TO THE "UNFATHOMABLE SORROW" OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR. THE POTOMAC HAS ALWAYS BEEN A MILITARY RIVER, THROUGHOUT ITS HISTORY A STRATEGIC AVENUE FOR WAR TIME OFFENSE AND DEFENSE. ♪ IT WAS IN THE ...

From its headwaters in West Virginia to its estuary in Maryland's Chesapeake Bay, the Potomac River was a frontline during the Civil War. On the banks of the river at Harpers Ferry, a federal ...

To identify the largest battles of the Civil War, 24/7 Tempo reviewed information ... and allowed Lee and his troops to cross the Potomac River into Union territory. The deadliest one-day battle ...

Darnestown was the site of many Civil War battles ... Offutt’s Crossroads renamed Potomac. Thomas Perry built the Perry Store on the corner of River and Falls roads the year before.

Just a few hours after they had crossed the Potomac River into Virginia in October ... for African Americans at this early point in the Civil War. But as the chaos unfolded around him during ...

The placid, slow-moving Shenandoah River, which flowed past our bottom ... Americans would look back at Brown across the gulf of the Civil War and identify him as a sign of what was ahead, imbuing ...

The commemoration recalls a tragic 1865 maritime collision on the Potomac River tied to the pursuit ... based group of teenage siblings playing Civil War-era and American folk music on fiddle ...

Around the time of the Civil War, engineers in Alexandria built combined ... A crucial race against the clock to dig a tunnel under the Potomac River depends on a powerhouse player: a 15-foot ...

The series, which began April 27, 2025, with a “Civil War & the Potomac River” cruise, offers guests a unique blend of history, scenic tours, and local cuisine. With only 20 seats per cruise ...