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The War Department creatied a series of interpretive markers for the Antietam battlefield in the 1890's. At the same time they created several markers for related actions such as Boteler's Ford and Turner's Pass.
Six War Department markers are at the summit of Turner's Pass (or Turner's Gap) across from the Old South Mountain Inn. They are on the north side of Alternate U.S. 40, the old National Pike, the main highway west from the Chesapeake Bay to the Ohio Valley during the Civil War.
The markers have no titles, but when read in order they tell the story of the fighting at Fox's and Turner's Gap.
Go to the War Department markers at Turner's Pass:
T.P.1: Confederate movements, Sept. 4-12
T.P.2: Union movements to Sept. 14
T.P.3: Confederate movements Sept. 13-14
T.P.4: The fight at Fox's Gap, Sept. 14
T.P.5: The fight around Turner's Gap, Sept. 14
T.P.6: Conclusion of the battle
Two newer interpretive signs about the battle are to the left of the War Department series, the first on the Maryland Campaign of 1862 and the second on The Lost Orders.
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