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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2KX_pontoon-bridges_Fredericksburg-VA.html
At Fredericksburg, the Union army crosseed the Rappahannock River by means of temporary, floating bridges built upon pontoons. In front of you is a reconstructed section of such a bridge, built to eighty percent of its original size. More than 30,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2J0_a-picture-of-desolation_Fredericksburg-VA.html
" Tis a perfect picture of desolation, and a sad illustration of the ravages of war."? ? ? ? ?—Newspaper correspondent, 1863
Union soldiers loll around Chatham in this February 1863 photograph. The scene here was not always so peaceful. T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29A_6th-corps-encampment_Fredericksburg-VA.html
FromNovember 1862 to June 1863the6th Corpsof theArmy of the Potomacwere encampedin the immediate areaofWhite Oak Church
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM295_white-oak-church_Fredericksburg-VA.html
Across the road stands White Oak Church, an important Civil War landmark during the winter of 1862-1863. Stafford County Baptist constructed the simple weatherboard structure sometime after 1789, later adding an attached shed with a separate entra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15T_hunters-iron-works_Fredericksburg-VA.html
Located south of here on the Rappahannock River, stood Hunter's Iron Works, founded by James Hunter and was in operation by the 1750s. With the outbreak of the American Revolution, the Rappahannock Forge there supplied the Continental army and nav…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10W_magistrates-office_Falmouth-VA.html
The Magistrate's Office is the oldest existing municipal building in Stafford County. Originally built for the town of Falmouth, the structure has been used as a courthouse (magistrate's office) and voting place. Traditionally referred to as the C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMST_marlborough_Fredericksburg-VA.html
Strategically situated at the tip of a peninsula jutting into the Potomac River at Potomac Creek, Marlborough was established under the Town Act of 1691 as a river port town. It served as the county seat of Stafford County from 1691 until about 17…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSS_kidnapping-of-pocahontas_Fredericksburg-VA.html
Near here, Pocahontas visited friends among the Patawomecks on the Potomac River in April 1613. Capt. Samuel Argall saw an opportunity to capture Pocahontas and exchange her for English prisoners held by her father Chief Powhatan. Argall sought ou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSH_fredericksburg_Fredericksburg-VA.html
Fredericksburg was established in 1728 and named for Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales and eldest son of King George II. It served as the county seat of Spotsylvania County from 1732 to 1778 and was an important port during the colonial era. In his…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS7_potomac-creek-bridge_Fredericksburg-VA.html
The mounds of earth beside you and the stone blocks protruding from it are all that remain of the south abutment of a bridge that once carried the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad across Potomac Creek. During the first year of the Civ…