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 E h S further delayed the Union attempts to find the main Cr e V T e A O e a N k g N E Confederate army. O R u Crossing T D e Leitersburg E H Stephenson Depot – Fighting here on June 14, 1863 cleared the Mason and S 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 H State Park Recreation Area Cunningham Falls I 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

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B RECORD W CHURCH ST Mill D COLLEGE H Middletown – The Union army marched through the town on M D O R Car C 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 VIRGINIA R V 85 S I E L R D O Marriottsville at Gettysburg. L F ICK ST EPATRICK ST N E 80 H PATR A RD ISTO W 144 L RIC H Prospect Hall – On June 28, 1863, Meade replaced Hooker NA Buckeystown TIONAL R as Commander of the Army of the Potomac. 230 Jefferson County 80 D N M 99 Visitors Center 17 K H Frederick – Troops from both sides occupied the town at C W M C FREDERIC RD h LD DEG O different times in 1862, 1863 and 1864. es Cooksville T 355 a 80 To Baltimore S RA pe Brunswick 15 N W ALL SAINTS ST E ALL SAINTS ST S EAST ST a 144 N k H Rose Hill Manor – Home of Maryland’s first governor. The Union O P e an S 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 E Harpers Ferry O i 270 40 c 355 J E M A C a 464 W SOUTH ST ICE ST CHARLES V H Richfield – On June 28, 1863, Meade promoted three young S CARROLL ST I National Historical Park R R I V E R l cavalry officers up four ranks to general. E SOUTHST TOWN P H a r H Lewistown – Saw Union troops on June 28, 1863, en route to A k 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

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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 NE after the battle. SVIL Monocacy LE 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. Stonestreet MIDDLE LN MONTGOMERY Medical Museum H Union Bridge – Thousands of wounded Federals passed through 9 White’s Brookeville the town after the Battle of Gettysburg. Ford MONTGOMERY AVE H Libertytown – On June 29, 1863, Union troops marched through Beallsville Court House Square the town while being serenaded by the division’s glee club. WINCHESTER 107 28 97 189 WH T I E’S F DA 28 Peerless Rockville TU White’s Ferry ER RN H New Market – A wing of the Union army marched through here TT RY E JEFFERS LAN R S 270 Winchester-Frederick County E D T O W ON on June 29-30, 1863. W Visitor Center & Civil War 7 Poolesville ASHINGTON ST ST N VINSON ST H 355 Prettyman Mount Airy (Pine Grove Chapel) – On June 29, 1863 Union Orientation Center Y RD R

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R RY RD M NR H Union Mills – Confederate cavalry camped here the night of 81 ED 28 T MARYLAND 50 MO N June 29, 1863, followed closely by Union infantry. E B 109 Edwards O R Darnestown H Taneytown – Location of Meade’s headquarters in the days Ferry D 28 before the battle. RIV 17 Gen. John F. Reynolds ER RD H Emmitsburg – A union supply depot and home of the Cath­olic VIRGINIA 112 Daughters of Charity, who helped tend to wounded soldiers. Rowser’s Ford ( ROCKVILLE H Gettysburg – The battle that occurred here on July 1-3, 1863, A (Seneca) l e (See Inset) cost approximately 50,000 men killed, wounded or missing. 734 x a 7 n d H Hanover – Intense fighting took place in and around the streets r i a , of town here on June 30, 1863. L o Goose Creek u d H Fairfield – Located near the Mason and Dixon Line the town o R Bridge u C IV n & ER was visited twice by the armies. O RD 15 & Ca Upperville H na a l m NHP H H p CONFEDERATE RETREAT s h i r e R Middleburg R 495 & UNION PURSUIT ) 522 Guilford 190 H Leitersburg – Union cavalry attacked retreating Confederates Signal Station after a long, miserable march through the mud and rain. 50 Wa H Hagerstown – After two sharp cavalry engagements with sh ingt on and retreating Confederates, Union troops finally occupied the town Old on July 12, 1863. Aldie Mill Do mi 606 n C io LARA B H Jones’ Crossroads – The entrenched armies faced each other n ARTON P Tr K here on July 12, 1863. ail 7 W 28 Y H Meade’s HQ – Union Gen. Meade gathered his generals here HERNDON on July 12, 1863. 626 H Smithburg – On July 5, 1863, Stuart’s retreating cavalry fought WASHINGTON, D.C. an artillery duel with Union cavalry. FRONT ROYAL H Battle of Wagoners – On July 6, 1863, Imboden organized his drivers and wounded to protect the Confederate wagon train VIENNA during an attack. To Page County Bel Air H Clear Spring – On July 10, 1862 a large cavalry action took place here. 66 Driving Route of Union Army Advance 66 H Battle of Boonsboro – Site of July 8, 1863 cavalry battle. To Culpeper 234 Alternate Route of Union Army Advance H Boteler’s Ford and Blackford’s Ford – This strategic ford across the Potomac River was used many times by both armies Driving Route of Confederate Army Advance during the War. Fairfax Court House H Battle of Funkstown – On July 10, 1863 Stuart’s cavalry held Manassas National Driving Route of Confederate Cavalry Advance off Union forces, enabling the Confederates to protect their Battlefield Park 495 avenue of retreat. Driving Route of Confederate Army Retreat H Battle of Falling Waters – Confederates fought here to protect and Union Pursuit their retreat across the Potomac River on July 14, 1863. HERITAGE AREA Gettysburg Campaign Site H Brunswick – Union troops pursuing the Confederate army crossed the Potomac River here. Other Civil War Trails Site 29 H Front Royal (Bel Air) – The Buck family entertained Lee at their home, Bel Air, July 22, 1863. National, State or County Parks H Manassas Littlestown – After the Battle of Gettysburg hundreds of Visitor Center Information or Welcome Center wounded were brought here. Miserable muddy march To Brandy Station HHHHHHHHH THE GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN HHHHHHHHH WHO’S IN COMMAND

HARRISBURG mboldened by his recent victories at The Confederates splashed northward Carlisle Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville in across the Potomac River at Boteler’s May 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee Ford and at Williamsport, then marched Elaunched a second invasion into Union through Western Maryland towns like PENNSYLVANIA Wrightsville territory. Lee first invaded the North nine months Hagerstown and Smithsburg. The bulk Dover York earlier and retreated from Antietam. This time he of the 75,000 Confederates had entered Chambersburg intended to carry the war across the Mason and Pennsylvania by June 25.

Dixon Line into Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, the U.S. Army searched Cashtown GETTYSBURG What lay ahead was the fateful Battle of desperately for the Confederates. The Hanover Greencastle Gen. Joseph Hooker Gen. George Meade Gettysburg, the farthest the Confederate army Blue Ridge Mountains effectively screened MASON AND DIXON LINE Waynesboro ventured into the North— its “high water mark.” Lee’s movements. The Federals marched Emmitsburg en. Joseph Hooker, BigPipe Creek Hagerstown Manchester The Gettysburg Campaign took thirty-five days, northward along the east side of the Taneytown commander of the Army Williamsport with most of the advance and retreat occurring mountain range. The Confederates were Middleburg Westminster of the Potomac, was in Maryland. on its western side. “Cannons on the Square” by Ron Lesser. furious. He demanded that Finally, on June 24, the Federals began Martinsburg G The Shenandoah Valley in Virginia and the Sharpsburg Washington authorize him to abandon Frederick Cumberland Valley in Maryland became Lee’s crossing the Potomac at Edward’s Ferry to resources. He moved east of the main Federal army Bunker MARYLAND Maryland Heights and relocate the & O h i avenue of invasion. The first battle of the campaign concentrate at Frederick, Maryland. Then they and seized 125 wagons and 400 prisoners near Hill ( B a l t i m o r e o R R ) 10,000 men, who were guarding the occurred on June 9, 1863, at Brandy Station, moved north toward Emmitsburg and east into Rockville. But his raid through central Maryland Harpers Ferry BALTIMORE mountain fortress at Harpers Ferry, to Stephenson Depot Virginia, on the Orange & Alexandria Railroad. Carroll County on a dual mission to confront the deprived Lee of his army’s “eyes and ears” during R Stuart’s join the main army in Frederick, Md. E V Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart held the high invaders and protect Baltimore and Washington, much of the campaign. I Route After the War Department refused, Berryville R Winchester H ground at the end of the day. D.C., along the “Pipe Creek Line.” The advancing Confederate Army of Northern A Hooker offered his resignation on O Leesburg D By June 15, Lee’s army had cleared its path Stuart had separated from Lee and led Virginia met and clashed with the Union’s Army of N June 27, 1863. A N Rockville with a victory at the Second Battle of Winchester. a cavalry raid to capture desperately needed the Potomac at the crossroads town of Gettysburg, E It was a bad time to pick a fight H Upperville S P just above the Pennsylvania line, on July 1. Gen. Aldie Dranesville O with the Lincoln administration, T O The Confederate cavalry crossing the Potomac River, June 11, 1863. Middleburg M Robert E. Lee’s troops were unprepared for the A since Gen. Robert E. Lee had invaded C R I Front Royal V E ferocity and strength of the Union forces under Fairfax R WASHINGTON, D.C. the North after thrashing Hooker at Salem Court House the newly named Potomac Army commander, Gen. (Marshall) Chancellorsville, Va. Lincoln accepted Fairfax Station Centreville George G. Meade. r i a R R ) Hooker’s resignation and replaced him A l e x a n d e & a n g By the third day of fighting, Lee ordered an Manassas Junction (O r with Gen. George G. Meade. A courier Warrenton attack by fewer than 15,000 troops on the Federal delivered the order to Meade at 3 a.m. Army’s center at Cemetery Ridge. The assault, MEADE on Sunday, June 28, near Frederick. (Hooker) known as “Pickett’s Charge,” managed to pierce Sperryville Meade had not campaigned for the the Union lines but eventually failed. job but had earned the position on

Suffering thousands of Confederate casualties, Brandy R A merit. “I am moving at once against Station P P Stafford Lee was forced to withdraw his battered army A Lee,” he wrote to his wife. “[A] battle H Court House Kelly’s A Culpeper N N O C on July 4 and retreat toward Virginia. A flooded Court House Ford K Aquia Landing will decide the fate for our country R I V Potomac River prevented immediate escape, and V E R E and our cause.” When the Union R I R for nearly one week, pursuing Federals trapped the LEE N Chancellorsville A FREDERICKSBURG and Confederate armies collided I D A P Confederates at Williamsport and Falling Waters. R unexpectedly at Gettysburg, just four The Gettysburg Campaign ended on July 14 when Orange VIRGINIA days later, Meade delivered Lincoln Lee finally crossed the river. Court House the fateful victory he so desired. Gen. Robert E. Lee

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s the Army of Northern ommunications are extremely uring the Civil War, Marylanders s you drive this tour in your Virginia invaded Northern important in wartime, both struggled to maintain normalcy climate-controlled vehicle, soil in June 1863, Confed- for locating and predicting despite the suspension of some consider the plight of the hen President Abraham A erate Gen. James Ewell Cthe movements of the enemy Dcivil rights by the Federal A Civil War infantryman who Lincoln learned of Union Brown “J.E.B” Stuart and his cavalry and for keeping track of friendly forces. government and repeated military trudged the same route, putting one victories at Vicksburg corps served as Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Many advances were made in military invasions by the Confederates, which sore foot in front of the other in all W and Gettysburg in “eyes and ears.” Lee directed him communications during the Civil War, created havoc for local residents. While types of weather, while wearing ill- July 1863, he told a crowd it was to protect his right flank, avoid the first war in which the telegraph was families and neighbors were often divided fitting army shoes and toting 60 pounds providential that they had occurred protracted engagements with the used extensively. The U.S. Signal Corps, by loyalties, many Marylanders were of equipment. around the nation’s birthday. Federals, and capture provisions while established in 1860, was the first corps of united by compassion. The typical marching day would “Gentlemen,” he added, “this is a gathering infor- officers and men whose sole mission was At the start of the war, U.S. troops last from dawn into the afternoon at a glorious theme, and the occasion for

mation. communication. Maj. Albert J. Myer, who were immediately deployed to occupy areas Courtesy of the Historical Society Frederick County rate of two and a half miles per hour. a speech, but I am not prepared to Stuart dis- had developed a flag-signaling system sympathetic to the South. Some places The only known photographs of Confederate troops march- A division of the Army of the Potomac make one worthy of the occasion.” rupted Union called “wigwagging,” commanded were under martial law, leading to arrests ing under arms were taken at the intersection of Patrick numbered between 3,000 and 5,000 He found his and Market Streets in Frederick in September 1862. communica- the corps. At night, torches were used for many reasons, including “disloyalty.” men, included wagons carrying food occasion that fall tion and supply instead of flags. Either method could Meanwhile, Confederates under Gen. J.E.B. and ammunition, and could stretch out at the dedication lines, alarming only be used when the visibility was Stuart arrested Union supporters. roads and lines of communication. along four miles of road. of the cem­etery Washington and good. Wigwag signal stations were placed Mollie Dawson’s father, who lived Soldiers disrupted everyday life, During the Gettysburg Campaign, at Gettysburg. By Baltimore. He on high ground with unobstructed views in Rockville, was one example. A Union sometimes getting into altercations with however, soldiers sometimes marched the time Lincoln also lost contact and moved when the army moved. supporter, he was arrested to prevent him civilians and stealing livestock. Virginia more than 30 miles at a time. After a left Washington, with Lee, ren- A student of Myer’s, Edwin Porter from transmitting crucial information. Moore of Bethesda recalled an intoxicated miserable hike of 35 miles on June 24, D.C. by train on dering him blind Alexander, went south and founded the Taunted in school for her family’s soldier stealing her chicken: “Had we 1863, Pvt. Alex Haley of the 17th Maine November 18, he and deaf to the Confederate Signal Corps. Both sides allegiance, Mollie and her siblings worried reported him our lives would not have Infantry complained, “Ye gods! … I had substantially whereabouts used Myer’s system during battles as that their father would continue to face been safe.” could stand no more of this.” But the completed his of the Federals well as during campaigns. Capt. Lemuel Confederate arrest. Members of her family In this climate of confusion and next day he got up and hoofed it for six speech, add­ing and frustrating Norton was U.S. Chief Signal Officer fought on both sides, creating division and mistrust, some families provided meals to more miles, testifying to the amazing Abraham Lincoln the final touches him as the mili- Gen. J.E.B. Stuart during the Gettysburg campaign, confusion, even among her family. Union officers camped nearby to protect resilience of the American soldier. in Gettysburg. tary situation and Col. William Norris headed the Union and Confederate forces their livestock and crops from marauding At the ceremony on November Union troops marching through Middletown changed. Confederate Signal Corps. occupied communities to secure strategic soldiers. Families also prepared and sold on the National Road. 19, Lincoln followed a widely praised Lee’s infantry stumbled into meals to supplement their incomes. two-hour oration by Edward Everett, Civil War signal station. Union Gen. George G. Meade’s Army Marylanders did not suffer the the principal speaker. Lincoln of the Potomac at Gettysburg early on shortages and privations of the South, delivered his 272-word speech in July 1, 1863, where Stuart’s absence but constant troop movements destroyed a few minutes and sat down, his

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