Cheap Things To Do in Burkittsville, Maryland

Gathland State Park was once the mountain home of George Alfred Townsend, a Civil War journalist. In the late 1800's, Gathland featured a unique collection of buildings and structures designed and ... More on marylandstateparks.org

A unique War Correspondent's Memorial Arch, constructed by journalist and author George Alfred Townsend. On his former estate, the George Alfred Townsend Museum is open weekends. Apr-Oct 12-5pm. H... 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 ... 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

Inscription. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Infantry and Hexamers Battery: September 14, 1862, Late in the afternoon the brigade advanced from the fields north and west of Burkittsville, charged up the mountain, carried this point and followed ... More on HMDB

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 incentive to narrate, distant wars ... 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