Longstreet's Command

Historical marker location:

Sharpsburg, Maryland

( Marker is at the intersection of Hagerstown Pike (State Highway 65) and Richardson Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Hagerstown Pike.)

Anderson's Brigade, D.R. Jones' Division.

Maryland was the first state to pass a law requiring free public education: In 1827, Maryland became the first state to pass a law requiring free public education for all children. The law was initially aimed at poor children, but eventually expanded to include all children regardless of their economic status.