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Lynchburg's hospital center was staffed with over 50 military surgeons reporting for duty from all parts of the Confederacy. The War Department appointed Lynchburg physician, William Otway Owen, as Surgeon-in-Charge of Lynchburg's large medical…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EN3_lucy-mina-otey-and-the-ladies-relief-hospital_Lynchburg-VA.html
The unsung and frequently unappreciated heroes of the Confederacy were the Southern women who worked in hospitals. Mrs. Lucy Mina Otey, age 60 and a recent widow who eventually lost three sons in the Civil War, formed a corps of 500 Lynchburg wome…
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Lynchburg was known as "Tobacco Town" before the Civil War, with its 70 thriving tobacco businesses and numerous warehouses. It was also a railroad hub, the terminus of three railroads. Early in the Civil War, many of the warehouses were converted…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EMK_lynchburg-history_Lynchburg-VA.html
As Lynchburg grew, Main Street became the commercial center, with bookstores, dry goods stores, furniture shops, clothing stores, cigar stores, barbershops, banks, and hotels. During the Civil War, Lucy Otey founded the Ladies Relief Hospital, whi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ELW_jacob-e-yoder_Lynchburg-VA.html
Jacob Eschbach Yoder (22 Feb. 1838-15 Apr. 1905), reared a Mennonite in Pennsylvania, came to Lynchburg after the Civil War to teach former slaves in the Freedmen's Bureau's Camp Davis School. Following Reconstruction, Yoder served as supervising …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ELV_diamond-hill-baptist-church_Lynchburg-VA.html
Diamond Hill Baptist Church was established in 1872, seven years after slavery was abolished. The current church, a Gothic Revival-style building, was completed in 1886. Under the pastorate and leadership of the Rev. Dr. Virgil A. Wood from 1958 t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17LZ_col-vincent-w-squeek-burnett_Lynchburg-VA.html
Born in Lynchburg in 1913, Col. Vincent W."Squeek" Burnett learned to fly at age 16.By the mid-1930s, he was one of America'srenowned aerobatic pilots and a member ofthe Flying Aces Air Circus. He performedsuch signature maneuvers as the Square Lo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10VK_lynchburg-history_Lynchburg-VA.html
Fifth Street was known as Ferry Road early in the 1800s. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Douglas Southall Freeman was born nearby in 1886. By the mid-20th century, thirty African American-owned businesses lined Fifth Street, the center of black life…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10VJ_lynchburg-history_Lynchburg-VA.html
This area became known as Court House Hill when the first courthouse was built here in 1813. The district contains a variety of architectural styles and notable churches, as well as the city's 1855 Old Court House, now the Lynchburg Museum. There …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10VI_lynchburg-history_Lynchburg-VA.html
Horseford Road is named for the nearby ford that Virginia Indians and early settlers used to cross the James River. During the 19th century, this area was home to tobacco factories, flour mills, and iron foundries. The large red brick building to …
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