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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3I_oatlands_Leesburg-VA.html
George Carter, a great-grandson of Robert "King" Carter, began this monumental mansion on his 3,408-acre estate in 1804 and embellished it over two decades. In 1827, he graced the fa?ade with fluted Corinthian columns, endowing the Federal-style h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3H_oatlands_Leesburg-VA.html
The Civil War arrived in Loudoun County on October 21, 1861, with the Battle of Ball's Bluff. As Confederate forces gathered to protect Leesburg, Elizabeth Grayson Carter, the widowed mistress of Oatlands, wrote in her journal on October 17, "Our …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3C_the-battle-of-ox-hill_Fairfax-VA.html
The Battle of Ox Hill (or Chantilly) was fought here, in rain and storm, on September 1, 1862. It was a bloody aftermath following the Second Battle of Manassas (August 28-30) where the Union Army under Gen. John Pope was defeated and driven acros…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM33_kirkland-monument_Fredericksburg-VA.html
In memoriam · Richard Rowland Kirkland · Co. G, 2nd South Carolina Volunteers · C.S.A.
At the risk of his life, this American soldier of sublime compassion, brought water to his wounded foes at Fredericksburg. The fighting …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM32_battle-of-ox-hill-chantilly_Fairfax-VA.html
Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's wing of the Army of Northern Virginia reached here 1 Sept. 1862. Jackson's march from the battlefield of Second Manassas turned the position of Maj. Gen. John Pope's army at Centreville and threatened the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM31_kenmore_Fredericksburg-VA.html
Four blocks west stands Kenmore, built in 1775 by Col. Fielding Lewis for his wife, Betty, sister of George Washington. Near here, between Kenmore and the Rappahannock River, stood Lewis's warehouses and docks. Kenmore's intricate plasterwork is t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM30_the-lewis-store_Fredericksburg-VA.html
1749 · Historic Fredericksburg Foundation, Inc. · Restoration in 2002.
Councilor John Lewis (1694-1754) of Warner Hall in Gloucester County purchased 406 ac. at Fredericksburg's northern edge in 1742 and soon began a mercantile op…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2Z_lewis-randolph-ball_Fredericksburg-VA.html
Dedicated to the memory of a man who for sixty years worked in Burgess Barber Shop and downtown Fredericksburg. During those years he warmed the hearts of this community with his friendship, ever present smile, and sense of humor. His contribution…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2Y_hostages_Fredericksburg-VA.html
In the summer of 1862, Confederate authorities imprisoned four Union men from Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County. The arrested Unionists were local citizens in good standing, but who refused to renounce their allegiance to the United States. T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2W_historic-old-mill-district_Fredericksburg-VA.html
A Walking Tour of Fredericksburg's Historic Old Mill District
Fredericksburg's Historic Old Mill District dates its origins to the earliest settlers along the Rappahannock River. This walking tour takes you through what can be considered the ci…