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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2O_fredericksburg-city-dock_Fredericksburg-VA.html
Directly ahead of you, across the river, stood George Washington's boyhood home, Ferry Farm. According to legend, the future president cut down his father's cherry tree there and threw a coin across the river. The property took its name from a fer…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2N_fredericksburg-city-dock_Fredericksburg-VA.html
Confederate troops under the command of Gen. William Barksdale were awake and alert hereon the morning of December 11,1862, waiting anxiously for the sun to rise. On the river, unseen in the inky blackness but clearly audible in the night's stilln…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2M_fredericksburg-city-dock_Fredericksburg-VA.html
Why was Fredericksburg important to the Union war effort? The answer lies in logistics. The Union army, numbering more than 100,000 troops, required tons of food, clothing and other supplies to operate, Wagon trains could supply the army for short…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2L_rocky-lane_Fredericksburg-VA.html
Rocky Lane leading to Washington Ferry. Center pontoon bridge was located near foot of lane (Battle of Fredericksburg) December 11 - 16, 1862.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2K_town-of-occoquan_Occoquan-VA.html
Nathaniel Ellicott formally established the town in 1804, bringing to fruition industrial and commercial developments begun 'at or near the Falls of Occoquan' by John Ballendine c. 1750. The estuary of The Occoquan has attracted the attention of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2J_brig-gen-john-minor_Fredericksburg-VA.html
Hazel Hill, the home of John Minor (13 May 1761 - 8 June 1816), a close friend of President James Monroe, once occupied this site. Minor served as a soldier in the American Revolution, as a colonel if the Spotsylvania County militia, and as a brig…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2I_fredericksburg-normal-and-industrial-institute_Fredericksburg-VA.html
Due to the efforts of local blacks, Fredericksburg Normal and Industrial Institute (FNII) opened in October 1903 at the Shiloh New Site Baptist Church with about 20 students. In 1906 the board of trustees purchased land and a large farmhouse here,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2G_second-town-hall-market-house_Fredericksburg-VA.html
The building in front of you is the Town Hall / Market House. Completed in 1816, it served as Fredericksburg's governmental center until 1982, making it the second oldest continuously used town hall in the American south. The building was used in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2F_the-market-square_Fredericksburg-VA.html
The space you are standing in is historic Market Square. When Fredericksburg was created in 1728, seven leading landowners in Spotsylvania County were appointed to design the town. The men set aside this block for use by the Anglican Church and th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E_gold-mining-in-maryland_Rockville-MD.html
Most gold found in Maryland came from the Potomac area. Mining operations began shortly after gold was discovered near Great Falls during the Civil War and continued until 1940; incidental prospecting continued until 1951. From 1884-1940 the US Mi…