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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NNM_signal-station_Paris-VA.html
On the hilltop to the south stood an important signal station used by both armies, 1861-1865. (Marker Number B-7.)
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2R1_mount-bleak-farm_Paris-VA.html
Mosby's Confederacy and First Manassas Campaign
In the early morning hours of July 19, 1861, thousands of campfire lights burned in the camp of Col. Thomas J. Jackson's brigade which occupied the fields surrounding nearby Paris. Many thoughts m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PV_mt-carmel-fight_Paris-VA.html
Mt. Carmel FightFeb. 19, 1865Mosby & U.S.Cavalry——
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8W_jacksons-bivouac_Paris-VA.html
After a day's march from Winchester on 19-20 July 1861, Brig. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson halted his lead brigade of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's Valley army near here. At 2:00 A.M. his 2,500 men sank down to rest. When told that no sentries h…
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…