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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNN_bull-run-battlefields_Gainesville-VA.html
Just to the east were fought the two battles of Manassas or Bull Run.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNM_campaign-of-second-manassas_Gainesville-VA.html
On 25 Aug. 1862, Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson with half of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia began a wide flanking march around Union Maj. Gen. John Pope's Army of Virginia on the Rappahannock River near Warrenton. Jackson first…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCE_ambush-at-ewells-chapel_Haymarket-VA.html
Acting on good intelligence, Union Gen. George G. Meade ordered a trap set here for Maj. John Singleton Mosby and his band of partisan rangers on the morning of June 22, 1863. With a small detachment of the 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry exposed as bai…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC6_haymarket-during-the-civil-war_Haymarket-VA.html
On June 25, 1863, Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart and about 5,000 of his cavalrymen approachedHaymarket. They acted on orders from commanding Gen. Robert E. Lee, who was on the western side of the Bull Run Mountains marching north to invade Marylan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2T_town-of-occoquan_Occoquan-VA.html
In 1758 when John Ballendine built his dwelling, "Rockledge," at Occoquan, the town began to prosper. By 1765 it was a flourishing industrial settlement with grist mills, foundry, and tobacco warehouses. "Rockledge" and a portion of Merchants (Gri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2K_town-of-occoquan_Occoquan-VA.html
Nathaniel Ellicott formally established the town in 1804, bringing to fruition industrial and commercial developments begun 'at or near the Falls of Occoquan' by John Ballendine c. 1750. The estuary of The Occoquan has attracted the attention of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P_buckland_Gainesville-VA.html
The town of Buckland, named for William Buckland, Architect, was chartered in 1798 with streets and lots on both sides of Broad Run near the mill of John Love. Tranquility, future site of Buckland Hall nearby, was John Love's seat. This property w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14_the-carolina-road_Haymarket-VA.html
The Carolina Road, earlier an Indian hunting path, roughly approximating Route 15 at this point, derived its name from trade between Frederick, Maryland, and Georgia. Later the road was used by settlers emigrating to western lands. Because of noto…
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