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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM33N_battle-of-the-wilderness_Locust-Grove-VA.html
Ewell's Corps, the left wing of Lee's Army, moving down this road from Orange, came into conflict near here with Warren's Corps of Grant's Army, May 5, 1864. The fight moved to and fro until Ewell finally drove Warren back and entrenched here. Lat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2MR_gordon-inn_Gordonsville-VA.html
Built by Nathaniel Gordon, 1787. Visited by Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Philip and James Barbour, Clark, Rives, Randolph, Wirt, Waddell, and other celebrities of Revolutionary, post-Revolutionary, and Confederate War periods. Lafayette…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2MO_the-maplewood-memorial-association_Gordonsville-VA.html
Has erected this tabletas a tribute of respect tosome seven hundred Confederate soldiersmainly from North Carolina and Georgiawho laid down their livesfor the cause they loved and losttheir names are perishedmay their memory be imperishable!
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2M1_church-of-the-blind-preacher_Gordonsville-VA.html
Near here was the church of James Waddel, the blind Presbyterian preacher. Waddel, who had been a minister in the Northern Neck and elsewhere, came here about 1785 and died here in 1805. William Wirt, stopping in 1803 to hear a sermon, was impress…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2M0_campaign-of-second-manassas_Orange-VA.html
Near here Stonewall Jackson camped, August 13-15, 1862, just after the Cedar Mountain engagement.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2LT_orange-county-madison-county_Orange-VA.html
(North Facing Side): Orange CountyFormed from Spotsylvania County in 1734, Orange County, a pastoral Piedmont county, was probably named in honor of William IV, the Dutch prince of Orange, who married Anne, the Princess Royal, daughter of George I…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2LS_kempers-grave_Orange-VA.html
A mile south is the grave of James Lawson Kemper, who led his brigade of Virginia troops in Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863, and fell desperately wounded, he became a Major-General in 1864. Kemper was governor of Virginia, 1874-1878.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2KC_general-zachary-taylor_Orange-VA.html
A valiant soldierGeneral Zachary Taylor1784-1850Twelfth Presidentof the United StatesBorn in Orange County VirginiaErected by Orange County Post No. 156The American Legion1934
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2KB_montpelier-and-madisons-tomb_Orange-VA.html
Five miles southwest is Montpelier, the home of James Madison, "Father of the American Constitution" and fourth president of the United States, 1809-1817. Near the house is the tomb of Madison, who died at Montpelier on June 28, 1836.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2KA_orange-train-station_Orange-VA.html
Beginning in 1749, Orange County's successive courthouses have been located just west of here. In 1854, the Orange & Alexandria Railroad, constructed to link Alexandria with central Virginia, reached Orange and a train station was built near here.…