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Gathland State Park is a public recreation area and historic preserve located on South Mountain near Burkittsville, Maryland, in the United States. The state park occupies the former estate of war correspondent George Alfred Townsend (1841-1914), who wrote under the pen name "Gath" during the American Civil War .
The War Correspondents Memorial Arch. The National War Correspondents Memorial, part of Gathland State Park, is a memorial dedicated to journalists who died in war.It is located at Crampton's Gap at South Mountain, [1] near Burkittsville, Maryland, in the United States.
The National War Correspondents Memorial in Gathland State Park. In 1884 Townsend traveled to Western Maryland to research locations for a romance novel based during the Civil War. He purchased 100 acres of land [3] and built a baronial estate in the Catoctin Mountains called "Gapland," near Burkittsville, Maryland.
The South Mountain Recreation Area includes the battlefield, South Mountain State Park, Gathland State Park, Greenbrier State Park and Washington Monument State Park. The property adjoins South ...
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This list of Maryland state parks includes the state parks and state battlefields listed in the Maryland Department of Natural Resources's current acreage report. [1] Generally, the Maryland Park Service, a unit of and under the authority of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR), is the governing body for these parks, although some ...
The gap is the location of Gathland State Park and was the site of the Battle of Crampton's Gap on September 14, 1862, during the Maryland Campaign of the American Civil War. War Correspondents Memorial Arch and First New Jersey Brigade Monument at Crampton's Gap
Crampton's Gap at the crest of the mountain is encompassed by Gathland State Park, which features the War Correspondents Memorial Arch, erected in 1896 to memorialize journalists killed in wartime. The arch is listed on the National Register as part of Antietam National Battlefield. The mountainous portions of the district feature numerous ...