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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10TG_federal-hill_Lynchburg-VA.html
Lynchburg's first residential suburb became part of the city by annexation in 1814 and 1819. Houses within the neighborhood's nine block area represent over a hundred years of architectural styles that include Federal, Greek Revival, Italianate, S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10T4_quaker-meeting-house_Lynchburg-VA.html
In the mid-18th century, members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) settled in the Lynchburg area, initially worshiping in one another's houses. According to local tradition, the first meetinghouse was constructed here of logs in 1757 a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10T3_chestnut-hill_Lynchburg-VA.html
Nearby stood Chestnut Hill, the home of Charles Lynch, Sr. He was the father of John Lynch, the founder of Lynchburg, and of Charles Lynch, Jr., a Revolutionary officer. Charles Lynch, Sr., died in 1753 and is believed to be buried at Chestnut Hil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10SG_lynchburg_Lynchburg-VA.html
The Old Court House was completed in 1855 and was occupied by the Circuit and Hustings Courts and the Lynchburg city government. During the Civil War, Lynchburg became a center for war munitions, army supplies, troop training and medical facilitie…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10SE_lathams-battery_Lynchburg-VA.html
This tablet marks the location of the gun house ofLatham's Battery.
Organized May 28th, 1860. Left Lynchburg on the 23rd of April, 1861 and was mustered into the service of the C.S.A. on the 25th of April, 1861 with 95 men on roll; was known as…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10SD_91st-ohio-volunteer-infantry_Lynchburg-VA.html
Placed in memory of the brave soldiers of the91st Ohio Volunteer Infantry"Bloody Buckeye Boys in Blue"Who gave their lives during the Battle of LynchburgJune 17-18, 1864 to preserve the Union
1st Lieutenant George B. Stroup · D CompanySe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10SB_point-of-honor_Lynchburg-VA.html
Col. Robert Owen, president of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, owned Point of Honor during the war. This railroad, one of three that served Lynchburg, transported thousands of Confederate troops as well as wounded, supplies, prisoners of war,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10SA_hull-of-the-packet-boat-marshall_Lynchburg-VA.html
Famous canal boatof theJames River and Kanawha Company,which conveyed the body ofStonewall Jacksonfrom Lynchburg to Lexington,May 13, 1863
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10S9_packet-boat-marshall_Lynchburg-VA.html
After Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson died on May 10, 1863 as a result of wounds suffered a week earlier at the Battle of Chancellorsville, his body was transported first to Richmond for public mourning and then to Lexington for burial. Much of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVD7_court-street-baptist-church_Lynchburg-VA.html
The congregation was organized in 1843,when Lynchburg's African American Baptistswere separated from First Baptist Church.The new African Baptist Church of Lynchburg met in a converted theater. It was demolished in 1879, after the deaths of eight …