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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM87M_the-culpeper-minute-men_Culpeper-VA.html
Honoringthe Culpeper Minute Men.Virginia's first, who organizedin this field & fought theirfirst battle at Great Bridge1775 Erected byCulpeper Minute Men Chapter, DAR6-14-71
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM87H_the-revolutionary-war_Culpeper-VA.html
Shortly after the revolutionary conventions held in the spring and summer of 1775, Culpeper County lieutenant James Barbour began organizing a 300-man battalion in the counties of Culpeper, Orange, and Fauquier. Yowell Meadow, then called Clayton'…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM875_historic-antioch-baptist-church_Culpeper-VA.html
Among the oldest churches in Culpeper, Antioch Baptist Church originated in the 1850's. Separated from the Mount Pony Baptist Church, Antioch was first called "The African Church," organized in 1859. The first congregation, also referred to as fre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM873_a-p-hills-boyhood-home_Culpeper-VA.html
Ambrose Powell Hill, who went by the name Powell, son of a prominent Culpeper planter and merchant, lived in this house from age 4 until he entered West Point at age 16. Named for an uncle and small in stature, the citizens of Culpeper knew him as…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM84C_eppa-rixey-boyhood-home_Culpeper-VA.html
National Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Eppa Rixey was born on May 3, 1891. Rixey played for the Philadelphia Phillies (NL) and the Cincinnati Reds (NL) during a career that spanned 21 years. He was nicknamed "Jeptha" by a sportswriter who liked th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM82Q_gallant-pelhams-last-days_Culpeper-VA.html
Confederate cavalry chief Gen. J.E.B. Stuart and Maj. John Pelham, the commander of Stuart's Horse Artillery, frequented the Virginia House Hotel and often visited the Shackelford family across the street. A warm friendship developed between 24-ye…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5GA_greenwood_Culpeper-VA.html
Home of Judge John Williams Green. Judge Green entertained Lafayette here on August 22, 1825.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5G5_a-tribute-to-black-americans-early-1900s_Culpeper-VA.html
The area to the south was the center of commerce in the early 1900's. It was here that retail shops, repair shops, hardware stores, restaurants, hotels and services flourished. In this era, blacks owned and operated nearly half the businesses in t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5AO_culpeper-court-house_Culpeper-VA.html
During the winter of 1863-64, Federal officers quartered in many of Culpeper's homes. The surrounding landscape was dotted with tents and huts for ten square miles as nearly 100,000 soldiers encamped. Gen. U.S. Grant, commander of all Federal armi…
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Following the Gettysburg Campaign, Federal officials sought to verify rumors that a substantial part of Gen. Robert E. Lee's Confederate army had been detached. On September 13, 1863, Federal cavalry moved down the tracks from your left, under ord…
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