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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19T9_abingdon-in-the-civil-war_Abingdon-VA.html
(preface)On December 1, 1864, Union Gen. George Stoneman led 5,700 cavalrymen east from Knoxville, Tennessee, to destroy iron-, lead-, and saltworks in Virginia that were essential to the Confederate war effort. After actions at Kingsport and Bris…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19T3_landon-boyd_Abingdon-VA.html
Landon Boyd, an African American brick mason born into slavery, was an Abingdon resident. After serving in the U.S. Army during the Civil War, he lived in Richmond. In May 1867, he served on the petit jury for the U.S. District Court in Richmond e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19T2_the-virginia-creeper_Abingdon-VA.html
The Abingdon Branch"The Virginia Creeper" Norfolk & Western Railway's Abingdon Branch began in 1887 as the Abingdon Coal and Iron Railroad (AC&IRR). The Virginia-Carolina Railroad (VCRR) bought the AC&IRR in 1900, and extended rail service to D…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18Q6_maud-bows-to-the-virginia-creeper_Damascus-VA.html
This works is one of O. Winston Link's most revered photographs. Mr. Link's legacy is having captured the end of the "Golden Age" of the railroad in this country. His innovative techniques with light and dark were years ahead of his time. This par…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18Q3_green-cove-station_Damascus-VA.html
Green Cove Station was a rail stop along the "Virginia Creeper" Railroad that ran from Abingdon, Virginia, to Todd, North Carolina. Built by the Virginia Carolina Railroad about 1914, it also served as a post office, general store, and telegraph o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV4X_battle-of-kings-mountain_Abingdon-VA.html
Major William Edmiston. William Edmiston was named by General William Campbell as the commanding officer of the Virginia Militia at the Battle of King's Mountain SC. Known for bravery under fire Major Edmiston ordered his troops up the mountain in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV4V_revolutionary-war-muster-ground_Abingdon-VA.html
To the south at Craig's (Dunn's) Meadow, is thelikely site of the Washington County militia'smuster ground for the Revolutionary War's KingsMountain Campaign. In Sept. 1780, under the com-mand of Col. William Campbell the militiamen leftfor Sycamo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV4C_emory-and-henry-college_Glade-Spring-VA.html
One mile north is Emory and Henry College, founded in 1836, the first institution of higher learning in southwest Virginia. It was named for Bishop John Emory of the Methodist Church and Patrick Henry, the orator of the Revolution. Four bishops of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV49_buchanan-blakemore-house_Meadowview-VA.html
James Augustus Buchanan commissioned thebuilding of this home, completed in 1875. Thebricks used in its construction were fired inkilns on the property. The exterior walls arethree bricks deep, and the interior staircaseand banister are solid waln…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV3D_donald-w-tendick-sr-memorial_Meadowview-VA.html
From July 1943 to October 1945, Emory & Henry College served as a host site for the U.S. Navy's V-5/V-12 officer training program—an intensive program of education and physical training that provided the Navy with strong, capable leaders dur…
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