Battle of South Mountain • Turner’s Gap • Fox’s Gap • Crampton’s Gap
Four and a half miles south of Fox’s Gap as the crow flies and almost eight miles by road, Crampton’s Gap was held by a small Confederate force that covered the rear of McLaw’s Division while it attacked the Union garrison at Harpers Ferry. On the afternoon of September 14 the thinly spread Confederates faced the entire Union 6th Corps.
monuments
New Jersey Brigade
War Correspondents Memorial Arch
Civil War Trails wayside markers
1862 Antietam Campaign
Battle for Crampton’s Gap
George A. Townsend
other Civil War wayside markers (in order)
The Stage is Set
Brownsville Pass: Semmes’ Gamble
Bartlett Leads the Way
Medal of Honor Recipients
Troup Light Artillery
Padgett’s Field: Confederate Last Stand
Burial: A Most Disagreeable Task
historical markers
Cobb’s Brigade
Confederate Retreat
Mell Rifles and Troup Light Artillery
War Department markers (Set of 4)
GATH: The Man And His Mountain and Gapland
How to get to Crampton’s Gap
Crampton’s Gap is on South Mountain (39°24’20.7″N 77°38’21.1″W) near Burkittsville, Maryland, about twelve miles west of Frederick. From the west it can be reached from Maryland Route 67 via Gapland Road or Townsend Road. From the east it can be reached from Burkittsville by taking W. Main Street, which turns into Gapland Road.