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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4JX_fort-buffalo_Falls-Church-VA.html
Nearby once stood Fort Buffalo. Thisearthwork fortification was built by the 21st New York Infantry of the Union army in 1861 and named for the troops' hometown. During the Civil War, a concentration of forts existed in the Seven Corners section o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4JW_dumfries-rest-area_Dale-City-VA.html
Dedicated May 11, 1965byMrs. Lyndon B. Johnson
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4JV_the-fighting-ends-in-stalemate_Locust-Grove-VA.html
StalemateTwo days of bitter fighting had left the bleak Wilderness landscape charred and smoking from fire. Corpses littered the contested ground, now scarred by miles of earth-and-log entrenchments. Unwilling to attack Lee's strong position, Gran…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4JU_carey-m-perkinson_Montclair-VA.html
This building is dedicated toCarey M. Perkinsonfor his years of serviceto theDumfries-Triangle Vol. Fire Dept.& Auxiliaryand theDumfries-Triangle Rescue SquadAugust 1993
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4JT_montclair-veterans-flagpole_Montclair-VA.html
Dedicated to the brave Montclair residents who served our country in Operation Desert Storm.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4JS_struggle-on-the-orange-plank-road_Locust-Grove-VA.html
Crisis at the CrossroadsCrises followed one after another on May 5. No sooner had Grant and Meade learned about Ewell's approach on the Orange Turnpike than they discovered General A.P. Hill's corps moving up the Orange Plank road. If Hill reached…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4JR_battle-of-the-wilderness_Locust-Grove-VA.html
The Armies
The Army of the PotomacThroughout the winter of 1863-1864, the armies rested and refitted on opposites sides of the Rapidan River. The ranks of the Union army swelled with thousands of new draftees and recruits - soldiers whose commi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4JQ_clash-on-the-orange-turnpike_Locust-Grove-VA.html
The Battle of the WildernessOn May 5, 1864, Lee moved swiftly eastward through Orange County and struck the Federals along two roads - the Orange Plank Road and the Orange Turnpike. Two bloody, largely separate battles exploded. They would evolve …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4JP_the-federals-fall-back_Locust-Grove-VA.html
In front of you are the remains of trenches manned by the Union army on May 5-6, 1864. When Gordon attacked these works from the north, your left, the Federals abandoned them and fell back to a new position one mile to your front and right. The Co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4JO_st-thomas-church_Hancock-MD.html
During 1861-62 the church was used as a hospital by Union troops of 39th Illinois Regiment Volunteers, 5th Connecticut Regiment Volunteers, 46th Pennsylvania Regiment Volunteers, and 28th New York Regiment Volunteers, under Colonel Williams. Their…