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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM188D_pennys-tavern-site_Spotsylvania-VA.html
Nearby stood Penny's (Penney's) Tavern, named for Lincefield Penney who purchased the site in 1811. The tavern catered to travelers making their way to the old Spotsylvania courthouse site (1781-1837), located approximately one mile north of the t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM187W_third-spotsylvania-county-courthouse-site_Spotsylvania-VA.html
This site was the location of the third Spotsylvania courthouse. In 1722 the first county court session was held at Germanna (now in Orange County) and a courthouse was built soon after. The court was relocated to Fredericksburg in 1732. In 1778 t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14FV_lafayette-at-corbins-bridge_Spotsylvania-VA.html
Pursued by British Lt. Col. Banastre Tarleton, the Marquis de Lafayette camped just west of here near Corbin's Bridge on 2 June during the campaign of 1781. Commanding more than 3,000 Continental soldiers and militia, Lafayette sought to move nort…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14FU_fredericksville-furnace_Spotsylvania-VA.html
Charles Chiswell established the iron-making community of Fredericksville near this point of Douglas Run, a tributary of the North Anna River. The furnace had been in blast for about five years when William Byrd in 1732 toured the site in the comp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZSE_the-brown-house_Spotsylvania-VA.html
Before dawn on May 12, 1864, 20,000 Union troops of General Winfield Hancock's Second Corps slogged into position at the Brown House, one-half mile to your left, preparatory to making an attack on the Confederate-held Muleshoe Salient. Tired from …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZSB_union-earthworks_Spotsylvania-VA.html
Early on May 10, 1864, General Gershom Mott's division of 1,500 Union soldiers arrived on this ground and began constructing earthworks amid the harassing fire of Confederate sharpshooters concealed in the timber, just a few hundred yards away. Th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFST_fighting-for-time_Spotsylvania-VA.html
Throughout May 12, Confederates here waged a battle for critical minutes and hours. When Union troops swarmed over the east face of the Muleshoe Salient before dawn, Robert E. Lee knew instantly that the position - even if regained temporarily - c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFSS_a-mass-capture_Spotsylvania-VA.html
As the first rays of daylight filtered through the rain-drenched woods here on May 12, the men of General George H. Steuart's brigade heard a commotion up the line, to their left. Moments later, through the shifting mists, they saw a human tidal w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEHN_birthplace-of-matthew-fontaine-maury-1806-1873_Spotsylvania-VA.html
This jumble of bricks and stones tucked deep within Spotsylvania's Wilderness marks the birthplace of Matthew Fontaine Maury, the "Pathfinder of the Seas." All but forgotten now, Maury was a legend during his lifetime. While superintendent of the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEHM_maury-house-trail_Spotsylvania-VA.html
This short trail leads to the birthplace of Matthew Fontaine Maury, one of America's greatest scientists.
By the time of the Civil War, Maury's birthplace was gone, replaced by a simple brick house. Few of the 28,000 Confederate soldiers who ma…