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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTJ_battle-of-aquia-landing_Stafford-VA.html
This gun emplacement participated in the first significant battle of the Civil War between the U.S. Navy and Batteries of the Rebel State on May 31 and June 1, 1861. Colonel William C. Bate of the Tennessee (Walker) Legion successfully manned four…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSX_fleurries_Stafford-VA.html
Former house of Miss Anne E. Moncure,The existing portion of the house was moved in 1987 to this site, now owned by the Aquia Church.
Marked by the Bill of Rights Chapter,National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution,April 26, 1998.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSD_aquia-landing_Stafford-VA.html
Within weeks after Virginia seceded from the Union in the spring of 1861, state troops began fortifying Aquia Landing. One artillery battery was established on the waterfront while additional batteries, like this one, covered the landing from near…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSC_aquia-landing_Stafford-VA.html
The straight, level road you used to get here was once the bed of the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad. As its name implies, the railroad ran from Richmond, through Fredericksburg, to the Potomac River, ending here at Aquia landing. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS5_union-redoubt-3_Stafford-VA.html
Established on this spot in February of 1863, by New York troops of the 12th Corps, 2nd Division, Army of the Potomac, Redoubt #3 was manned by up to 100 soldiers and supported by 4 rifled artillery pieces. It guarded the approaches to the Union S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS4_union-redoubt-no-3_Stafford-VA.html
On the ridge to the north stood the third of three large fortifications or redoubts built during February and March of 1863 by the Army of the Potomac. This redoubt protected Aquia Landing and the nearby camps of the Union 12th Corps. The fortific…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS1_from-indian-path-to-highway_Stafford-VA.html
In 1664, a colonial road here probably followed the trace of an old Indian path. Two years later, the road was extended to Aquia Creek. It became a post road in 1750, and in Sept. 1781 Gen. George Washington passed over it on the march to Yorktown…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS0_peytons-ordinary_Stafford-VA.html
In this vicinity stood Peyton's Ordinary. George Washington, going to Fredericksburg to visit his mother, dined here, March 6, 1769. On his way to attend the House of Burgesses, he spent the night here, October 31, 1769, and stayed here again on S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRX_in-the-name-of-christ-the-king_Stafford-VA.html
To commemorate the first English Catholic Settlers in Virginia: Colonel Giles Brent, Deputy Governor of Maryland 1643; Margaret and Mary Brent who settled at Aquia 1647; George Brent, King's Attorney General 1686, Member House of Burgesses 1688, w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRB_historic-aquia-creek_Stafford-VA.html
The first known permanent English Roman Catholic settlers in Virginia, Giles Brent, his sister Margaret, and other family members, emigrated here from Maryland by 1650. In May 1861, Confederates built artillery batteries on the bluffs overlooking …