You searched for City|State: centreville, va
Page 3 of 4 — Showing results 21 to 30 of 34
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5M7_military-railroad-terminus_Centreville-VA.html
Half a mile west is the terminus of the Centreville Military Railroad, the first railroad in the world constructed exclusively for military purposes. Built by the Confederate army late in 1861 because of impassable roads, it supplied the soldiers …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM50P_a-place-on-the-high-ground_Centreville-VA.html
In the fall of 1861, after their July defeat at Manassas (Bull Run), Union forces retreated to Washington, D.C. to organize and retrain. Confederate forces concentrated in Centreville to bolster their defense of Northern Virginia and protect acces…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM43V_civil-war-fortifications_Centreville-VA.html
In the winter of 1861-1862, Centreville was the linchpin of extensive fortifications erected by Confederate troops to protect their winter quarters and block anticipated Union advances. The earthworks stretched nearly eight miles south and west of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3X6_manassas-gap-railroad-independent-line_Centreville-VA.html
The roadbed of the Independent Line of the Manassas Gap Railroad ran through this area. Conceived to extend the Manassas Gap Railroad from Gainesville to Alexandria, grading on this part of the line began in September 1854. The nearby stone bridge…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM300_centreville-virginia_Centreville-VA.html
In October 1861, nearly 40,000 troops of the Confederate Army encamped at Centreville. Over the winter they constructed approximately 17 miles of forts, trenches, rifle pits and batteries along the ridge from Centreville to Union Mills and between…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ZQ_old-stone-church_Centreville-VA.html
Here, where the Warrenton Turnpike turned west from Braddock Road, the Union army marched from Centreville to meet Confederate forces in the first great battle of the Civil War on July 21, 1961. The afternoon, Union soldiers passed by here again, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ZG_mount-gilead-historic-site_Centreville-VA.html
Mount Gilead, built in the second half of the 18th century, is the sole survivor of Newgate village, a colonial settlement and trading center, renamed Centreville in 1792, when an act of the Virginia assembly gave it town status. Presenting an exc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM285_fairfax-county-prince-william-county_Centreville-VA.html
Fairfax County. Area 417 square miles. Formed in 1742 from Price William and Loudoun, and named for Lord Fairfax, Proprietor of the Northern Neck. Mount Vernon, George Washington's home, is in this county.
Prince William County Area 345 square …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27U_the-stone-bridge_Centreville-VA.html
Originally built of native sandstone in 1825, the turnpike bridge over Bull Run became an important landmark in the Civil War battles at Manassas. Union Brig. Gen. Danial Tyler's division feigned an attack on Col. Nathan G. Evans's brigade guardin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM266_first-battle-of-manassas_Centreville-VA.html
In the afternoon of 21 July 1861, after Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's and Brig. Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard's Confederates defeated Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell's Union army, the bridge over Cub Run was jammed with retreating Federal soldiers as well as civ…