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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM63_warrenton_Warrenton-VA.html
The first court house for Fauquier County was built in 1760 on two acres of land belonging to Richard Henry Lee. The settlement that sprang up in its vicinity was first known as Fauquier Court House and under that name was laid off as a town to co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5Y_brentmoor-the-spilman-mosby-house_Warrenton-VA.html
This classic Italian Villa-style house was completed in 1861 for Fauquier County Judge Edward M. Spilman. James Keith, who later served as president of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals (1895-1916), acquired it in 1869. John Singleton Mosby pu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5M_campaign-of-second-manassas_The-Plains-VA.html
Here Jackson, on his march around Pope to Bristoe Station, turned to the Southeast, August 26, 1862.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5A_the-plains_The-Plains-VA.html
The Plains, situated on the Manassas Gap Railroad between Piedmont Station and Manassas Junction, was frequently traversed by troops from both sides.
Throughout the war, local resident Edward (Ned) Carter Turner kept a detailed diary. Ned's son…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4V_1862-antietam-campaign_Leesburg-VA.html
Fresh from victory at the Second Battle of Manassas, Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia crossed the Potomac River on September 4-6, 1862, to bring the Civil War to Northern soil and to recruit sympathetic Marylanders. Union Gen. George…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4T_mile-hill_Leesburg-VA.html
On September 1, 1862, Col. Thomas Munford, commander of the Confederate 2nd Virginia Cavalry (163 men), was ordered to Leesburg to destroy a body of Union Cavalry—the locally raised Independent Loudoun Virginia Rangers—who were harassi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4Q_morven-park_Leesburg-VA.html
Morven Park was the home of Westmoreland Davis, who as governor of Virginia (1918-1922) created the executive budget system that concentrated state budgeting authority in the governor's hands. Davis bought Morven Park in 1903 and transformed it in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4P_goose-creek-chapel_Leesburg-VA.html
A short distance West is the site of the "Chapel Above Goose Creek", built by the vestry of Truro Parish in 1736. Augustine Washington, father of George Washington, was a member of the vestry at the time. This was the first church on the soil of L…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4K_appalachian-trail-and-bears-den_Bluemont-VA.html
This 2,100-mile-long hiking path passes through 14 states from Mount Katahdin, Me., to Springer Mountain, Ga., along the ridges of the Appalachian Mountains. Conceived in 1921 by Benton MacKaye, the trail was completed in 1937. It was designated a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4G_battle-of-cool-spring_Berryville-VA.html
To draw Union troops from Petersburg to Washington, Confederate Gen. Jubal A. Early attacked the capital's defenses on July 11, 1864. He then withdrew to the Shenandoah Valley, where he had left Gen. John C. Breckinridge's division to hold the She…