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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4UL_dalton-reservoir_Catlett-VA.html
Dedicated to the memory ofMelvin DaltonMaster SergeantU.S. Marine CorpsMay 1, 1915 - June 22, 1949The original Vice Chairman of the Stream Committee of theMarine Corps Schools Rod & Gun ClubHe was instrumental in improving the fishing facilities a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4TJ_brentmoor_Warrenton-VA.html
Judge Edward M. Spilman of the Fauquier County Circuit Court constructed this house in 1859-61. James Keith, who served in the Black Horse Cavalry and later became president of the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, acquired it in 1869.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4TG_ashland-farm_Warrenton-VA.html
The Holtzclaw family acquired Ashland through a grant issued by Lt. Gov. Alexander Spotswood in 1724, and lived on this land until the 1920s. While a portion of the house dates to about 1725, the main residence was completed by 1889, and was remod…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4TF_second-manassas-campaign_Warrenton-VA.html
On 22 Aug. 1862, Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart led his cavalry on a raid behind Maj. Gen. John Pope's army. Stuart crossed the Rappahannock River at Waterloo Bridge, two miles west, then rode around Pope's right flank just north of here to attack Catlet…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3TT_death-of-2d-lt-james-big-yankee-ames_Delaplane-VA.html
Sergeant James F. Ames of the 5th New York Cavalry deserted the Union army in Feb. 1863 and joined Lt. Col. John S. Mosby's Partisan Rangers (later 43d Cavalry Battalion). Nicknamed "Big Yankee" Ames rose to the rank of 2d lieutenant. On the night…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3TL_delaplane_Delaplane-VA.html
On July 19, 1861 Stonewall Jackson's brigade of General Joseph E. Johnston's corps marched to this station from Winchester. They crowded into freight and cattle cars and travelled to the 1st Battle of Manassas. The use of a railroad to carry more …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3K6_thoroughfare-gap_Broad-Run-VA.html
Just west is Thoroughfare Gap where Union and Confederate armies clashed during Civil War. In July 1861, Gen. Joseph E. Johnston marched eastward through the gap to join Brig. Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard in the First Battle of Manassas. Maj. Gen. Thoma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3JW_campaign-of-second-manassas_Broad-Run-VA.html
Lee and Longstreet, moving eastward to join Jackson at Manassas, found this gap held by a Union force, August 28, 1862. They forced the gap, after some fighting, and moved on toward Manassas, August 29, 1862.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3JL_thoroughfare-gap_Broad-Run-VA.html
The gap to your left between Biscuit Mountain (the northern promontory of Pond Mountain) on the south and Mother Leathercoat Mountain on the north, described as "that dark, gloomy cleft" in an 1862 issue of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2R1_mount-bleak-farm_Paris-VA.html
Mosby's Confederacy and First Manassas Campaign
In the early morning hours of July 19, 1861, thousands of campfire lights burned in the camp of Col. Thomas J. Jackson's brigade which occupied the fields surrounding nearby Paris. Many thoughts m…