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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18AB_eleventh-corps-encampment-area_Stafford-VA.html
In 1863, over 135,000 Union Army of the Potomac soldiers established winter camps throughout Stafford County - the largest encampment of any Army during the Civil War. Two-thirds of Civil War deaths occurred while armies were in camp. Many soldier…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18AA_union-infantry-winter-camp_Stafford-VA.html
These woods contain remains of hut sites, chimneys and defenses of a large Army of the Potomac winter camp, soldiers of the 11th Corps 1st and 3rd Divisions moved to this area from Belle Plain and Stafford Courthouse in late Feb/early Mar, 1863, i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11WF_redoubt-no-2-fort-no-name_Stafford-VA.html
Twelfth Corps / Army of the Potomac, USAStafford County, VirginiaCirca 1863National Historic RegistryFebruary 2006Virginia Historic RegistryDHR # 089-5057/44ST0082
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS16_mary-kittamaquund_Stafford-VA.html
Mary was the only child of Kittamaquund, paramount chief of the Piscataway tribes when Lord Baltimore's settlers arrived in Maryland in 1634. In 1641, seven-year-old Mary became the ward of Maryland governor Leonard Calvert and his sister-in-law M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQUI_gateway-to-freedom_Stafford-VA.html
"I bounded across the Gang plank and concealed Myself for a while until the Steamer got off from the Wharf. I then came out and arrived Safe at 6th Street Wharf in Washington D.C. on the Night of September 1st, 1862 in a hard rain."—John Was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQUH_early-escape-route_Stafford-VA.html
"For a few moments, silence prevailed. My master [Ellen] looked at me, and I at him, but neither of us dared to speak a word, for fear of making some blunder that would tend to our detection. we knew that the officers had the power to throw us in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQUG_steamships-stages-and-slave-trade_Stafford-VA.html
"In the forenoon the steamer reached Aquia Creek. There the passengers took stages — Burch and his five slaves occupying one exclusively. ...He told me to hold up my head and look smart. That I might, perhaps, get a good master if I behaved …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQPR_native-american-presence_Stafford-VA.html
Native American artifacts were recovered in various locations on Government Island. The largest concentration of artifacts was found overlooking Aquia Creek. a rare Clovis projectile point was found, indicating the Paleoindians were present in thi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQM4_transporting-the-stone_Stafford-VA.html
A historic road is visible to the right. It was created by skids or "stone boats" that were loaded with stone and dragged by oxen to the wharf. The stone was very heavy. One cubic foot of stone weighed 120 pounds.
In addition to moving the ston…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQLT_site-selection-architectural-features_Stafford-VA.html
Site SelectionIn 1791, President George Washington (who was raised in Stafford County 10 miles south of this site at Ferry Farm) appointed three Commissioners to oversee construction of the new federal capital city (later named Washington, D.C.). …