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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12QC_st-johns-episcopal-church_Centreville-VA.html
Passing armies occupied and fortified Centreville, positioned between Washington, D.C., and Manassas Junction, beginning in July 1861 when Confederate and Union forces met during the war's first significant campaign. As American and British journa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9XL_on-this-site_Centreville-VA.html
Confederate forces constructed this defense bunker in the winter of 1861. The bunker site was chosen due to the relatively high elevation of the Centreville area and it's excellent vantage. Confederate forces held the bunker from the time of its c…
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Located 40 ft. south of thislocation is the Flagler andForsyth Family Cemetery, 1866.—————Located 80 ft. to the north isa Civil War Fortification, 1861-1862. This was a part of a largemilitary complex that extendedfro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM69B_opening-shots_Centreville-VA.html
Confederates were spread out along this ridge - 1100 men commanded by Col. Nathan "Shanks" Evans. At first light, Federals east of Stone Bridge sent a cannon shell screaming overhead. Skirmishers from both sides opened a sporadic musket fire.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM69A_4th-south-carolina-infantry_Centreville-VA.html
July 21, 18616:30 a.m.
7th Brigade (Evans)Army of the Potomac (Beauregard), CSA
4th South Carolina InfantryCol. J.B.E. Sloan"Just before day on Sunday morning those of us on post nearest the Warrenton Turnpike heard the enemy approaching. We…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM50P_a-place-on-the-high-ground_Centreville-VA.html
In the fall of 1861, after their July defeat at Manassas (Bull Run), Union forces retreated to Washington, D.C. to organize and retrain. Confederate forces concentrated in Centreville to bolster their defense of Northern Virginia and protect acces…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3X6_manassas-gap-railroad-independent-line_Centreville-VA.html
The roadbed of the Independent Line of the Manassas Gap Railroad ran through this area. Conceived to extend the Manassas Gap Railroad from Gainesville to Alexandria, grading on this part of the line began in September 1854. The nearby stone bridge…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM300_centreville-virginia_Centreville-VA.html
In October 1861, nearly 40,000 troops of the Confederate Army encamped at Centreville. Over the winter they constructed approximately 17 miles of forts, trenches, rifle pits and batteries along the ridge from Centreville to Union Mills and between…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ZQ_old-stone-church_Centreville-VA.html
Here, where the Warrenton Turnpike turned west from Braddock Road, the Union army marched from Centreville to meet Confederate forces in the first great battle of the Civil War on July 21, 1961. The afternoon, Union soldiers passed by here again, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ZG_mount-gilead-historic-site_Centreville-VA.html
Mount Gilead, built in the second half of the 18th century, is the sole survivor of Newgate village, a colonial settlement and trading center, renamed Centreville in 1792, when an act of the Virginia assembly gave it town status. Presenting an exc…