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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4D_burke-station_Burke-VA.html
Burke Station was raided in December, 1862, by Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart. It was from this site, originally Burke Station Depot, that he sent his famous telegram to Union Quartermaster General Meigs complaining of the poor quality of the U…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM49_the-retreat_Bluemont-VA.html
One and a half miles north is The Retreat, home to three distinguished generations of the Parker family. Thomas Parker, a general in the War of 1812, constructed this imposing Federal-style house in 1799. Richard Parker, his nephew, was a U.S. Sen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM48_major-general-ben-h-fuller_Hamilton-VA.html
Maj. Gen. Ben H. Fuller was born in Michigan on 27 Feb. 1870. He was graduated from the U.S. Navy Academy in 1889 and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps in 1891. Fuller married Katherine H. Offley on 26 Oct. 1862, and they in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3X_salem_Marshall-VA.html
The Village of Salem (renamed Marshall in 1882) was in the heartland of Col. John Singleton Mosby's Confederacy. His 43rd Battalion of Partisan Rangers was summoned by the grapevine when needed and executed successful raids, often under the cover …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3U_fredericksburg-campaign_Warrenton-VA.html
Because he had moved too slowly to attack Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan was relieved of his command of the Army of the Potomac by President Abraham Lincoln. McClellan was replaced by Maj. Gen. Ambros…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3T_mcclellans-farewell_Warrenton-VA.html
After President Abraham Lincoln relieved Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan of command of the Army of the Potomac on 7 Nov. 1862, the general composed a farewell order. It was read to the army by divisions on 10 Nov. when the new commander, Maj. Gen. A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3Q_norris-tavern-the-warren-green_Warrenton-VA.html
Norris Tavern. On this site stood the Norris Tavern built by Thaddeus Norris in 1819. It was the scene of a banquet tendered to General Lafayette by the citizens of Fauquier on his visit to the United States in 1825.
The Warren Green. In 1843 t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3P_mosbys-rangers-disband_Marshall-VA.html
Unable to extend a truce with the Union army, Col. John S. Mosby assembled his command, the 43rd Battalion Virginia Cavalry, in a field just west of here on 21 Apr. 1865. As Mosby sat astride his horse, his final order was read aloud. It stated in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3O_rectortown_Delaplane-VA.html
On November 5, 1862, several weeks after a tainted victory at Antietam, the Army of the Potomac's Commander-in-Chief Gen. George Brinton McClellan established his headquarters here. That same day President Abraham Lincoln wrote the orders relievin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3M_mcclellan-relived-from-command_Marshall-VA.html
At Rectortown, four miles North, General George B. McClellan received the order relieving him from command of the Army of the Potomac, November 7, 1862. As Burnside, his successor was present, McClellan immediately turned over the command to him.