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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM80_birthplace-of-lt-presley-neville-o-bannon-usmc_Marshall-VA.html
Just north stood the home of William and Ann (Neville) O'Bannon, where their son, Lt. Presley Neville O'Bannon, was born about 1776. O'Bannon, a Marine, was the first American to command U.S. forces on foreign soil and the first to raise the Ameri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7Z_campaign-of-second-manassas_Marshall-VA.html
Near here Stonewall Jackson, after a march of twenty-six miles on his way to Bristoe Station, halted for a few hours to rest his men, August 25-26, 1862
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7Y_lees-narrow-escape_Marshall-VA.html
(Six miles southwest of this location), on the morning of 27 Aug. 1862, Gen. Robert E. Lee rested at the head of Lt. Gen. James Longstreet's corps as it marched toward Thoroughfare Gap to join Lt. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's corps near Ma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7J_ashbys-gap_Paris-VA.html
Ashby's Gap was named in honor of John Ashby, a leader among local pioneers and reputedly the first person to haul a hogshead of tobacco through this gap. Part of the house standing just to the south may have been erected in the 1740s by Thomas As…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7C_mosbys-rangers-disband-site_Marshall-VA.html
Here, April 21, 1865, Col. John S. Mosby disbanded his gallant partisan rangers—the Forty-Third Battalion Virginia Cavalry.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7B_warren-county-fauquier-county_Linden-VA.html
(east side) Warren County.Warren County was named for Joseph Warren, the revolutionary patriot who sent Paul Revere and William Dawes on their famous rides and who was killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill. The county was formed from Shenandoah and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7A_discovery-shenandoah-valley_Linden-VA.html
John Lederer, First explorer to view this valley, saw it from this point, August 26, 1670
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6U_clarke-county-courthouse_Berryville-VA.html
The year after Clarke County was formed in 1836, construction began on a brick courthouse based on county justice David Meade's design. The courthouse was remodeled in the Neoclassical style about 1850 when the portico and cupola were added. Portr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6S_lafayettes-stepping-stone_Warrenton-VA.html
During his 1825 visit to Warrenton, General Lafayette is said to have stood upon this stone.
Courtesy: The Bartenstein Family
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6Q_john-singleton-mosby_Warrenton-VA.html
(front face) Image of Col. Mosby.
(right side) This tribute is affectionately dedicated to Col. John S. Mosby, whose deeds of valor and heroic devotion to state and southern principles are the pride and admiration of his soldiers, comrades, and…