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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9L_the-ramsay-house_Alexandria-VA.html
Owned by William Ramsay, a founder of Alexandria in July, 1749, and first Mayor. Restored by the City of Alexandria in 1956 and dedicated to the memory of Mrs. Robert Miller Reese (Rebecca Ramsay) (1870-1955), great-great-granddaughter of William …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9D_site-of-first-services-of-the-salvation-army_Alexandria-VA.html
Alexandria, Virginia May 1885. On this site stood Captain Joseph Pugmire and three lassies who conducted the first Salvation Army services in Alexandria. Later, the Salvation Army was located at 319 and 316 King Street from 1922 to 1965, when it m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9B_mother-of-stonewall-jackson_Aldie-VA.html
In this vicinity (and according to tradition two miles east at peach orchard) was born Julia Beckwith Neale, mother of Stonewall Jackson, February 29, 1798. She married Johnathan Jackson in 1818 and died, October 1831.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM94_the-carlyle-house-and-the-18th-century-site_Alexandria-VA.html
The Carlyle House, completed in 1753, was the residence of one of the 18th-century Alexandria's leading citizens—John Carlyle—a prosperous merchant and landowner.
1. Although the earliest known engraving of the Carlyle House appeare…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM92_gettysburg-campaign_Middleburg-VA.html
In June 1863, as Gen. Robert E. Lee led the Army of Northern Virginia through Blue Ridge gaps to the Shenandoah Valley, Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's cavalry screened the army from Federal observation. The Union cavalry chief, Brig. Gen. Alfred Pleaso…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8Z_a-revolutionary-war-hero_Middleburg-VA.html
Near here stood the home of Sergeant Major John Champe (1752-1798), Continental soldier. Champe faked desertion and enlisted in Benedict Arnold's British command for the purpose of capturing the traitor. Failing in his attempt, Champe rejoined the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8W_jacksons-bivouac_Paris-VA.html
After a day's march from Winchester on 19-20 July 1861, Brig. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson halted his lead brigade of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's Valley army near here. At 2:00 A.M. his 2,500 men sank down to rest. When told that no sentries h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8V_lees-bivouac-gettysburg-campaign_Markham-VA.html
Gen. Robert E. Lee established his headquarters here on the evening of 17 June 1863 as the Army of Northern Virginia marched north. Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell, who had replaced Stonewall Jackson as corps commander after Jackson's death on 10 May, h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8U_brig-gen-turner-ashby-c-s-a_Markham-VA.html
Turner Ashby, Stonewall Jackson's cavalry commander during the brilliant 1862 Shenandoah Valley campaign, was born on 23 Oct. 1828 just north at Rose Bank. From 1853 to 1858, Ashby operated a mercantile business in a large frame building just to t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM82_oak-hill_Delaplane-VA.html
Thomas Marshall, the father of future Chief Justice John Marshall, built Oak Hill about 1773 and relocated his family there from The Hollow, their former home nearby. John Marshall resided at Oak Hill for two years until he entered the Continental…