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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK3U_virginias-first-shots-in-the-civil-war_Gloucester-Point-VA.html
The Confederate army recognized that Gloucester Point was critical to Virginia's river defense. The Point had been continuously fortified since 1667.
In an opening action of the Civil war, the first shots in Virginia were fired on May 3, 1861 w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG2J_orange-county-greene-county_Ruckersville-VA.html
(West Side):Orange CountyFormed from Spotsylvania County in 1734, Orange County, a pastoral Piedmont county, was probably named in honor of William IV, the Dutch prince of Orange, who married Anne, the Princess Royal, daughter of George II of Engl…