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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S9_a-bold-plan_Spotsylvania-VA.html
Here, on the evening of May 1, 1863, Generals Robert E. Lee and "Stonewall" Jackson hatched one of the boldest schemes in military history. Hunched over maps beside a small fire, the two generals plotted how to destroy the Union army, now entrench…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RN_final-meeting-fateful-march_Spotsylvania-VA.html
To reach the Union army's right flank, Jackson would have to march his corps twelve miles over narrow, unpaved roads. The general hoped to have his men moving by dawn on May 2, but he got an unusually late start. It was past 7 a.m. before his troo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RK_chancellorsville-campaign_Spotsylvania-VA.html
Just ahead is the crossing of the Orange Plank Road, a mid-nineteenth century trade route from the mountains to the navigable Rappahannock at Fredericksburg. Loaded wagons had the right-of-way on the planking, which covered half the roadbed. Succe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QR_jacksons-amputation_Locust-Grove-VA.html
Near here stood the hospital tent to which the wounded "Stonewall" Jackson was brought during the Battle of Chancellorsville. In that tent his left arm was amputated on May 3, 1863. He died seven days later at Guinea.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LM_jerrells-mill_Woodford-VA.html
Here, on May 9, 1864, Sheridan was attacked by Wickham's cavalry. Nearby, on May 22, 1864, Warren's (Fifth) Corps, moving to the North Anna, fought Rosser's cavalry.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LH_turn-in-sheridans-raid_Woodford-VA.html
At this point in his Richmond raid, Gen. Sheridan, after a fight with Confederate cavalry commanded by General Williams C. Wickham, turned off the Telegraph Road to Beaver Dam, May 9, 1864. This change of route caused Sheridan to approach Richmond…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16E_catharine-furnace_Spotsylvania-VA.html
The stone stack in front of you is all that remains of the Catharine Furnace, built in 1837. Close a decade later, the furnace was reborn to meet the Confederacy's wartime need for iron. Union cavalrymen under General George A. Custer destroyed th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGI_asburys-deathplace_Spotsylvania-VA.html
A short distance southeast is the site of the George Arnold House where Bishop Francis Asbury died, March 31, 1816. Asbury, born in England in 1745, came to America in 1771 and labored here until his death. He was ordained one of the first two bis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGH_stanards-mill_Spotsylvania-VA.html
Unable to defeat the Confederates at Spotsylvania Court House, on 21 May 1864 Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant ordered the Army of the Potomac to march toward Bowling Green. Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside's Ninth Corps brought up the rear. Grant ordered B…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGF_mud-tavern_Woodford-VA.html
Mud Tavern was the old name of this place. Six miles east, at Guinea Station, Stonewall Jackson died, May 10, 1863. In the campaign of 1864, Ewell's and Longstreet's corps of Lee's army, coming from Spotsylvania Courthouse, here turned south, May …