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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27ZC_mount-defiance_Middleburg-VA.html
(preface) 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/HM27ZB_middleburg-baptist-church_Middleburg-VA.html
After the Second Battle of Manassas, August 28-30, 1862, the Middleburg Baptist Church (to your right) served as a hospital for wounded Confederate Soldiers. Some of those who died there are buried in Sharon Cemetery, in front of you, the final re…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WSD_battle-of-aldie-historical_Middleburg-VA.html
(preface) 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/HM11LJ_battle-of-middleburg_Middleburg-VA.html
(Preface): 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 Pennsyl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4J6_sergeant-major-john-champe_Middleburg-VA.html
Here was the home of Sergeant Major John Champe, Continental Army, who risked the inglorious death of a spy for the independence of his country.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2X4_history-of-st-louis_Middleburg-VA.html
The village of St. Louis is one of the first African American townshipsin Loudoun County. Land was purchased by freed slaves following the Civil War. Among the families that purchased lots were the McQuays.One of their family members moved to St. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC3_attack-at-goose-creek-bridge_Middleburg-VA.html
Leapfrogging westward in a delaying action against advancing Union cavalry June 21, 1863, the rear guard of Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, commanded by Gen. Wade Hampton, took up a strong position on the steep ridge just behind you. From there tw…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC2_middleburg_Middleburg-VA.html
During the Gettysburg Campaign in June 1863, Middleburg was the scene of major cavalry operations. On June 17, 1863, Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's small force, charged with screening Gen. Robert E. Lee's infantry moving north and west of the Blue Ridge Mou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAA_battle-of-middleburg_Middleburg-VA.html
Here, on 19 June 1863, Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's cavalry fought Brig. Gen. David M. Gregg's Union cavalry division. Screening the march of Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia through the Shenandoah Valley to invade Pennsylvania, Stuart …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9W_cavalry-battles_Middleburg-VA.html
In June 1863, Gen. Robert E. Lee led the Army of Northern Virginia through gaps in the nearby Blue Ridge Mountains and into the Shenandoah Valley to invade the North. Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's cavalry corps screened the army from Federal observati…
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