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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z0K_first-mass-cavalry-a-war-memorial_Aldie-VA.html
First Mass. Cavalry
3rd Brigade
2nd Cavalry Division
June 17, 1863
Erected By The First Mass Cavalry
Association
1889
Killed and Died of Wounds
Sergt. C.C. Schwarz Co. A,
Pvt. A. Ammann Co. A,
Pvt. M.F. Daniels Co. A,
Pvt. J. Kel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z0J_the-fog-of-war_Leesburg-VA.html
❶ Evening, July 4, 1864: Union Col. Charles Lowell sends Major William Forbes from Fairfax with 157 horse soldiers of the 2nd Massachusetts and 13th New York Cavalry (detachments) on patrol between Aldie and Leesburg to report any Confedera…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z0I_the-mosby-forbes-engagement-july-6-1864_Leesburg-VA.html
The Battle of Mt. Zion Church began just east of here in the late afternoon hours of July 6, 1864, as Confederate Lieutenant Colonel John Singleton Mosby's artillery struck Union cavalry under Major William Hathaway Forbes. Amid a rousing "re…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z0G_elders-of-the-mount-zion-old-school-baptist-church_Leesburg-VA.html
Beginning in the 1830s, disagreement over doctrine caused a split in the Baptist faith. Some Baptists wished to retain the teachings of the "old school," favoring a more strict interpretation of the Bible. Disputes arose over the subject…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YXJ_ashburn-school_Ashburn-VA.html
On this site stands Ashburn Colored School, a one-room public Schoolhouse built ca. 1892 for African American students. Virginia's public school system, established in 1870, was racially segregated from its inception. Schools for black children re…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YXI_mt-zion-cemetery_Aldie-VA.html
The first burial in Mt. Zion Cemetery took place in 1852, one year after the church was constructed. It is the grave of Thomas H.A. Lynn, who died June 11, 1852. The stone was erected sometime after 1855.
There are over 300 graves in the cemete…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YDX_confederate-earthworks_Leesburg-VA.html
Across the ground in front of you are the remains of Confederate infantry earthworks most likely built after the Battle of Ball's Bluff on October 21, 1861. At this time, Leesburg was on the front lines of the American Civil War and an outpost on …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X4D_gen-george-c-marshall-house-historical_Leesburg-VA.html
Gen. George C. Marshall (1880-1959) and his wife, Katherine Tupper Marshall (1882-1978), purchased this early-19th-century house and its surrounding four acres in 1941. They lived here during the years of Marshall's great achievements as Army chie…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WSD_battle-of-aldie-historical_Middleburg-VA.html
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After Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's stunning victory at Chancellorsville in May 1863, he led the Army of Northern Virginia west to the Shenandoah Valley, then north through central Maryland and across the Mason-Dixon Line into Pennsy…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WLS_the-lost-locomotive-historical_Leesburg-VA.html
At the outbreak of the Civil War in spring 1861, Maj.Gen. Robert E. Lee sent orders to Col. Eppa Hunton in Loudoun County. Anticipating Federal seizure of the Alexandria to Leesburg railroad, Lee told Hunton to tear up track, burn bridges, and des…