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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17VN_loudoun-county-fairfax-county_Sterling-VA.html
(east face)Loudoun CountyArea 519 Square Miles
Formed in 1757 from Fairfax, and named for Lord Louduon, titular Governor of Virginia, and head of the British Forces in America, 1756-1758. Oak Hill, President James Monroe's home, is in this coun…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17AZ_loudoun-county-court-square_Leesburg-VA.html
Before the war, the courthouse square was the location of slave auctions and militia recruiting activities. On October 21, 1861, after the Battle of Ball's Bluff, more than 500 Union prisoners, including Col. Milton Cogswell, 42nd New York Infantr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17AY_edwards-ferry_Lansdowne-VA.html
After Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's stunning victory at Chancellorsville in May 1863, he led the Army of Northern Virginia west to the Shenandoah Valley, then north through central Maryland and across the Mason-Dixon Line into Pennsylvania. Uni…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16EG_snickersville-turnpike_Aldie-VA.html
Originally an Iroquois hunting trail, it became by 1786 the first recorded operating turnpike in America, praised by Thomas Jefferson. In 1810 the Virginia Assembly chartered the Snickers Gap Turnpike Company, authorizing three toll gates between …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14TU_carriage-house_Leesburg-VA.html
The Carriage House, built in 1903 during the Eustis period, illustrates the era when the horse drawn carriage was the primary mode of transportation. Today, the Carriage House is the Oatlands Museum Gift Shop and Visitor center.
The Chauffeur's…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11PO_mt-zion-church_Leesburg-VA.html
Mt. Zion Old School Baptist Church was founded in 1851. Just west of the church is a graveyard containing many 19th century grave markers. On July 6, 1864 nearby, Mosby's Rangers attacked and routed 150 Union cavalrymen. Over 100 Union soldiers we…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11LJ_battle-of-middleburg_Middleburg-VA.html
(Preface): After Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's stunning victory at Chancellorsville in May 1863, he led the Army of Northern Virginia west to the Shenandoah Valley,then north through central Maryland and across the Mason-Dixon Line into Pennsyl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSLA_waterford-baptist-church_Waterford-VA.html
At dawn on August 27, 1862, Captain E.V. White's 60-man company, nucleus of the 35th Battalion Virginia Cavalry, attacked 28 men of Captain S.C. Means' Company of Independent Loudoun Virginia Rangers (Union) encamped here in this church. After thr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSL9_waterford_Waterford-VA.html
Historically Quaker and abolitionist Waterford decisively split with Loudoun County's pro-Confederate majority and rejected secession (220 votes to 31) in Virginia's May 1861 referendum. Many residents fled to Maryland as Southern troops occupied …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSL6_independent-loudoun-virginia-rangers_Waterford-VA.html
Created under authorization of the U.S. Secretary of War, the Independent Loudoun Rangers were the only organized Union cavalry unit in Confederate Virginia. Their first captain, local miller Samuel C. Means, mustered two companies from local Quak…