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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEPR_edmund-pendletons-home_Scottsboro-VA.html
Six miles southeast is the site of Edmundsbury, home of Edmund Pendleton. Pendleton, born September 9, 1721, was in the House of Burgesses; a delegate to the Continental Congress; chairman of the Virginia Committee of Safety, 1775-6; president of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEPG_port-royal-harbor_Port-Royal-VA.html
This site represents an important part of the heritage and development of Caroline County. After the chartering of the town of Port Royal in 1744, this excellent harbor served the large tobacco trade between local plantations and London. A warehou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEPE_assassin-s-end_Port-Royal-VA.html
This is the site of Locust Hill, Richard Henry Garrett's farm. On the morning of 26 April 1865, a 16th New York Cavalry detachment cornered John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln and his co-conspirator, David E. Herold, as th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME8X_spotsylvania-county-caroline-county_Woodford-VA.html
(South Facing Side):Spotsylvania CountyArea 413 Square MilesFormed in 1720 from Essex, King and Queen, and King William, and named for Alexander Spotswood, governor of Virginia, 1710-1722. The battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, the Wilde…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME5I_old-port-royal_Port-Royal-VA.html
The town was established in 1744 and was one of the principal shipping points on the Rappahannock River in colonial times. In December, 1862, Burnside, commanding the Army of the Potomac, considered crossing the river here but finally moved up to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCOJ_jacksons-headquarters_Woodford-VA.html
In an outhouse here at Moss Neck, Stonewall Jackson had his headquarters, December, 1862-March, 1863. He was engaged in guarding the line of the Rappahannock with his corps of Lee's army.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCOI_milford-station_Calhoun-VA.html
Unable to crack Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's strongly fortified lines at Spotsylvania Court House, Union Gen. Grant ordered Gen. Winfield Hancock's Second Corps to cross the Mattaponi River here at Milford Station and threaten the Confederate …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBN6_caroline-county-king-william_Hanover-VA.html
(obverse)Caroline CountyArea 529 Square Miles
Formed in 1727 from Essex, King and Queen, and King William. Named for Queen Caroline, wife of King George II. George Rogers Clark, conqueror of the Northwest, passed his youth in this county.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM95O_campaign-of-1781_Bowling-Green-VA.html
Lafayette, marching from Head of Elk, Maryland, to Richmond, camped here the night of April 27, 1781.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM91P_stonewall-jackson-died_Woodford-VA.html
Stonewall JacksonDiedMay 10, 1862BuriedLexington, Va.