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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMACT_36th-wisconsin_Mechanicsville-VA.html
(Front):This monument has been erectedby one of their comradesCharles A. Storkein memory of the members ofCompanies B, E, F and G of theThirty Sixth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry.who here fought on the first day of June 1864.(East Face):Killed and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMACK_the-old-church_Mechanicsville-VA.html
Established originally on the Pamunkey River prior to 1684
Subsequently moved to the village of "Old Church" and rebuilt in 1718
The Rev. Patrick Henry officiated 1737-1777
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMACH_stuarts-riders-skirt-ashland_Ashland-VA.html
On the afternoon of 12 June 1862, Confederate Brig. Gen. J. E. B. Stuart's column passed here on a mission to gather intelligence about Union Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac. Riding northeast toward the Richmond, Fredericksburg…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMABV_newmarket_Hanover-VA.html
Newmarket stood on the Little River near Verdon in northern Hanover County until 1987, when to preserve it Robert W. Cabaniss moved it to this site. The seat of the Doswell family for whom the town of Doswell was named, the house is the sole survi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMABS_henry-at-hanover-courthouse_Ashland-VA.html
Six miles east still stands Hanover Courthouse, in which, December, 1763, Patrick Henry delivered his great speech in the "Parsons' Cause," when he denounced the British government for vetoing an act of the Virginia General Assembly.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMABP_cavalry-action-at-linneys_Mechanicsville-VA.html
During Confederate Brig. Gen. J. E. B. Stuart's intelligence gathering "Ride Around McClellan," a skirmish ensued atop this hill on 13 June 1862 when several companies of the 9th Virginia Cavalry collided with the 5th United States Cavalry. Stuart…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMABL_stuart-turns-north_Ashland-VA.html
Late in the morning of 12 June 1862, Confederate Brig. Gen. J. E. B. Stuart and 1,200 cavalrymen reached this intersection on a mission to gather intelligence about Union Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac. Here Stuart's column tu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMABJ_stuarts-ride-around-mcclellan-begins_Ashland-VA.html
Here at Elmont (known as Kilby's Station during the Civil War), Confederate Brig. Gen. J. E. B. Stuart assembled the last of his 1,200 cavalrymen and began his ride around Union Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac on 12 June 1862. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMABG_early-stages-of-stuarts-ride-around-mcclellan_Glen-Allen-VA.html
Confederate Brig. Gen. J. E. B. Stuart with his 1,200 cavalrymen rode past this spot on the morning of 12 June 1862, heading west. On a mission to gather intelligence about Union Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac, Stuart hoped to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMABD_stuarts-ride-around-mcclellan_Ashland-VA.html
Near here, on Winston's Farm, J. E. B. Stuart, advancing north, camped on June 12, 1862. Stuart was scouting to find the position of the right wing of McClellan's army besieging Richmond. At this point he turned east to Hanover Courthouse. Stuart …