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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY5T_dangerfield-newby_Castleton-VA.html
Dangerfield Newby (ca. 1820-1859), a free mulatto for whose family this crossroads is named, was the first of John Brown's raiders killed during the attack on Harpers Ferry on October 16, 1859. He was the eldest child of Henry Newby and a slave, E…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXUH_battle-mountain_Castleton-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 Pennsy…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXI7_encounter-with-lee_Castleton-VA.html
Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee passed through Rappahannock County on four occasions during the Civil War. The first occurred on August 26, 1862, on the march to Manassas, and the second took place in October during the retreat after the Battle of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXF4_albert-gallatin-willis_Flint-Hill-VA.html
This is the burial site of a Mosby Ranger who sacrificed himself for a friend. By the autumn of 1864, Confederate John S. Mosby's Rangers had so harassed Union troops, supply lines, and railroads in northern Virginia that Union Gen. Ulysses S. Gra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXD5_twilight-of-slavery_Amissville-VA.html
The three brick cabins in the field before you are tangible connections to the enslaved people of Rappahannock County before and during the Civil War. Many slaves escaped to Union lines here and elsewhere, and some former bondsmen served in the U.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXD3_gainess-crossroads_Amissville-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 Pennsy…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLBR_a-tale-of-two-mills_Washington-VA.html
During the Civil War, two mills stood on the Rush River in this vicinity on the property of John Jett, who resided at Ellerslie half a mile south of here. They included the Avon Mill before you and the Jett Mill (no longer standing), located half …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLBM_albert-g-willis_Huntly-VA.html
Pvt. Albert G. Willis, Co. C, Col. John S. Mosby's Partisan Rangers (43d Battalion, Virginia Cavalry) and at least one other Ranger were captured about 13 Oct. 1864 near Gaines Crossroads by Union Brig. Gen. William H. Powell's U.S. 2d Cavalry Div…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKVB_kitty-payne_Washington-VA.html
In the years before the Civil War, Virginia's laws restricted free blacks and also tightened the legal grip on slaves. Some blacks, however, struggled through the system to freedom, just as many slaves wended their way to Union lines during the wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHLW_sister-caroline_Sperryville-VA.html
Caroline Terry, known locally as "Sis-tah Cah-line" (1833-1941) was born a slave, perhaps in Southampton County, but spent most of her life in Rappahannock County. She later took the surname Terry. By 1846, Francis Millan of Culpeper had purchased…