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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GX3_banks-grand-review_Washington-VA.html
In July and August, 1862, the Union Army of Virginia 2nd Corps under Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks
camped in and around Little Washington. Col.
Charles E.F. Collis Zouaves, noted for their
French-style red and blue uniforms, served as
Banks bodyguar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GX2_music-omens-and-destiny_Washington-VA.html
After Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee 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. Union…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLBR_a-tale-of-two-mills_Washington-VA.html
During the Civil War, two mills stood on the Rush River in this vicinity on the property of John Jett, who resided at Ellerslie half a mile south of here. They included the Avon Mill before you and the Jett Mill (no longer standing), located half …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKVB_kitty-payne_Washington-VA.html
In the years before the Civil War, Virginia's laws restricted free blacks and also tightened the legal grip on slaves. Some blacks, however, struggled through the system to freedom, just as many slaves wended their way to Union lines during the wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9SR_two-future-presidents-in-wartime-retreat_Washington-VA.html
On June 21, 1864, two future presidents marched with Major General David Hunter's Army of Western Virginia on its retreat from Lynchburg to West Virginia by way of Hanging Rock and the old New Castle Turnpike.
Colonel Rutherford Birchard Hayes…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9SQ_mccausland-attacks_Washington-VA.html
Near the site, on the morning of June 21, 1864, Union Major General David Hunter's ambulances, artillery, and supply and munitions wagons crossed the ford at Mason's Creek. The wagon train stalled, and was left unprotected because U.S. Brig. Gener…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM59K_washington-virginia_Washington-VA.html
Of the 28 Washingtons in the United States, the "records very conclusively disclose" that this town, "the first Washington of all," was surveyed and platted by George Washington on the 24th of July (old style), 1749. He was assisted by John Linem …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM59J_ellerslie_Washington-VA.html
One-half mile southeast of this location is Ellerslie, which was built in 1814 by French Hugenot Col. John Jett and his wife Hannah Calvert for their son James Jett, Jr., on a 1,000-acre tract. In 1749, George Washington named Jett Street in the t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM57P_washington-virginia_Washington-VA.html
One of more than thirty Washingtons in the United States, only this town, "The First Washington of All," was surveyed and platted by George Washington on the 24th day of July (old style) 1749. He was assisted by John Lonem and Edward Corder as cha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM56P_the-town-of-washington-virginia_Washington-VA.html
Surveyed and platted by George Washington with the assistance of John Lonem and Edward Corder, as chainmen; August 4, 1849.
Organized and established as a town by the General Assembly of Virginia, December 14, 1896.
Incorporated as a municip…