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Inscription. 4:00 4:30 p.m. July 9, 1864, The Battle of Monocacy changed from a stalemate to a rout as the final lines of Maj. Gen. John B. Gordon's three Confederate brigades swept down Brooks Hill onto the fields of Thomas farm. ... More on HMDB

Inscription. After crossing the Potomac River early in September 1862, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee reorganized the Army of Northern Virginia into three separate wings. On September 9, he promulgated his campaign strategy to divide ... More on HMDB

Inscription. George Washington stopped in a building two hundred yards west of here known as Peters Tavern Thursday June 30, 1791. , Erected 1932 by The Federation of Rural Womens Clubs of Frederi... More on HMDB

Inscription. On August 5 and 6, 1785, and again June 30 and July 1, 1791, was the guest of Thomas Johnson at the latter's manorial residence which stood on the site of the present farm house, about... More on HMDB

Inscription. A wagon road crossed Brush Creek at this location connecting the Georgetown Pike with roads to Baltimore. As Federal troops withdrew from the battlefield, they passed Gambrill's Mill and followed this road toward Baltimore, ... More on HMDB

Inscription. (Upper Plaque): Erected by the State of, New Jersey to commemorate the, heroic services of the 14th Regiment, New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 6th Corps, Army of the Potomac, at the, Battle of ... More on HMDB

Inscription. and is in memory, – of –, The Southern Solders: who fell in the battle, fought July 9, 1864, which resulted in, a Confederate victory, ———, Erected July 9, 1914, by the, Fitzhugh Lee Chapter, ... More on HMDB

Inscription. The Battle of Monocacy took place on July 9, 1864, in the valley before you. The battle pitted North against South, and Washington, D. C. was the prize. Richmond and Petersburg were endangered, but the Southern leader, ... More on HMDB

After the Civil War ended, the Thomas Farm returned to its previous prosperity; in fact, by 1868 the farm had sufficiently recovered to serve as the setting for 21-year-old Alice Thomas' wedding. C... More on Nps.gov

Inscription. Col. C. Keefer Thomas, a businessman, should have stayed in Baltimore. He was so sure a war eventually would rage around that city that he moved his family to this 240-acre farm, calle... More on HMDB

Inscription. The earliest inhabitants of the Monocacy River Valley lived here about 12,000 years ago. These Native Americans lived in territorial, semi-nomadic groups dependent upon hunting, fishing, and food gathering. When European ... More on HMDB

Sugarloaf Mountain looms above rolling farmlands about 30 crow-miles northwest of Washington. Privately owned, its managed as both a nature preserve and public recreation area. Although it attracts... More on Trails

What a fascinating place. Sugarloaf Mountain is privately owned -- imagine owning a mountain -- but made available to the public for recreational purposes. There are several different trails, but m... More on TripAdvisor