Battery E, 1st U.S. Artillery

Historical marker location:

Sharpsburg, Maryland

( Marker is on Boonsboro / Shepherdstown Pike (State Highway 34), on the right when traveling west.)

The University of Maryland was founded in 1856: The University of Maryland, College Park, was founded in 1856 as the Maryland Agricultural College. Today, it is the flagship campus of the University System of Maryland and is one of the largest universities in the state.