Old Stone Tavern
Metro Stop: Bethesda
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Brigadier General John McCausland commanded Confederate forces at the Battle of Bethesda. (Source: Wikipedia)
Civil War buffs may be familiar with the battle of Fort Stevens in July of 1864, but few know of a skirmish that occurred along the way: The Battle of Bethesda. The Confederate forces were moving south on Rockville Pike, while the Union forces were moving north, and the two sides met at the Old Stone Tavern. Shots fired from the early morning until the Union troops pulled back at 3 p.m. Since Bethesda was little more than a country crossroads at the time, very little was destroyed. In an unintentional ominous twist, the site of the Old Stone Tavern is now a funeral home.