Battle of South Mountain • Turner’s Gap • Fox’s Gap • Crampton’s Gap
Fox’s Gap is less than a mile south of Turner’s Gap as the crow flies, but about 2.75 miles by the winding mountain roads. Here on September 14, 1862 the Union 9th Corps pushed its way up and over the mountain through a desperately outnumbered Confederate resistance. The memorials to two generals killed in the fighting, one Union and one Confederate, and a handful of historical markers stand at the summit of the pass next to a small parking area.
monuments
Monument to Union Major General Jesse Reno
Monument to Confederate Brigadier General Samuel Garland
17th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment
North Carolina Monument
wayside markers
The Battle for Fox’s Gap and The Deaths of Two Generals
13th N.C. Regt. of Gen. Garland’s Brigade (along the Gen. Garland trail)
The “Wiregrass” Georgians (along the Gen. Garland trail)
From the sign:
Welcome to
Historic Wise’s Field
The land around ou was the scene of heavy fighting during the Battle of South Mountain on September 14, 1862. This property is owned by the Central Maryland Heritage League, a nonprofit organization. We depend on donations to maintain the land and are currently restoring it to its original 1862 appearance.
Please help us preserve Wise’s Field for future generations. Visit our web site at cmhl.org
The General Garland Trail leads from the parking area 1,140 feet through the woods to the site of the North Carolina monument. Two wayside markers along the trail describe the fighting on September 14, 1862.
