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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13S_site-of-fort-loudoun_Winchester-VA.html
Built by George Washington in 1756Home and Seminary ofKathrine Glass GreeneOrganizing regent ofFort Loudoun Chapter NSDAR - 1921Presented by the chapter on its 75th Anniversary1996
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13R_fort-loudoun_Winchester-VA.html
In 1756, during the French and Indian War, Col. George Washington proposed, designed, and supervised construction of the largest and most formidable fort on Virginia's colonial frontier. Equipped with 24 pieces of artillery, the fort served as Col…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13Q_fort-loudoun_Winchester-VA.html
Here in May 1756, overlooking the frontier town of Winchester, construction began on Fort Loudoun during the period of the French and Indian War (Seven Year's War in Europe). The fort, named for John Campbell, earl of Loudoun, was a square fortifi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13P_sheridans-headquarters_Winchester-VA.html
1861 hdqts. for Gen. R. H. Milroy. 1862 hdqts. for Gen. N.P. Banks who took the town for the first time. Was again used by Gen. Milroy in 1863. In the fall of 1864-1865 Gen. Sheridan used it as hdqts. Sheridan left here to rally his troops at the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13O_daniel-morgan-house_Winchester-VA.html
In 1802 General Morgan died in this home built by George F. Norton in 1786. The house has been carefully nurtured over the centuries by the Boyd, Sherrard, Massie, Smith, Gaunt and Schember families.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13M_braddock-cannon_Winchester-VA.html
(Left Side): This monument marks the trail taken by the army of General Braddock, which left Alexandria April 9, 1755 to defend the western frontier against the French and Indians.
Erected by the Society of Colonial Dames of America in the Stat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13L_washingtons-office_Winchester-VA.html
While constructing Fort Loudoun, George Washington used the center room of this building as an office from the fall of 1755 until he moved into the fort in December 1756. He was a Colonel in the Virginia Militia and responsible for protecting Virg…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13K_george-washington_Winchester-VA.html
In March of 1748, George Washington, at age sixteen, arrived in Winchester, then called Frederick Town. During the next four years, he worked as a surveyor throughout the colonial Virginia frontier.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13J_rose-hill_Winchester-VA.html
The First Battle of Kernstown, on March 23, 1862, was also the first major Civil War battle fought in the Shenandoah Valley. Throughout the morning, 16 Union cannons on Pritchard's Hill held off Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's overmatched Con…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13I_second-battle-of-winchester_Winchester-VA.html
In June 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee marched his infantry from Culpeper County to the Shenandoah Valley to launch his second invasion of the North. First, however, he had to capture Winchester, the largest town on his line of communication…