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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22SD_the-aldie-mill_Aldie-VA.html
The Aldie Mill
A working Gristmill - 1796 - 1971
Charles Fenton Mercer - Owner
Statesman - Educator
Mt. Vernon-Ketoctin Chapters NSDAR
Dedicated - October 8, 1971
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21L4_fair-oaks_Aldie-VA.html
Fair Oaks, built ca. 1881 as the home of
Alexander Moore, is a vernacular interpretation
of the Italianate architectural style. From
1835 to 1971, six generations of the Moore
family owned and operated nearby Aldie Mill,
constructed by legisl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z0K_first-mass-cavalry-a-war-memorial_Aldie-VA.html
First Mass. Cavalry
3rd Brigade
2nd Cavalry Division
June 17, 1863
Erected By The First Mass Cavalry
Association
1889
Killed and Died of Wounds
Sergt. C.C. Schwarz Co. A,
Pvt. A. Ammann Co. A,
Pvt. M.F. Daniels Co. A,
Pvt. J. Kel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YXI_mt-zion-cemetery_Aldie-VA.html
The first burial in Mt. Zion Cemetery took place in 1852, one year after the church was constructed. It is the grave of Thomas H.A. Lynn, who died June 11, 1852. The stone was erected sometime after 1855.
There are over 300 graves in the cemete…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16EG_snickersville-turnpike_Aldie-VA.html
Originally an Iroquois hunting trail, it became by 1786 the first recorded operating turnpike in America, praised by Thomas Jefferson. In 1810 the Virginia Assembly chartered the Snickers Gap Turnpike Company, authorizing three toll gates between …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC1Q_americas-oldest-agriculture-college_Aldie-VA.html
A mile north of here, on Oatlands Road, stands the stone and stucco building, erected in 1854 as Loudoun and Mechanical Institute. Its three founders were prominent County agrarian scientists. Unfortunately, America's first agricultural college, L…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WO_lee-moves-north-again_Aldie-VA.html
(Preface): After Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's stunning victory at Chancellorsville in May 1863, he led the Army of Northern Virginia west to the Shenandoah Valley, then north through central Maryland and across the Mason-Dixon Line into Pennsy…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WG_battle-of-aldie_Aldie-VA.html
(Preface): After Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's stunning victory at Chancellorsville in May 1863, he led the Army of Northern Virginia west to the Shenandoah Valley, then north through central Maryland and across the Mason-Dixon Line into Pennsy…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC1_battle-of-aldie_Aldie-VA.html
(East Side of Marker)Facing the Confederate Position.On the afternoon of June 17, 1863, cavalry from the Army of the Potomac under General Alfred Pleasonton and the Army of Northern Virginia under General JEB Stuart battled each other in 94-degree…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAJ_aldie-mill_Aldie-VA.html
In the 1800s and early 1900s Aldie Mill reverberated with the rhythmic sounds of waterwheels, millstones, and farmers chatting with the miller about the weather and their crops. Charles Fenton Mercer located the grist mill here to capitalize on ne…