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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2C1M_martin-buchanan-usct_Leesburg-VA.html
Loudoun County experienced continuous Union and Confederate activity during the war. Carter's Mill Road, in front of you, provided access to the agricultural abundance of Oatlands and other farms south and east of here, where the use of slave labo…
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z3U_mt-zion-historic-park_Leesburg-VA.html
Welcome to Mt. Zion Historic Park, a property of the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority. Built in 1851, this Old School Baptist Church was a place of worship, and also a critical site during the Civil War because of its location at the junc…
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In the graveyard adjoining this church, on June 23, 1863, Harpers Illustrated Weekly's Alfred R. Waud, one of the Civil War's most renowned artists, dug the grave for the burial of his friend Lynde Walter Buckingham, the chief cavalry corresponden…
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❶ Evening, July 4, 1864: Union Col. Charles Lowell sends Major William Forbes from Fairfax with 157 horse soldiers of the 2nd Massachusetts and 13th New York Cavalry (detachments) on patrol between Aldie and Leesburg to report any Confedera…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z0I_the-mosby-forbes-engagement-july-6-1864_Leesburg-VA.html
The Battle of Mt. Zion Church began just east of here in the late afternoon hours of July 6, 1864, as Confederate Lieutenant Colonel John Singleton Mosby's artillery struck Union cavalry under Major William Hathaway Forbes. Amid a rousing "re…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z0G_elders-of-the-mount-zion-old-school-baptist-church_Leesburg-VA.html
Beginning in the 1830s, disagreement over doctrine caused a split in the Baptist faith. Some Baptists wished to retain the teachings of the "old school," favoring a more strict interpretation of the Bible. Disputes arose over the subject…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WLS_the-lost-locomotive-historical_Leesburg-VA.html
At the outbreak of the Civil War in spring 1861, Maj.Gen. Robert E. Lee sent orders to Col. Eppa Hunton in Loudoun County. Anticipating Federal seizure of the Alexandria to Leesburg railroad, Lee told Hunton to tear up track, burn bridges, and des…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P6P_saving-the-declaration-of-independence-the-war-of-1812_Leesburg-VA.html
(Front):Saving the Declaration of IndependenceOn 22 Aug. 1814, two days before British forces entered Washington, Sec. of State James Monroe ordered government records, including the Declaration of Independence, removed to Virginia for safekeeping…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14TU_carriage-house_Leesburg-VA.html
The Carriage House, built in 1903 during the Eustis period, illustrates the era when the horse drawn carriage was the primary mode of transportation. Today, the Carriage House is the Oatlands Museum Gift Shop and Visitor center.
The Chauffeur's…