Editing Brookeville, Maryland (section)

===Late 19th century===
[[Image:Oakley cabin brookeville md.jpg|thumb|right|Oakley cabin]]
The Oakley Farm, located on the western edge of Brookeville, thrived during the 18th and 19th centuries. [[Log cabin]]s, dating from the 1820s, were built on the Oakley/Dorsey farm, to house [[slavery in the United States|slaves]] and later free black families.<ref>{{cite news |title=Road Markers Offer History at Any Speed; Stories They Tell Usually Interesting, Often True |author=Rauschart, Lisa |newspaper=The Washington Times |date=November 2, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.montgomeryparksfnd.org/fg-oakcab.htm |title=Oakley Cabin |publisher=Montgomery Parks Foundation |access-date=December 14, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070823054022/http://montgomeryparksfnd.org/fg-oakcab.htm |archive-date=August 23, 2007 }}</ref> The Oakley Cabin is now maintained by the Montgomery County Department of Parks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mc-mncppc.org/parks/park_of_the_day/jun/parkday_jun30.shtm |title=Oakley Log Cabin |publisher=Montgomery County Department of Parks |access-date=December 14, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070809143200/http://www.mc-mncppc.org/parks/park_of_the_day/jun/parkday_jun30.shtm |archive-date=August 9, 2007 }}</ref> A number of other 18th and 19th century cabins still exist on private property in the Brookeville area.

During the [[American Civil War]], [[George B. McClellan]] sent [[Union Army|Union]] troops (the First and Ninth Corps) through Brookeville, on their way to [[Battle of Antietam|Antietam]]. This was one of three groups of troops that came from different directions towards Antietam.<ref>{{cite book |title=Death in September: The Antietam Campaign |author=Jamieson, Perry D. |publisher=McWhiney Foundation Press |year=1995 |page=26}}</ref> The Quakers played an instrumental role in aiding escaped slaves on the [[Underground Railroad]]. Nearby [[Sandy Spring, Maryland|Sandy Spring]] was an important stop. Historians suggest that the Madison House was also used as a stop on the Underground Railroad during the Civil War. Part of the Madison House once served as the town's post office. A false stone wall in the room hid a staircase that descended in two directions, including into a hidden area in the basement where escaped slaves could hide.<ref name="richman"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://pathways.thinkport.org/library/sites4.cfm |title=Pathways to Freedom: Maryland & the Underground Railroad |publisher=Maryland Public Television |access-date=December 14, 2007}}</ref>