Things To Do in Burkittsville, Maryland

Formerly the Resurrection Reformed Church, this 1823 building in the historic rural village of Burkittsville was used as a hospital after the battles of South Mountain and Antietam. It now houses ... More on Fredericktourism.org

Formerly the Resurrection Reformed Church, this 1823 building in the historic rural village of Burkittsville was used as a hospital after the battles of South Mountain and Antietam. It now houses a... More on Fredericktourism.org

Inscription. Union surgeons turned Burkittsville, a quiet rural village of some 200 people, into a hospital complex after the September 14, 1862, Battle of Cramptons Gap. The building in front of you, the German Reformed Church, was ... More on HMDB

Inscription. (September 14, 1862): Upon the approach of the Sixth Corps, Army of the Potomac, from Jefferson, Col. T. T. Munford, Commanding Cavalry Brigade, prepared to dispute its advance through... More on HMDB

Inscription. Between September 4th and 7th, 1862, the Army of Northern Virginia, General Robert E. Lee, Commanding, crossed the Potomac near Leesburg, and occupied Frederick, Maryland. On the 10th ... More on HMDB

"These journalists made the ultimate sacrifice so that we might have a glimpse into the daily lives of our embattled troops, and so that all Americans might fully understand the realities of the wa... More on Dnr.maryland.gov

Inscription. Speed Heed: Sept. 14 62 96, To the Army Correspondents, and Artists 1861-65, Whose toils cheered the fireside, Educated provinces of rustics into, a bright nation of readers, and gave ... More on HMDB

Inscription. George Alfred Townsend, known by his pen name of “G ATH, ” was born in Georgetown, Delaware, in 1841. One of the youngest and most renowned special correspondents of his time, he reported on politics and war ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Cobbs Brigade, McLaws Division C. S. A. —— —— At 1 P. M. on September 14, 1862, Cobbs Brigade under Gen. Howell Cobb of Athens, GA. marched from Sandy Hook to Brownsville at the west foot of South ... More on HMDB

Inscription. (Left Side): On September 4, 1862, General Robert E. Lee, hoping to shorten the war by winning a decisive victory on Northern soil, crossed the Potomac River into Maryland. Lee planned to draw the Army of the Potomac ... More on HMDB

Inscription. The first settlers in this area cleared their farm land and raised their families along two Indian trails that crossed here. Joshua Harley, one of these pioneers and a veteran of the American Revolution, started the settlements ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Confederate Forces, Col. T. T. Munford, 2nd Virginia Cavalry, Commanding, Munfords Brigade, 2nd & 12th Virginia Cavalry. Mahones Brigade, Lt. Col. Wm. A. Parham, 41st Virginia, Commanding. 6th, 12th, 16th, 41st, and 61st ... More on HMDB