Point of Rocks – This was a major crossing point between EAST R COURT ST MARKET ST MAXWELL AVE CHAPEL ALLEY N D W 2ND ST E2NDST R R I Confederate Virginia and Unionist Western Maryland. O R E T T North Market Street T Monocacy 40 T L S Mount Airy S H O V Jefferson – In late June 1863, many pro-Union residents Z COUNCIL ST Pine Grove Sykesville H I T National Battlefield LL N WEST Hood’s E welcomed the Federals with cheers and flowers. E Jefferson Chapel R B RECORD ST W CHURCH ST Mill D COLLEGE AVE H Middletown – The Union army marched through the town on M D O R Car City U E r D oll N H C 340 R T its way north, and Union cavalry passed through after the Battle re 67 T Y ek Hall VIRGINIA R V 85 S E IL R D O Marriottsville at Gettysburg. L F N E 80 ATRICK ST EPATRICKST A R HIS W P L D TORIC H Prospect Hall – On June 28, 1863, Meade replaced Hooker 144 NA Buckeystown TIONAL RD as Commander of the Army of the Potomac. 230 Jefferson County 80 National Museum of 99 Visitors Center 17 K H Frederick – Troops from both sides occupied the town at Civil War Medicine C FREDERIC RD ST h LD DEGRAN e Cooksville O different times in 1862, 1863 and 1864. 355 sa 80 To Baltimore ST EAST pe Brunswick 15 N W ALL SAINTS ST E ALL SAINTS ST S a 144 H Rose Hill Manor – Home of Maryland’s first governor. The Union ST P ke an SO G d R O E l Hi E O h na s io o to F S Can ti army’s large artillery reserve camped here in late June 1863. F T al a r 70 T 340 R N 40 i E ST Harpers Ferry O 270 c 355 J E M A CARROLL C a 464 W SOUTH ST ICE CHARLES H Richfield – On June 28, 1863, Meade promoted three young S IV National Historical Park R R I V E R l cavalry officers up four ranks to general. E SOUTH ST TOWN P H a Prospect r H Lewistown – Saw Union troops on June 28, 1863, en route to A k Hall O Sugarloaf Mountain D Hyattstown 27 Gettysburg and on July 7, 1863, pursuing the Confederates. 671 Point of Rocks Natural Area N H Catoctin Furnace – Ironworks continued to operate even as A HOWARD N Little Bennett Union and Confederates marched by throughout the campaign. E 28 Regional Park H H Thurmont – Union infantry passed by here on June 29, 1863, S on the way to Gettysburg and pursued Confederate cavalry after the battle. Licksville ROCKVILLE (Tuscarora) H Old Frederick Road (Loy’s Station) – A Union corps marched Clarksburg through here pursuing the Confederate army both before and 109 BAR N after the battle. ESVILLE Monocacy RD 108 Stephenson OLD BALTIMORE R 121 H Middleburg – Site of Union army’s left flank on Pipe Creek Depot Aqueduct D Barnesville between June 28 and July 1, 1863. 15 28 355 H Uniontown – A New York soldier described the town as “patri- otic, but paralyzed just now by the nearness of the rebel army.” Beall-Dawson WOOD LN 109 House and H New Windsor – Union soldiers who marched through here com- Higgins House mented on the beauty of this town and surrounding countryside.
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