Crampton's Gap, also known as Crampton Gap, is a
wind gap on
South Mountain in
Maryland
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The gap connects
Burkittsville in the
Middletown Valley to the east with
Gapland and
Rohrersville in the
Pleasant Valley to the west.
Documentation of the earliest land tracts in the Crampton's Gap area and records related to the earliest road may be found in ''The Land Tracts of the Battlefield of South Mountain'' by Curtis L. Older.
[Older, Curtis L., The Land Tracts of the Battlefield of South Mountain, Heritage Books, Inc., ISBN 1-58549-066-0.]
The gap is the location of
Gathland State Park and was the site of the
Battle of Crampton's Gap on September 14, 1862, during the
Maryland Campaign of the
American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861May 26, 1865; also known by Names of the American Civil War, other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union (American Civil War), Union ("the North") and the Confederate States of A ...
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References
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Wind gaps of the United States
Landforms of Frederick County, Maryland
Landforms of Washington County, Maryland
South Mountain Range (Maryland−Pennsylvania)
Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area
Valleys of Maryland