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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXIQ_a-sad-duty-to-perform_Fredericksburg-VA.html
His second day of freedom,Former SlaveJohn Washington wrote about seeing the "side-by-side" burial of seven Union soldiers April 19th, 1862, in Falmouth's Union Church Cemetery. "The soldiers had a sad duty to perform?The funeral was one of the…
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In 1930, this 1880s log cabin was moved to its present location from the corner of Butler Road and Carter Street. The Falmouth historic community saved it with the help of noted architect Edward Donn, for they believed it was similar to the type o…
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Approximately one mile east at the junction of U.S. Route 17 and U.S. Route 1 is the town of Falmouth, which was established at the falls of the Rappahannock River and incorporated in 1727. Although a small town, Falmouth was one of the most signi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQR2_historic-kenmore_Fredericksburg-VA.html
1775 Home of Fielding Lewis and his wife Betty, sister of George Washington.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQMQ_barton-street-confederate-monument_Fredericksburg-VA.html
This monument is dedicated to honor the memory of the 51 Confederate Soldiers buried here in the Barton Street Cemetery. They died in Fredericksburg, Virginia between the months of October 1861 and March 1862. The Rev. Alfred M. Randolph of St. Ge…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOQH_rising-sun-tavern_Fredericksburg-VA.html
Built about 1760 by Charles, the youngest brother of George Washington. Owned by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNNO_bombardment_Fredericksburg-VA.html
When Confederate sharpshooters blocked his efforts to span the Rappahannock River with pontoon bridges, General Ambrose E. Burnside ordered his artillery to bombard the town. For eight hours more than one hundred cannon, some as large as the 4.5-i…
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Union soldiers and officers gazing upon Fredericksburg from this spot in 1862 saw many of the same landmarks visible today. The skyline of this peaceful river town, population 5,000 in 1860, is still dominated by the three steeples of City Hall an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNNL_sow-tend-harvest_Fredericksburg-VA.html
For most of its existence, Chatham had an unchanging rhythm: sow, tend, and harvest, each according to the crop. Most of Chatham's slaves lived out their lives to this seasonal cadence, year after year. More than 50 enslaved workers—sometime…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNNJ_a-changed-landscape_Fredericksburg-VA.html
The sketch below, done by a Union soldier, shows the landscape in front of you as it looked in 1863. During the Civil War, this was the rear of Chatham—a functional space unadorned with gardens or architectural finery. Union soldiers had cut…
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