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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YDX_confederate-earthworks_Leesburg-VA.html
Across the ground in front of you are the remains of Confederate infantry earthworks most likely built after the Battle of Ball's Bluff on October 21, 1861. At this time, Leesburg was on the front lines of the American Civil War and an outpost on …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X4D_gen-george-c-marshall-house-historical_Leesburg-VA.html
Gen. George C. Marshall (1880-1959) and his wife, Katherine Tupper Marshall (1882-1978), purchased this early-19th-century house and its surrounding four acres in 1941. They lived here during the years of Marshall's great achievements as Army chie…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WGV_first-clash-on-loudoun-soil-historical_Leesburg-VA.html
You are standing within the foundation of a shed used for a bunkhouse early in the war. In the spring and summer of 1861, twenty-one men of Capt. William W. Mead's Loudoun Cavalry (Co. K, 6th Virginia Cavalry) were posted here. The lane behind you…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RBX_battle-of-balls-bluff_Leesburg-VA.html
Just to the east, 1,700 Union troops crossed the Potomac River and clashed with 1,700 Confederates on 21 Oct. 1861. The previous evening, a Union reconnaissance patrol had mistaken a row of trees for Confederate tents. Brig. Gen. Charles Stone ord…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LUH_8th-virginia-volunteer-infantry-regiment_Leesburg-VA.html
This monument is dedicated to the brave men of the 8th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment
The 8th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was organized into State Service May 8th, 1861 in Leesburg under the command of Colonel Eppa Hunton. These co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LUF_clinton-hatcher_Leesburg-VA.html
Clinton Hatcher,1840 - 1861Co. F. 8th Va. Regt.C.S.A. fell BravelyDefending hisnative state.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G8B_fighting-for-freedom_Leesburg-VA.html
Four African American Civil War veterans are buried in this cemetery: James Gaskins (39th U.S. Colored Infantry), Joseph Waters (5th Massachusetts Colored Cavalry), William Taylor (1st U.S. Colored Infantry), and John W. Langford (U.S. Navy). The …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17AZ_loudoun-county-court-square_Leesburg-VA.html
Before the war, the courthouse square was the location of slave auctions and militia recruiting activities. On October 21, 1861, after the Battle of Ball's Bluff, more than 500 Union prisoners, including Col. Milton Cogswell, 42nd New York Infantr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17AY_edwards-ferry_Lansdowne-VA.html
After Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's stunning victory at Chancellorsville in May 1863, he led the Army of Northern Virginia west to the Shenandoah Valley, then north through central Maryland and across the Mason-Dixon Line into Pennsylvania. Uni…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSE8_lee-comes-to-leesburg_Leesburg-VA.html
On the afternoon of September 4, 1862, five days after the Confederate victory at the Second Battle of Manassas, throngs of well-wishers lined Leesburg's streets, including King Street behind you, to welcome the threadbare but jubilant Army of Nor…