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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTI_patsy-cline-country-music-singer_Winchester-VA.html
Patsy Cline (Virginia Patterson Hensley), world-famous singer, lived in this house. She was born in Winchester Memorial Hospital on 8 Sept. 1932. On 21 Jan. 1957 she won Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts national television show's competition singing…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTG_mosbys-raid-at-catletts-station_Catlett-VA.html
To halt the flow of supplies to Union forces on the Orange & Alexandria R.R., Maj. John S. Mosby, C.S.A., destroyed a train near here on 30 May 1863. Removing a rail to stop the train, Mosby's Rangers disabled the engine with a recently acquired h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTE_stuart-and-mosby_Catlett-VA.html
Here on the evening of August 22, 1862, General J. E. B. Stuart raided General Pope's headquarters. Unable to burn the railroad bridge because of a heavy thunderstorm, Stuart withdrew his troops as well as 300 Federal prisoners and Pope's dispatch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTD_thomas-clinton-lovett-hatcher_Leesburg-VA.html
20 December, 1839 - 21 October, 1861
Standing over 6'4" and wearing a full red beard, Clinton Hatcher was a memorable figure. Despite his Quaker upbringing, he joined Company F of the 8th Virginia at the beginning of the war and became the regi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTC_old-telegraph-road_Woodbridge-VA.html
Just to the east is the original route of an ancient trail used to lay the first telegraph wire from Washington to New Orleans in 1847. During the Civil War it became a strategic military objective. It was first used by Confederate forces supporti…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTB_the-south-confederate-leaders-at-balls-bluff_Leesburg-VA.html
Colonel Nathan George "Shanks" EvansNathan Evans was born in South Carolina in 1824. An 1848 West Point graduate, he was jokingly nicknamed "Shanks" by his classmates because he was knock-kneed. During the next decade he fought Indians with the 2n…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT9_gold-mining-in-stafford-county_Fredericksburg-VA.html
Near here are located ten of the nineteenth century gold mines of Stafford County. The best-known were the Eagle, Rattlesnake (Horse Pen), Lee, New Hope, and Monroe mines. The Eagle Gold Mining Company, Rappahannock Gold Mine Company of New York, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT8_the-north-union-leaders-at-balls-bluff_Leesburg-VA.html
Brigadier General Charles Pomeroy StoneAs the overall commander of Union forces at Ball's Bluff, Stone was a rising star in the Union army at the time of the battle. He become the scapegoat for the defeat. Stone was born September 30, 1824, in Gre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT7_edward-d-baker_Leesburg-VA.html
Colonel Baker is buried at the Presidio in San Francisco, California. This memorial stone was placed here to mark what was believed to be the location of Baker's death and to honor the memory of the only U.S. Senator to have died on the field of b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT6_balls-bluff-battlefield-and-national-cemetery_Leesburg-VA.html
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NationalHistoric Landmark
This site possesses national significancein commemorating the history of the United States of America
1984National Park ServiceUnited States Department of the Interior