Dec 20, 2018 · Three years later the brothers purchased a large grist mill north of the house at the junction of the Antietam and Little Antietam Creeks. Samuel became the sole owner of the mill and lived there with his wife and children.

Sep 15, 2023 · He also constructed a grist mill, sawmill, and plaster mill along the Antietam Creek. The mills were powered by the seemingly endless flow of creek water. During his ownership, Orndorff expanded the complex to include several workshops and a cooper shop.

Aug 9, 2017 · Just in front of the house he constructed a large barn, a grist mill, a saw mill and a workshop along the Antietam Creek. The mills were powered by water diverted from the creek through a mill race that Orndorff built.

Apr 16, 2018 · In addition to a large house and barn, there was a grist mill, a saw mill and a workshop near the Antietam Creek. The mills were powered by water diverted from the creek through a mill race that Orndorff built.

Two days before the battle of Antietam, a soldier pounded on the door, and when they answered, a Union soldier told the Prys that the Union Army of the Potomac was taking over their farm. Fifteen thousand soldiers of the Union Second Corps settled onto …

The mill prospered under Samuel Pry’s ownership, but this prosperity was interrupted during the Civil War when Pry Mill was chosen as one of seven Union hospital sites before the Battle of Antietam. It was a bloody place after the battle as the wounded and dying soldiers were treated.

The farm of Joshua Newcomer was on the west bank of Antietam Creek near the stone bridge that carried the Boonsboro Pike into Sharpsburg. (Boonsboro Pike west tour map) The farm included a grist mill and plaster mill, but today only the house and barn remain.

Feb 24, 2010 · Jonathan Letterman picked the mill as one of seven Union military hospitals because of the mills proximity to many of the battles of the Civil War, in particular the Battle of Antietum. The war prospered Samuel and ruined Philip; as the Manifacturing Census of 1880 included Pry's Mill as one of Washington County's top five mills.

Sep 17, 2007 · Jonathan Letterman selected the mill as one of seven Union hospital sites, and the building became a grisly haven for the wounded of Antietam. Although the war ruined his brother, Samuel prospered. The 1880 Manufacturing Census placed Pry Mill as one of the top five mills in Washington County.

Apr 16, 2023 · During the years leading up to the Civil War, farmers in the Sharpsburg community took their heavy wagons filled with grain to a grist mill along the Antietam Creek to avoid town and make a faster journey.