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Built c.1840Old Town FairfaxDuring his March 1863 raid, Ranger John S. Mosby searched here, with no success, for the Union mercenary Col. Percy Wyndham who had called Mosby a horse thief. Mosby had replied that the only horses he had every stolen …
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On June 1. 1861, the first major skirmish of the Civil War occurred on the main street of Fairfax Court House. In the pre-dawn hours 50 men of Co. B, Second U.S. Cavalry, led by Lt. Charles H. Tomkins, rode into town firing their weapons. As Capt.…
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Built 1800Old Town FairfaxThis building is on the National Register of Historic Places. George and Martha Washington's wills were recorded here and still remain in this complex. Confederate President Jefferson Davis reviewed strategy in the tavern…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3OW_joshua-gunnell-house_Fairfax-VA.html
Built c.1830Old Town FairfaxThe first skirmish of the Civil War occurred on Main Street June 1, 1861. Ex-Governor, "Extra Billy" Smith, a civilian, ran from this house to take charge of the Warrenton Rifles. Their commanding officer, Capt. John Qu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3OV_mira-lloyd-dock-residence_Harrisburg-PA.html
Perhaps the single-most important event that would trigger the public's embrace of Harrisburg's City Beautiful movement was the speech given on the evening of December 20, 1900, to the Harrisburg Board of Trade by social reformer and environmental…
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Built in late 19th CenturyOld Town FairfaxThe original "gaol" (1802) burned down in 1884. The Alexandria jail was used until this building was completed. The last jailer, Mr. William F. Lowe, and his family lived in the front quarters of this buil…
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Here on the night of March 8th, 1863, Col. John Singleton Mosby with 29 Confederate soldiers penetrated the Union lines of 3000 men and captured in the brick dwelling north of this spot Brig. General Edwin H. Stoughton, U.S.A., with 100 prisoners …
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Built c.1835Old Town FairfaxIt was in this house that Ranger John Mosby captured the Union area commander Brig. Gen. Edwin H. Stoughton, in bed, the night of March 9, 1863.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3NO_fairfax-court-house_Fairfax-VA.html
Built in 1800. This building, designed by James Wren, served as the first permanent courthouse of Fairfax County.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3NE_monument-to-john-q-marr_Fairfax-VA.html
This stone marks the scene of the opening conflict of the war of 1861-1865, when John Q. Marr, Captain of the Warrenton Rifles, who was the first soldier killed in action, fell 800 ft. S. 46 W. Mag. of this spot, June 1st, 1861.