New Atzerodt Article

[Dennis Urban]

For those who want to trace Atzerodt's route into Montgomery County, MD from Tennallytown, Washington City, I recommend Martenet and Bond's map of Montgomery County, Maryland 1865. Using Edward Steers very descriptive tracing of the route on pages 167 -169 of Blood on the Moon, one can follow the route into Rockville, MD and west to the Clopper Mill and the H. Richter farm location. Along the way are the locations of the farms of other CS operatives living in the area and the farm of Nathan Page who first reported a suspicious character to his friend, James Purdom an undercover detective for the Union military. These farm locations have long been replaced by urban sprawl but it is interesting to see the names and locations on a period map.

https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3843m.la000299/