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HERE SEPTEMBER 17, 1862, THE FIFTEENTH REGIMENT, MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS, WITH FIRST COMPANY ANDREW SHARPSHOOTERS, ATTACKED. 606 MEN OF ALL RANKS, MET AND ENGAGED TROOPS OF THE BRIGADES OF SEMMES, EARLY AND BARKSDALE. WITHIN TWENTY MINUTES 330 HAD FALLEN ...

IN MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM WASHINGTON COUNTY, MARYLAND WHO SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DURING THE WAR WITH SPAIN, THE CHINA RELIEF EXPEDITION AND THE PHILIPPINE INSURRECTION.

SEE ALSO-BRONZE CANNON MEMORIAL PLAQUE

SEE ALSO-BRONZE CANNON MEMORIAL

THIS MEMORIAL IS ALSO DEDICATED TO ALL MARYLANDERS KILLED IN THE WAR WITH MEXICO.

SPANISH 12 POUNDER BRONZE SMOOTH BORE GUN NAMED EL NEPTUNO CAPTURED BY THE UNITED STATES NAVY FROM MEXICANS IN CALIFORNIA IN 1847 DURING THE WAR OF 1812.

ERECTED IN 1848 BY PASSED AND OTHER MIDSHIPMEN OF THE U.S. NAVY AS A TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.

SPANISH 12-POUNDER BRONZE SMOOTH BORE GUN NAMED ST. JOSEPH CAPTURED BY THE UNITED STATES NAVY FROM THE MEXICANS IN CALIFORNIA IN 1847.

THIS BELL ORIGINALLY HUNG IN A MONASTERY IN MEXICO. IT WAS BROUGHT TO AMERICA DURING THE MEXICAN WAR 1846.

THIS MEMORIAL MARKS THE SPOT WHERE MAJ. GEN. JESSE LEE RENO, COMMANDING 9TH ARMY CORPS, U.S. VOLUNTEERS, WAS KILLED IN BATTLE SEPT 14, 1862.

COMMEMORATES THE BATTLE OF BALTIMORE AND HONORS THOSE WHO FOUGHT AND DIED IN THE BATTLE DURING THE WAR OF 1812.

HONORS THE FATHER OF OUR COUNTRY AND WAS THE FIRST MONUMENT TO GEORGE WASHINGTON TO BE COMPLETED.

THE AMERICAN VOLUNTEER ALSO KNOWN AS THE AMERICAN SOLDIER AND PRIVATE SOLDIER.

THE GROUP OF FIGURES SHOWS BELLONA AND THE PERSONIFICATION OF VICTORY TOGETHER WITH A CITIZEN-SOLDIER.

COMMANDER OF FORT MCHENRY DURING THE BOMBARDMENT BY THE BRITISH FLEET SEPTEMBER 13-14 1814, WAR OF 1812.

THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED IN HONOR OF THE GALLANT DEFENDERS OF FORT MCHENRY DURING ITS BOMBARDMENT BY THE BRITISH FLEET.

UNDER HIS COMMAND THE ATTACK OF THE BRITISH UPON BALTIMORE WAS REPULSED.

TO COMMEMORATE THOSE WHO FELL IN THE BRITISH ATTACK ON BALTIMORE DURING THE WAR OF 1812.

THIS BUST OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT (356-323BC) WAS ONCE THE FIGUREHEAD ON THE BRITISH FRIGATE MACEDONIAN UNTIL IT'S CAPTURE BY THE US FRIGATE UNITED STATES UNDER THE COMMANDER OF CAPTAIN STEPHEN DECATUR.