Interpretive Panels: Best Farm

Interpretive Panels: Best Farm

NPS / Claire Hassler

Quick Facts

Location:

Frederick, Maryland

Significance:

Battle of Monocacy, L'Hermitage Plantation

Designation:

National Battlefield, National Register of Historic Places, National Historic Landmark

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There are three waysides at the Best Farm that hint to the layers of history at this site. One addresses the history of L’Hermitage the original plantation located on what is today called the Best Farm. A second wayside speaks to what the Best Family went through during the Battle of Monocacy. A third wayside is a map of the buildings both existing and now gone that are or were part of the Best Farm. 

The Best Farm

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6 minutes, 19 seconds

Fresh Confederate troops emerge out of Frederick, push Union troops back towards the River and take up positions in and around the Best Farm buildings, forcing General Lew Wallace to make a drastic decision.

Best Farm at Monocacy National...

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Images of Best Farm cultural landscape at Monocacy National Battlefield in Maryland

Best Farm Slave Village Archeo...

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Best Farm Slave Village Archeology at Monocacy National Battlefield

Best Farm Slave Village Artifa...

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Artifacts excavated at the Best Farm Slave Village.

Best Farm Main House

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Best Farm Secondary House

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