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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U5D_battle-of-brandy-station-historical_Brandy-Station-VA.html
Union Lt. Col. Percy Wyndham advanced his command from Brandy Station and centered his attack on this spot. To your right, the 1st New Jersey Cavalry ascended the slope. The 1st Maryland Cavalry occupied the center, and to your left, circling arou…
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Following his stunning victory at the Battle of Chancellorsville, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee formulated a plan to invade the North. In preparation for his army's secret withdrawal from Fredericksburg, Lee ordered his cavalry into Culpeper Coun…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MNM_in-memory-of-major-john-pelham_Brandy-Station-VA.html
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KPV_st-james-episcopal-church_Brandy-Station-VA.html
Original Site of St. James Episcopal Church 1840-1863
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DBG_little-fork-episcopal-church_Rixeyville-VA.html
In the spring of 1861, the Little Fork Rangers (Co. D, 4th Virginia Cavalry), mustered in the yard of Little Fork Episcopal Church. On July 4, the Rangers were presented with a battle flag as they left Rixeyville for the First Battle of Manassas. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17M2_the-battle-of-kellys-ford_Remington-VA.html
Near this spot, at dawn on March 17, 1863, Brig. Gen. William W. Averill and his 2,100-man division closed on Kelly's Ford. Included in Averill's column was 22 year-old Sgt. Truman Reeves of Orwell, Ohio. Alerted to the Federals' approach, 130 Con…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17ET_battle-of-kellys-ford_Remington-VA.html
On March 17, 1863, Union Gen. William W. Averell led 2,100 horsemen to the northern bank of the Rappahannock River at Kelly's Ford, four miles in front of you, under orders to "rout or destroy" Confederate Gen. Fitzhugh Lee and his cavalry command…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17ES_battle-of-kellys-ford_Remington-VA.html
On January 25, 1863, Union general Joseph "Fighting Joe" Hooker replaced Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside as the fifth commander of the demoralized eastern armies in less than two years. On taking charge of the Army of the Potomac, Hooker implemented orga…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15PA_william-extra-billy-smith_Culpeper-VA.html
William Smith was born in King George County, Virginia. Arriving in Culpeper in 1818 as a young lawyer, the married Elizabeth Bell, the eldest daughter of a Culpeper merchant, and they had 11 children (4 died in infancy). In 1825, Smith built his …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14FK_eckington-school_Culpeper-VA.html
The Eckington School was built in 1895 asa frame, one-room school for African Americanstudents from the nearby communities ofEckington and Poplar Ridge. The schoolbuilding is typical of the ungraded schools ofthe 19th century that had all grades h…
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