McClellan's Army of the Potomac marched through town a few days later, the citizens were more welcoming.įollowing the Battle of South Mountain on September 14, Middletown's churches and dwellings became hospitals for Union casualties. Confronted by openly defiant residents, the Confederates considered Middletown the most Union of all places they saw during their first trek to Maryland. The inhabitants of this single-street hamlet on the National Road loved the Union, and the ragged Confederates who marched west through here epitomized what the citizens regarded as a rebellion. Lee and part of the Army of Northern Virginia passes through Middletown on September 10–11, 1862, they encountered a chilly reception. hat marker gives some keen insight into the happenings here in 1862. The Trails aspect is reserved only for this site at 200 West Main Street, also known as the Central Maryland Heritage League, and a church down the road a bit. The site of the historic marker is a Civil War trails site and the interpretive itself was placed by the Maryland Civil War trails as well. I was taken on a tour and it was a fantastic site to see. The house where the Civil War marker is located (there are actually several of them) was a field hospital. Hayes was wounded in a battle nearby and brought here. I learned the Confederates marched right through here and the proud townspeople were very defiant towards them.
There is an historic marker which offers some insight into the history here.
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