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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QQ6_swan-pond-manor_Martinsburg-WV.html
1.5 miles north is Swan Pond Manor, a 2,000 acre retreat set aside in 1745 for use by Thomas, Lord Fairfax, once the proprietor of the Northern Neck of Virginia who established an estate at Greenway Court, Frederick County in 1738. So named becaus…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QQ3_tuscarora-church_Martinsburg-WV.html
Tuscarora Presbyterian Church, which was built before 1745 by Scotch-Irish Presbyterians. Rev. Hugh Vance, first pastor, is buried here. During Indian days, worshipers hung their guns on pegs in the walls while they sang and prayed.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1755_belle-boyd-house_Martinsburg-WV.html
Isabelle "Belle" Boyd, the Confederate spy, lived here during part of her childhood. The ten-year-old and her family moved here in 1853 and left in 1858 for a dwelling (no longer standing) on South Queen Street. According to Boyd, when Union Gen. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13SK_civil-war-martinsburg_Martinsburg-WV.html
Martinsburg, strategically located on the Valley Turnpike, (present day U.S. Route 11) and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, was a major transportation center and the northern gateway to the Shenandoah Valley. Both sides contested for it frequently…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13SJ_berkeley-hotel_Martinsburg-WV.html
This is one of the last surviving antebellum buildings in the area. It was constructed shortly after the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad reached Martinsburg in 1842. The adjacent railroad yards twice were Confederate Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13EI_battle-of-falling-waters_Martinsburg-WV.html
On the morning of July 2, 1861, Federal troops under General Robert Patterson crossed the Potomac River from Maryland and marched toward Martinsburg. Confederate Colonel Thomas J. Jackson's command marched from Camp Stephens, four miles north of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13EG_battle-of-falling-waters_Martinsburg-WV.html
On the morning of July 2, 1861, Federal troops under General Robert Patterson crossed the Potomac River from Maryland and marched toward Martinsburg. Confederate Colonel Thomas J. Jackson's command marched from Camp Stephens, four miles north of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUUH_belle-boyd-house_Martinsburg-WV.html
Built in 1853 by Benjamin Reed Boyd, a merchant, Confederate soldier and the father of Belle Boyd. Belle Boyd was a famous Confederate spy author and actress.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRWH_battle-of-falling-waters_Martinsburg-WV.html
On the morning of July 2, 1861, Federal troops under Gen. Robert Patterson crossed the Potomac River from Maryland and marched south toward Martinsburg. Colonel Thomas J. Jackson sent his men north from their camp north of town to block them and t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRWC_general-stonewall-jackson_Martinsburg-WV.html
In Memory ofGeneral "Stonewall" JacksonThis tablet is erected by the Berkeley County Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy to commemorate an instance of General Jackson's remarkable bravery at all times in the face of the gravest danger.
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