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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NND_second-battle-of-manassas_Manassas-VA.html
On Henry Hill, Pope's rear guard, in the late afternoon of August 30, 1862, repulsed the attacks of Longstreet coming from the west. If the hill had been taken, Pope's army would have been doomed; but the Unionists held it while the rest of their …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NNC_re-burying-the-dead_Manassas-VA.html
Of the 266 soldiers buried here, only two are fully identified. · Heavy fire often kept either side from claiming the dead, and after both battles the armies had to maneuver quickly. Some of the wounded lay for days in the blistering sun.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NN8_simon-kentons-birthplace_Gainesville-VA.html
Near Hopewell Gap, five miles west, Simon Kenton was born, 1755. Leaving home in 1771, he became an associate of Daniel Boone and George Rogers Clark in Indian fighting. He won fame as a scout and as one of the founders of Kentucky. Kenton died in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MPY_spence-and-william-grayson_Woodbridge-VA.html
Left marker:
Chaplain Spence Grayson
1734-1798
Grayson's Additional Continental Rgt
Right marker:
Colonel William Grayson
1736-1790
Grayson's Additional Continental Rgt
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MPX_revolutionary-soldiers-spence-and-william-grayson_Woodbridge-VA.html
Upper left marker:
Revolutionary Soldier
Spence Grayson
1734-1798
Upper right marker:
Revolutionary Soldier
William Grayson
1736-1790
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LVM_revolutionary-war-patriots-and-war-of-1812-veterans_Dumfries-VA.html
Revolutionary War Patriots and War of 1812 Veterans known to be interred in Historic Dumfries Cemetery
Revolutionary War
QM Timothy Brundige 1754 - 1822
PVT George Smith 1765 - 1822
Patriot Thomas Cave 1745 - 1802
PVT William Ford - 1794
Pat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KT4_site-of-c-c-c-camp-p-71-camp-recovery_Manassas-VA.html
Prince William County's first Civilian Conservation Corps camp, part of the national public relief program during the great Depression, encompassed a 396-acre tract purchased by the Virginia Forest Service and the Federal government from Jan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KSV_quantico-baptist-church_Manassas-VA.html
Site of an early 19th Century Meeting House. In 1888 it became a Primitive Baptist Church under Pastor William M. Smoot. It was commonly known as Smootite Church.
Foundation stones and an octagonal tapered bearing post remain.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JK4_war-in-the-chesapeake_Woodbridge-VA.html
(Panel 1)
During the War of 1812 the young United States was embroiled in conflict with Great Britain. From 1812 to 1815 Americans fought to protect their rights and economic independence. They faced superior enemy forces on the homefront and the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GMZ_belle-haven-baptist-church_Triangle-VA.html
December 20, 1885 - September 30, 1945
Property donated by Thomas Woolfenden, Sr. who moved from Baltimore in 1880, after serving three years in the Civil War, to Prince William County and he named it wonderful Prince William County.
Belle Haven C…