The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1919-01-16
l6l BATTLES FOUGHT
ON MARYLAND S0IL
Beginning With One in Revolution,
List Includes Three in War OF
1912 And 159 During The War Be-
tween The States.

The records of the War Departs
ment at Washington show that dur
ing the history of the United States
161 battles, minor engagements and
skirmishes in which blood was shed,
have been fought in Maryland, dis
tributed as follows: One in the
Revolutionary War, in the War of
1872 and 159 in the Civil War.
The names and places of these
engagements and the dates on which
they were fought, follow:
Revolutionary War.
Gwyn's Island, Chesapeake Bay,
July $40, 1776.
War of 1912.
Bladensburg, August "a, 1914.
McHenry, Fort, Sept. 13, 1914.
Moore's Field, Aug. 80, 1914.
Civil War, 1S61-1865.
Adamstown, Oct. IA. 1864.
Altamont, April 26, 1868.
Antietam, Sept. Is, II, 1862;July
6, 1864.
Antietam Bridge, July 8, 1864.
Antietam Creek, Sept. Is, 1864.
Antietam Ford, Aug. 4, 1864.
Antietam Iron Works, Aug. 27.
1861.
Baltimore, April 10, 1861.
Barnesville Sept. 9, 1862.
Beaver Creek, July 9. 1863.
Benevola, July 9, 1868.
Berlin, Sept. 1920, 1861; Sept.
As, 1862.
Boonesborough. Sept. 14-15, 1882;
July 8, 1868.
Boonesborough Gap, Sept. 14,1862
Brownsville, July 7, 1864.
Budd's Ferry, Oct. % to Nov. II,
1861.
Carroll, Fort, April II, 1861.
Catoctin Creek, June II. 1863.
Catoctin Mountain, Sept. 1852;
July Z, 1864.
Cavetown, July 10, 1868.
Clear Spring, July 10, 1868; July
20, 1864.
Conrad's Ferry, Potomac river,
June II, 1861; Oct. 4, 1862.
Champions Pass, Sept. IA, 1862.
Cranberry Summit, April 26, 1863.
Cumberland, June II, 1861.
Dam No. 1. Potomac river, April
IS, 1852.
Dams Nos. and 5. Potomac river.
Dec. 1861.
Downville, July z, 1863.
Edwards Ferry, June 18, Oct. %,
"a, 1861; Sept. 34, 1862; Aug. 81,
1868.
Emmitsburg, July 4. 1868; July
80, 1854.
Fair Haven April 1 lsss 3
Fairview Heights. Oct. 10. 1862.
Falling Waters. July IA. 1862.
Flintstone Creek, Aug. 1. 1854.
Four Locks, Oct. 9, 1862.
Frederick, Sept. s, IL, 1862; June
21, 1868; July 7, 8, II, 1854.
Frederick, Fort Dec. 25, 1861.
Funkstown, July 1. 1913, 1862.
Great Falls, July /, Aug. rs. Sept.
4, 1861.
Green Spring Furnace. Oct. 10.
1852.
Gunpowder Bridge. July 10, 1864.
Hager's Mountain, July Z, 1864.
Hagerstown, Sept. 20. 1862: July
6, 1912, 13, 1863; July S, s, Aug.
5, Is, 1864.
Hancock, Jan. 5. 1862; July 81,
Aug. 2, 1864.
Jefferson, Sept. 13, 1862.
Keedysville. Sept. Is. 1862; July
5, Aug. S, 1864.
Leite1sburg, July 10, 1853.
McCoy's Ferry, Oct. 10, 1862.
Magnolia, July IL, 1862.
Maryland Heights, Sept. 1918,
1862; June 80, July 7, 1863.
Mattawoman Greek, Nov. IA. 1861
Middletown, Sept. 13. 1852: June
20, 1868; July 7, 1864.
Monocacy, Oct. II, 1862; July 3,
10, 1864.
Monocacy Aqueduct, Sept. 4, 1862
Monocacy Church, Sept. 9, 1862.
Monocacy Junction, July 80. 1854
Monocacy River, Oct. 12. 1862.
Montgomery County, Oct. I'll
1864.
Muddy Branch, June 20, 1868.
Nolan's Ford, Oct. IL, 1862.
Oakland, April 26, 1862.
Offutt's Crossroads, June %, 1858
Old Antietam Forge, July 10
1863.
Oidtown, Aug. 2, 1864.
Point of Rocks, Aug. 5, Sept. IT
"a, Dec. 10, 1861; Sept. 4-5, T.
1862: June II, 1868; July S. 1864.