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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AS_culpeper-county-orange-county_Locust-Grove-VA.html
(East Facing Side): Culpeper CountyArea 384 Square Miles
Formed in 1748 from Orange and named for Lord Culpeper, Governor of Virginia, 1680-1683. The Battle of Cedar Mountain, 1862, was fought in this county
(West Facing Side): Orange County…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AR_orange-county-spotsylvania-county_Locust-Grove-VA.html
(East Facing Side): Orange CountyArea Formed 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 Geor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20K_germanna_Locust-Grove-VA.html
Here Governor Alexander Spotswood established a colony of Germans in 1714. At that time the Rapidan River was the frontier of Virginia. On August 29, 1716, Spotswood left from this place with the Knights of the Golden Horseshoe on his exploring ex…
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Here, in the Jones family cemetery, lie the remains of "Stonewall" Jackson's left arm. The Confederate general lost the limb during the Battle of Chancellorsville, where he was mistakenly shot by his own troops. Surgeons removed the mangled append…
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Arm of Stonewall Jackson
May 3, 1863———
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SH_germanna-ford_Locust-Grove-VA.html
When the 1864 Overland Campaign started, Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia held the upper fords of the Rapidan River, blocking the Union army's route to Richmond. Rather than attack Lee head on, Grant chose to cross here at Germanna F…
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In March 1864, President Abraham Lincoln placed Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in charge of the Union's overall military effort. Grant's strategy was simple: attack the Confederates simultaneously on all fronts, overwhelming them by sheer force of numbers.…
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One of the principal crossings of the Rapidan River from colonial times. Here a part of the Army of the Potomac crossed the river, April 30, 1863, preceding the Battle of Chancellorsville. Here a part of Meade's army crossed on the way to Mine Run…