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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22TM_general-george-c-marshall-house_Leesburg-VA.html
General George C.
Marshall House
Dodona Manor
Has Been Designated a
National Historic Landmark
This House Possesses National Significance
In Commemorating the History of the
United States of America
1996
National Park Service
United Stat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22SC_our-glorious-dead-a-war-memorial_Leesburg-VA.html
"Their Bodies are buried in Peace
But their name liveth for evermore"
1917 † 1918
Russell T. Beatty, Corp. † Frank Hough, Lt.
Charles A. Bell, Pvt. † Alexander Pope Humphrey, Pvt.
Charles E. Clyburn, Pvt. † Robert A. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z3U_mt-zion-historic-park_Leesburg-VA.html
Welcome to Mt. Zion Historic Park, a property of the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority. Built in 1851, this Old School Baptist Church was a place of worship, and also a critical site during the Civil War because of its location at the junc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z0L_mt-zion-old-school-baptist-church_Leesburg-VA.html
In the graveyard adjoining this church, on June 23, 1863, Harpers Illustrated Weekly's Alfred R. Waud, one of the Civil War's most renowned artists, dug the grave for the burial of his friend Lynde Walter Buckingham, the chief cavalry corresponden…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z0J_the-fog-of-war_Leesburg-VA.html
❶ Evening, July 4, 1864: Union Col. Charles Lowell sends Major William Forbes from Fairfax with 157 horse soldiers of the 2nd Massachusetts and 13th New York Cavalry (detachments) on patrol between Aldie and Leesburg to report any Confedera…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z0I_the-mosby-forbes-engagement-july-6-1864_Leesburg-VA.html
The Battle of Mt. Zion Church began just east of here in the late afternoon hours of July 6, 1864, as Confederate Lieutenant Colonel John Singleton Mosby's artillery struck Union cavalry under Major William Hathaway Forbes. Amid a rousing "re…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z0G_elders-of-the-mount-zion-old-school-baptist-church_Leesburg-VA.html
Beginning in the 1830s, disagreement over doctrine caused a split in the Baptist faith. Some Baptists wished to retain the teachings of the "old school," favoring a more strict interpretation of the Bible. Disputes arose over the subject…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YDX_confederate-earthworks_Leesburg-VA.html
Across the ground in front of you are the remains of Confederate infantry earthworks most likely built after the Battle of Ball's Bluff on October 21, 1861. At this time, Leesburg was on the front lines of the American Civil War and an outpost on …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X4D_gen-george-c-marshall-house-historical_Leesburg-VA.html
Gen. George C. Marshall (1880-1959) and his wife, Katherine Tupper Marshall (1882-1978), purchased this early-19th-century house and its surrounding four acres in 1941. They lived here during the years of Marshall's great achievements as Army chie…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WLS_the-lost-locomotive-historical_Leesburg-VA.html
At the outbreak of the Civil War in spring 1861, Maj.Gen. Robert E. Lee sent orders to Col. Eppa Hunton in Loudoun County. Anticipating Federal seizure of the Alexandria to Leesburg railroad, Lee told Hunton to tear up track, burn bridges, and des…