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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YCC_gilmore-family-cemetery_Montpelier-Station-VA.html
George and Polly Gilmore's Graves
This area contains several graves of the Gilmore family. Most prominent among these are the graves of George and Polly Gilmore who are buried beneath the depressions in front of this sign. These depressions forme…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y7W_wilderness-battlefield-memorial_Locust-Grove-VA.html
The Battle of the Wilderness, May 5-7, 1864 resulted in almost 29,000 Union and Confederate casualties. Both armies attempted to find and bury the dead, but moved on before completing the process. Over the next few years, many dead were disinterre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y7V_the-apperson-family-and-lake-of-the-woods_Locust-Grove-VA.html
Alfred Apperson was born in 1806. He married Malinda Jones in 1816 and managed a plantation until he had saved enough money to purchase 120 acres of farm land in 1846. That land would become part of Lake of the Woods 120 years later. Alfred and Ma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y7U_spotswood-family-cemetery_Locust-Grove-VA.html
· In 2012, local historians recorded 15 field stones in rows that resembled the manner in which graves were marked in colonial and antebellum days before permanent granite headstones became popular.
· In 2013, they used Ground …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OT0_orange-graded-school_Orange-VA.html
Orange Graded School, built in 1925 to replace
the African American schoolhouse on West Main
Street, stood here. Of the several county schools
for black students, Orange Graded was the only
one built using the Julius Rosenwald Fund, which
was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OSR_governor-james-barbour_Barboursville-VA.html
Here at Barboursville lie the ruins of the family
home of James Barbour, Virginia's governor
during the War of 1812. As commander of
Virginia's militia forces, Barbour planned, organized, and directed the defense of Virginia
from January until…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DTJ_the-confederate-line_Locust-Grove-VA.html
Dick Ewell was raring for a fight. When a subordinate approached him early on May 5, 1864, and asked Ewell about his orders, the balding, pop-eyed general piped up cheerily: "... Just the orders I like - to go right down the [turnpike] and strike …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18DO_battle-of-the-wilderness_Locust-Grove-VA.html
1st NC Cavalry and Ewell's lead infantry regiments fought Sedgwick's three divisions throughout Lake of the Woods Golf Course.
Regiments from Nine States in Lake of the WoodsMay 5, 1864
Union InfantryMaine 5th, 6th, 7thNew Jersey 1st, 2nd, 3…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18DN_gordons-flank-attack_Locust-Grove-VA.html
Before Sunset on May 6, 1864From this site, you would have seen Confederate Brig. Gen. John B. Gordon quietly assembled ten regiments between here and the woods, across the lake, at Madison Cir.
In those woods, Union Brig. Gen. T. Seymour had o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM185W_battle-of-the-wilderness_Locust-Grove-VA.html
On This Site Stood a Union 6th Corps Field Hospital
On Spotswood's Farm were 4 Medical Wagons, 14 Six-Mule Wagons, 24 Tents, 3 Medical Officers and 34 Attendants, in addition to about 15 Ambulances and 80 Men from the Corp's Ambulance Company.
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