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|  Battle of Funkstown - Funktown, MD
in Battlefields A Maryland marker about the Battle of Funkstown. posted by: saopaulo1 location: Maryland date approved: 5/31/2009 last visited: 1/4/2014 |
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|  The Bloody Cornfield - Sharpsburg, MD
in Battlefields A locational tablet marks the western side of the Bloody Cornfield, site of the most vicious, bloody & deadliest fighting in all of the Civil War. Today it is the site of numerous monuments, markers & cannons displayed on both sides of the road. posted by: Math Teacher location: Maryland date approved: 1/15/2012 last visited: 2/27/2014 |
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|  Antietam Battlefield - Sharpsburg, Maryland
in Battlefields The Battle of Antietam ended the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia’s first invasion into the North and led to Abraham Lincoln’s issuance of the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. posted by: Sneakin Deacon location: Maryland date approved: 2/26/2008 last visited: 9/4/2014 |
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|  1862 Battle of Harpers Ferry - Harpers Ferry, WV
in Battlefields A historical marker about the Union Skirmish Line of the Battle of Harpers Ferry is located on the Bolivar Heights/Schoolhouse Ridge section of the Harpers Ferry National Historical Park in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. posted by: Marine Biologist location: West Virginia date approved: 8/24/2008 last visited: 2/11/2012 |
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|  Bolivar Heights Battlefield - Bolivar, WV
in Battlefields The Bolivar Heights Battlefield is located on 340A near Harpers Ferry, WV. posted by: uccacher location: West Virginia date approved: 10/3/2011 last visited: 10/6/2012 |
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|  The Peach Orchard - Gettysburg, PA
in Battlefields A very famous second day battlefield consisting today of a replanted peach orchard and many monuments is marked by a cast iron sign denoting the historical nature of this site. posted by: Math Teacher location: Pennsylvania date approved: 7/20/2011 last visited: 4/5/2015 |
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|  Little Round Top - Battle of Gettysburg
in Battlefields Little Round Top is the smaller of two rocky hills south of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It was the site of an unsuccessful assault by Confederate troops against the Union left flank on July 2, 1863, the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg. posted by: Team Min Dawg location: Pennsylvania date approved: 12/1/2007 last visited: 3/27/2015 |
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|  Seminary Ridge - Gettysburg, PA
in Battlefields There were many different battlefield during the Battle of Gettysburg. Seminary Ridge is a dendritic ridge which was an area of Battle of Gettysburg engagements during the American Civil War. posted by: Math Teacher location: Pennsylvania date approved: 10/9/2010 last visited: 6/4/2011 |
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|  East Cemetery Hill - Gettysburg, PA
in Battlefields This preserved battlefield was a pivotal turning point in the Civil War. The battlefield is located across from the Gettysburg National Cemetery which was constructed as a direct result of this battle due to the high loss of life. posted by: Math Teacher location: Pennsylvania date approved: 9/11/2010 last visited: 10/9/2009 |
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|  Oak Ridge - Gettysburg, PA
in Battlefields Oak Ridge is crestline of a hill that was the location of 1863 Battle of Gettysburg combat and at which the Eternal Light Peace Memorial was constructed for the battle's 50th reunion. Numerous other monuments dot the landscape of this battle site. posted by: Math Teacher location: Pennsylvania date approved: 1/20/2011 last visited: 9/1/2014 |
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|  Culp's Hill - Gettysburg, PA
in Battlefields Culp's Hill is the only hill on the battlefield attacked on all three days of the battle. The fight for Culp's Hill was significant because it guarded the main Union supply line on the Baltimore Pike and the rear of the Union army on Cemetery Ridge. posted by: Math Teacher location: Pennsylvania date approved: 8/8/2011 last visited: 9/2/2014 |
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|  Barlow Knoll - Gettysburg, PA
in Battlefields Barlow Knoll is one of several battlefields which set the stage for the Battle of Gettysburg, being a first day site of fighting on July 1, 1863. posted by: Math Teacher location: Pennsylvania date approved: 7/6/2011 last visited: never |
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|  Benner's Hill - Gettysburg, PA
in Battlefields Benner's Hill is a Civil War battlefield about .95 miles west of the center of town & .91 miles N.E. of Cemetery Hill. It was from here, on July 2, 1863, Confederate artillery pounded Union positions @ Cemetery Hill, Culp's Hill and Stevens' Knoll. posted by: Math Teacher location: Pennsylvania date approved: 8/3/2013 last visited: never |
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|  East Cavalry Field - Battle of Gettysburg, PA
in Battlefields An important battlefield on the outskirts of Gettysburg about as far east as you can get within the town limits. The main road, East Cavalry Field Road is littered with interpretives and monuments which tell the tale of the great battle. posted by: Math Teacher location: Pennsylvania date approved: 6/13/2011 last visited: 4/18/2015 |
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|  Stephenson's Depot
in Battlefields Following the loss the previous day at 2nd Winchester, federal troops retreated north but were cut off on June 15th by Generals Steuart and Nicholl's who occupied the ground in front of the current sign.
posted by: hhoke location: Virginia date approved: 2/13/2010 last visited: never |
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|  Cooksville Skirmish, Cooksville MD
in Battlefields On June 29th, 1863, Confederate calvary under the command of J.E.B. Stuart encountered a detachment of Maryland militia. The Confederates easily defeated their opponents. posted by: briansnat location: Maryland date approved: 5/30/2008 last visited: 4/4/2012 |
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|  Battle of Cedar Creek - Middletown, Virginia
in Battlefields Battle of Cedar Creek - Cedar Creek Battlefield Foundation, Middletown, Virginia posted by: Rivers End location: Virginia date approved: 1/15/2008 last visited: 6/6/2011 |
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|  Manassas Battlefield (Bull Run), Manassas VA.
in Battlefields In the summer of 1861, enthusiastic volunteers in colorful uniforms gathered to fight the first major land battle of the war. Confident that their foes would turn and run, neither side anticipated the smoke, din and death of battle. posted by: Lat34North location: Virginia date approved: 9/14/2007 last visited: 4/28/2013 |
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|  Kettle Run - Bristoe Station VA
in Battlefields During the Civil War, just before the 2nd Battle of Manassas in 1862, Confederate and Federal troops skirmished at the Orange & Alexandria Railroad in northern VA. posted by: La de Boheme location: Virginia date approved: 8/29/2012 last visited: never |
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|  Mountain Run - Culpeper County VA
in Battlefields A small force of Confederate soldiers clashed with a division of Union cavalry at Mountain Run during the Battle of Brandy Station of the Civil War. posted by: La de Boheme location: Virginia date approved: 4/22/2012 last visited: 6/7/2012 |
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|  New Market Battleground
in Battlefields This three-hundred acre New Market Battlefield State Historical Park, 19th Century Bushong Farm, and Hall of Valor Civil War Museum, commemorate a unique moment in American history. posted by: unimoggers location: Virginia date approved: 5/31/2007 last visited: 7/17/2011 |
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|  Chancellorsville Battlefield
in Battlefields Named for a tavern, Robert E. Lee achieved his greatest victory of the Civil War at this battlefield. posted by: La de Boheme location: Virginia date approved: 7/17/2007 last visited: 4/5/2014 |
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|  Battle of Salem Church, Spotsylvania, VA
in Battlefields Battle of Salem Church, May 3 + 4, 1863, fought by Lee and Hooker, concluded the Chancellorsille campaign. posted by: garmin_geek location: Virginia date approved: 3/31/2009 last visited: 8/5/2010 |
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|  Marye's Heights - Fredericksburg Battlefield
in Battlefields Part of the campaign at Fredericksburg, this Civil War battle took place along a sunken road worn by wagon wheels and stone wall giving the Confederate army a ready-made defensive line. posted by: La de Boheme location: Virginia date approved: 9/6/2007 last visited: 11/19/2011 |
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|  Spotsylvania Court House Battlefield
in Battlefields A bloody two-week battle raged at Spotsylvania Court House, VA during the Civil War between Union troops under the command of Gen. U. S. Grant and Confederate troops under Gen. R. E. Lee, during their march to Richmond. posted by: La de Boheme location: Virginia date approved: 6/24/2010 last visited: 12/20/2014 |
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