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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13S4_travellers-grave_Lexington-VA.html
TravellerHorse ofGen. Robert E. LeePlaced byVirginia Div UDCMay 8, 1971
[ Second Marker : ] Traveller's Grave This renovation and landscaping honors Anne Wilson in appreciation for her service to Washington and Lee as the University's first lad…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13S2_last-home-of-traveller_Lexington-VA.html
The last home ofTravellerThrough war and peace the faithful,devoted and beloved horse ofGeneral Robert E. Lee
Placed by the Virginia DivisionUnited Daughters of Confederacy
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13S1_john-chavis_Lexington-VA.html
John Chavis (1763 - 1838), a free-born African-American veteran of the American Revolution was a native of Granville County, North Carolina. He was also one of the first college-educated men of color in the United States. Chavis studied at the Col…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13RJ_jordans-point_Lexington-VA.html
On this spot, in the early morning hours of Saturday, June 11, 1864, Confederate General John McCausland and about 1,500 gray-clad soldiers lined the riverbank between a cedar thicket and the warehouses that cluttered the canal landing. They stret…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXZY_virginia-military-institute_Lexington-VA.html
A state military, engineering and arts college, founded in 1839. Graduates of it have taken a prominent part in every war since the Mexican War, 2,000 of them serving in the World War. The cadets fought as a corps at New Market in 1864. Among the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSTZ_the-cadet-battery_Lexington-VA.html
(Original Plaque):These smooth-bore six-pounder cannon were received at V.M.I. early in June, 1848, and were especially cast lighter than standard, at Watervleit Arsenal. Each bears the seal of Virginia. They were used in war by the Richmond Howit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLH9_jane-todd-crawford_Lexington-VA.html
Jane Todd, pioneer heroine of abdominal surgery, was born 12-23-1763 just west of here across Whistle Creek near Todd's Mill. She married Thomas Crawford in 1794. In 1809 she rode 60 Mi. on horseback to the home of Dr. Ephraim McDowell in Danville…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLGL_new-monmouth-church-and-morrisons-birthplace_Lexington-VA.html
This is the site of the first church, built 1746. Just northeast was the birthplace of William McCutchan Morrison, born, 1867, died, 1918. A missionary to the Belgian Congo, he translated the Bible into native languages and exposed conditions ther…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLGK_liberty-hall-academy_Lexington-VA.html
Washington and Lee University traces its origins to Augusta Academy, a small classical school established din 1749 by Scotch-Irish pioneers some twenty mile north of Lexington. In 1776, the patriotic fervor of the American Revolution caused August…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLGI_liberty-hall-academy-ruins_Lexington-VA.html
Just north stand the ruins of Liberty Hall Academy's stone academic building, which was constructed in 1793. Founded in 1749 near Greenville as Augusta Academy, the school was reestablished in 1776 at Timber Ridge and patriotically renamed Liberty…