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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G01_shelton-cottage_Fredericksburg-VA.html
This cottage is an example of an 18th century working man's home and was named for the family that owned it for several generations. A unique feature of the cottage is a central fireplace, more commonly seen in New England.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G00_civil-war-observation-balloon-site_Fredericksburg-VA.html
This site, once part of the Phillips property and occupied by the Union Army in the winter of 1862-1863 became the launch site for Aeronaut Thaddeus Lowe reconnaissance balloons. The tethered balloon Eagle with General Edwin Sumner's staff officer…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FZZ_patawomeck-people-at-belle-plains_Fredericksburg-VA.html
The Creek provided fish for centuries for the Patawomeck people who in turn taught the colonists to fish to survive, to plant vegetables hitherto unknown to the English and to hunt in the forests. A surviving remnant of the Patawomeck became comme…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FR9_olympians_Fredericksburg-VA.html
Three Stafford High graduates competed in the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Jeff Rouse won a gold and a silver medal swimming. Mark Lenzi received a gold medal in diving. Conrad Adams was the captain of the U.S. Olympic Pentathlon Team. In 19…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FR7_falmouth-railroad-station_Fredericksburg-VA.html
During the Civil War, a railroad station stood on this site. The station consisted of a warehouse, a platform, quartermaster tents, and several sidings. Trains arrived and departed on the hour traveling to and from Aquia Landing. The station witne…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXIQ_a-sad-duty-to-perform_Fredericksburg-VA.html
His second day of freedom,Former SlaveJohn Washington wrote about seeing the "side-by-side" burial of seven Union soldiers April 19th, 1862, in Falmouth's Union Church Cemetery.
"The soldiers had a sad duty to perform?The funeral was one of the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXIF_hobby-school_Fredericksburg-VA.html
In 1930, this 1880s log cabin was moved to its present location from the corner of Butler Road and Carter Street. The Falmouth historic community saved it with the help of noted architect Edward Donn, for they believed it was similar to the type o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWVQ_falmouth_Fredericksburg-VA.html
Approximately one mile east at the junction of U.S. Route 17 and U.S. Route 1 is the town of Falmouth, which was established at the falls of the Rappahannock River and incorporated in 1727. Although a small town, Falmouth was one of the most signi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMON8_on-this-site-in-1862_Falmouth-VA.html
Guard Duty in Falmouth:Eight members of Company "F" 2nd Regt. U.S. Sharpshooters pose for a photograph in front of the O'Bannon House on Caroline St. (current day Butler Road) in Falmouth, Virginia, about May or June of 1862. They are Pictured wit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNNO_bombardment_Fredericksburg-VA.html
When Confederate sharpshooters blocked his efforts to span the Rappahannock River with pontoon bridges, General Ambrose E. Burnside ordered his artillery to bombard the town. For eight hours more than one hundred cannon, some as large as the 4.5-i…