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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI2_berryville_Berryville-VA.html
The town was laid out in 1798 on land of Benjamin Berry and was first known as Battletown. Here at "Audley" lived Nellie Custis, Washington's adopted daughter. Here at "Soldiers Rest" lived General Daniel Morgan, who built "Saratoga." Here Lee's a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI1_harry-f-byrd-sr_Berryville-VA.html
Harry Flood Byrd Sr. (1887-1966), governor of Virginia (1926-1930) and U.S. senator from Virginia (1933-1965), was a conservative Democrat who led a political machine that directed state politics for four decades. As governor, he instituted Virgin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI0_lees-bivouac_Berryville-VA.html
Gen. Robert E. Lee bivouacked near here on 18-19 June 1863, as he began his invasion of Maryland and Pennsylvania. Part of his Army of Northern Virginia marched north toward Winchester, while Lt. Gen. James Longstreet's corps camped here with Lee.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHZ_berryville-wagon-train-raid_Berryville-VA.html
Just after dawn on 13 Aug. 1864, Col. John Singleton Mosby and 300 of his 43rd Battalion Partisan Rangers attacked the rear section of Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan's 600-vehicle wagon train here. The train, headed for Winchester, carried supplies …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHW_battle-of-berryville_Berryville-VA.html
As it maneuvered against Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early's Army of the Valley, Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan's U.S. Army of the Shenandoah marched south from Halltown, reaching Berryville on 3 Sept. 1864. Finding part of Brig. Gen. George Crook's corps pit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHA_1750-a-d_White-Post-VA.html
This post was originally placed here by George Washington under the direction of Lord Fairfax. It was erected in 1750 as a guidepost to direct strangers and travelers on the Old Dutch Wagon Road to Greenway Court, the home of Lord Fairfax.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH8_white-post_White-Post-VA.html
The crossroads village of White Post grew up around the white-painted marker that Lord Fairfax had erected in the 1760s to point the way to Greenway Court (south), the nearby estate from which he managed his vast proprietary holdings including Bat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH6_greenway-court_Boyce-VA.html
Three miles south is Greenway Court, residence of Thomas, Sixth Lord Fairfax, proprietor of the vast Northern Neck Grant, which he inherited. Born in Leeds Castle, England, in 1693, Fairfax settled in Virginia, in 1747, for the rest of his life. H…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH3_double-tollgate_White-Post-VA.html
Early in the 19th century, three important roads crossed here: Nineveh Turnpike leading to Front Royal, Winchester Turnpike leading to the north, and Newton Turnpike connecting Stephens City and the Shenandoah River via the Winchester and Berrys F…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGQ_traveler-was-tethered-on-this-spot_Berryville-VA.html
Traveler was tethered on this spot June 21, 1863, as General Robert E. Lee paused on his march to Gettysburg. He attended services here in Grace Episcopal Church.
Tablet placed by Sycamore Society 1986
Replaced by E.V. White Chapter, MOSB an…