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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAA_battle-of-middleburg_Middleburg-VA.html
Here, on 19 June 1863, Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's cavalry fought Brig. Gen. David M. Gregg's Union cavalry division. Screening the march of Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia through the Shenandoah Valley to invade Pennsylvania, Stuart …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA9_welbourne_Marshall-VA.html
One mile northwest stands Welbourne (ca. 1770), which has housed members of the same family since the 1830s. It is a significant example of a late-18th-century stone farmhouse that evolved into an imposing mansion. Welbourne was the home of Col. R…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA8_washingtons-town-house_Alexandria-VA.html
Replica of Washington's Town House. Lot purchased by George Washington 1763. House completed 1769 - torn down 1855. Rebuilt by Gov. and Mrs. Richard Barrett Lowe 1960. Bricks & stones from excavation used in construction. Worth Bailey, Historian; …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA7_mosbys-rangers_Marshall-VA.html
Here at Atoka (Rector's Crossroads) on June 10, 1863, Company "A", 43rd Battalion of Partisan Rangers, known as "Mosby's Rangers", was formally organized. James William Foster was elected Captain; Thomas Turner, First Lieutenant; W. L. Hunter, Sec…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA5_mercers-home_Aldie-VA.html
Aldie was the home of Charles Fenton Mercer (born 1778, died 1858), liberal statesman. Mercer was a congressman (1817-1839) and a member of the Virginia constitutional convention of 1829-30, in which he advocated manhood suffrage. His attempt in 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA1_gadsbys-tavern_Alexandria-VA.html
Erected 1792. Popular resort and famous hostelry of the Eighteenth Century. Here was held in 1798 the first celebration of Washington's Birthday in which he participated, and from its steps Washington held his last military review and gave his las…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9W_cavalry-battles_Middleburg-VA.html
In June 1863, Gen. Robert E. Lee led the Army of Northern Virginia through gaps in the nearby Blue Ridge Mountains and into the Shenandoah Valley to invade the North. Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's cavalry corps screened the army from Federal observati…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9V_stuart-and-bayard_Middleburg-VA.html
After the Battle of Antietam on 17 Sept. 1862, Gen. Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia recrossed the Potomac River into Virginia. After President Abraham Lincoln's constant urging, the Union Army of the Potomac, led by Maj. Gen. Georg…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9U_president-monroes-home_Aldie-VA.html
The house to the North is Oak Hill. Designed by Thomas Jefferson for James Monroe, it was built about 1823. Monroe lived there for some years.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9T_clark-county-fauquier-county_Boyce-VA.html
(east-facing side)Clark County.Area 171 square miles · Formed in 1836 from Frederick and added to from Warren. Named for George Rogers Clark, conqueror of the northwest. Lord Fairfax and General Daniel Morgan, revolutionary hero, lived in t…