Maryland: More Civil War Sites

Western Maryland
Allegany County

Civil War in Allegany County
Trails sign at Canal Place off Mechanic Street in Town of Cumberland
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    Thousands of Union troops were required throughout the war to protect this vital Northern transportation, supply and communications area in Western Maryland. Cumberland was an important stop on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and the National Road, and it was the western terminal of the C&O Canal.

Cumberland
Trails sign at in Constitution Park in Town of Cumberland
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    Union stronghold established here in June 1861 primarily to protect the western Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. The town, strongly garrisoned during the war, became a supply and hospital base. Frequent Confederate raids were staged against the railroad in the area, the most spectacular on Feb. 21, 1865, resulting in the capture of two Union generals by Confederate partisan Jesse McNeill.

Battle of Folk's Mill
Trails sign at the Shriner's Hall, 13100 Ali Ghan Road NE, Cumberland MD 21502
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    After burning Chambersburg, Penn., on July 31, 1864, Confederate cavalry Gen. John C. McCausland turned toward Cumberland. Union defenders turned the raiders back after a four-hour battle at this spot.

Brady's Crossing (Cresaptown)
Trails sign in park on Darrows Lane, off Route 220 in Cresaptown
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    Confederate raiders passed through here Feb. 21, 1865, gathering intelligence about Federal troop dispositions in the Cumberland vicinity from local Confederate partisans. The Confederates managed to enter the town and capture two Union generals, creating much alarm in the North as the war wound down.

Clarysville General Hospital
Trails sign just off Alternate 40 near Vale Summit Road SW (Route 55)
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    Located on the old National Road, this Union hospital was established in a large complex of buildings at the Clarysville Inn in March 1862. It served thousands of Union sick and wounded as well as some Confederates. The original inn burned in 1999.

Garrett County

Altamont
Trails sign located at located on Route 135 near Old Wilson Road in Altamont
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    This was the scene of an April 26, 1863, Confederate raid on the B&O Railroad led by partisan John McNeill. The Confederates, led by Gen. William E. "Grumble" Jones, succeeded in cutting telegraph wires and destroying switches here.

Oakland
Trails sign at the restored train station, 104 E Liberty St, Oakland MD 21550
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    Surprised townfolks emerged from church services April 26, 1863, to find the town occupied by John McNeil's rangers during a larger incursion into Western Maryland. McNeil's men captured dozens of prisoners here and destroyed bridges and track on the B&O Railroad in the area.

Fort Alice
Trails sign on west side of Herrington Manor Road, northwest of downtown Oakland
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    Confederate rangers under John McNeill captured and burned a small Union fort here then proceeded to burn the B&O Railroad bridge over the Savage River during the raid on April 26, 1863. Remains of the fort are accessible via a path parallel to the river.

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