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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMID_lincoln-reviews-troops-at-baileys-crossroads_Baileys-Crossroads-VA.html
After the Union defeat on 21 July 1861 at the First Battle of Manassas, Lincoln appointed Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan as commander of the demoralized army. A superb organizer, McClellan rebuilt the army and on 20 November 1861 staged a formal mi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHU_benvenue_McLean-VA.html
"Benvenue" was part of the 3402 acre "Woodberry" estate granted by Lord Fairfax in 1724 to George Turberville. Charles Lee Corbin Turberville was deeded 400 acres in 1796, which included 198 acres that became known as "Benvenue" when acquired by C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHS_j-e-b-stuart-at-munsons-hill_Falls-Church-VA.html
Following the First Battle of Manassas on 21 July 1861, Col. James Ewell Brown Stuart, commander of the 1st Virginia Cavalry, moved his troopers to Fairfax Court House and then here to Munson's Hill, the Confederate position closest to the city of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEI_on-june-17-1861_Vienna-VA.html
On June 17, 1861, near this spot, a railroad was first used tactically in warfare when units from the 1st to 8th Regiments, South Carolina successfully engaged 1st Ohio Volunteers who were using a train of the Loudoun & Hampshire Railroad. Pre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEF_freeman-store-and-museum_Vienna-VA.html
Caught in Conflict. In 1859, Abram Lydecker, a New Jersey merchant, purchased land in Vienna on which to build a large combination dwelling and store. The Lydecker family was displaced early as the Civil War swirled around the small village. Vi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEE_laura-ratcliffe_Herndon-VA.html
Confederate spy Laura Ratcliffe was born inFairfax County in 1836. During the Civil War,she became an acquaintance of Maj. Gen. J. E. B. Stuart who introduced her to then-Lt. John Mosby in 1862. Mosby credited her with preventing his capture early…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCU_franconia_Franconia-VA.html
"Frankhonia Farm" was situated on 191 acres purchased in 1859 by Alexandria merchant and businessman William Fowle from Joseph Broders of Oak Grove Farm. His son, Robert Rollins Fowle, sold 18 acres to the Alexandria & Fredericksburg Railway Compa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCC_springfield-station_Springfield-VA.html
The first Springfield Station was located on the south side of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad near this location. Built after 1851, when the railroad was completed to Henry Daingerfield's "Springfield Farm," the station was the site of a Civil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBM_tracks-into-history_Herndon-VA.html
The railroad that became the Washington & Old Dominion was born in Alexandria in response to the competition in shipping posed by the port in Baltimore, which was served by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. The B&O was diverting farm produce from the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBL_civil-war-star-fort_Vienna-VA.html
This six-point, star-shaped earthen fort with a 130-yard perimeter was constructed on the highest point of land in the area. It provided a commanding view of the western and northwestern approaches to Vienna. Earthwork fortifications, serving …