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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CI3_black-horse-cavalry_Warrenton-VA.html
The Black Horse Cavalry was conceived at a gathering of Warrenton lawyers in 1858 and was among the local militia companies called to active duty by Governor Henry Wise in 1859. The Black Horse led a successful charge against Union forces at the F…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15Q0_executions-in-the-yard_Warrenton-VA.html
It is possible that early executions were carried out here in the exercise yard, however it is equally probably that they occurred in front of the jail, close to the courthouse or at another public location. Hangings were public in Virginia before…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM142D_warrenton_Warrenton-VA.html
Chosen as county seat in 1759, and first called Fauquier Court House, Warrenton was laid out as a town in 1790. John Marshall began law practice here. In the War Between the States it was the center of operations north of the Rappahannock and many…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRX5_warrenton_Warrenton-VA.html
Although Warrenton was spared the ravages of major battles during the war, control of the town changed hands 67 times and many homes and churches housed soldiers or were used as hospitals. Warrenton was the home of several notable Confederates inc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOL6_second-manassas-campaign_Warrenton-VA.html
A mile northwest stood Waterloo Bridge, where on 22 Aug. 1862 Maj. Gen. J. E. B. Stuart crossed the Rappahannock River to threaten the rear of Union Maj. Gen. John Pope's army 14 miles southeast at Catlett Station on the Orange & Alexandria Railro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCQE_leeton-forest_Warrenton-VA.html
Half a mile east is the site of Leeton Forest, latter-day home of Charles Lee, Attorney General in Washington's and Adams' cabinets, 1795-1801. The tract was patented by Thomas Lee, of Stratford, in 1718 and descended to his son, Richard Henry Lee…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4TJ_brentmoor_Warrenton-VA.html
Judge Edward M. Spilman of the Fauquier County Circuit Court constructed this house in 1859-61. James Keith, who served in the Black Horse Cavalry and later became president of the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, acquired it in 1869.
Joh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4TG_ashland-farm_Warrenton-VA.html
The Holtzclaw family acquired Ashland through a grant issued by Lt. Gov. Alexander Spotswood in 1724, and lived on this land until the 1920s. While a portion of the house dates to about 1725, the main residence was completed by 1889, and was remod…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4TF_second-manassas-campaign_Warrenton-VA.html
On 22 Aug. 1862, Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart led his cavalry on a raid behind Maj. Gen. John Pope's army. Stuart crossed the Rappahannock River at Waterloo Bridge, two miles west, then rode around Pope's right flank just north of here to attack Catlet…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6S_lafayettes-stepping-stone_Warrenton-VA.html
During his 1825 visit to Warrenton, General Lafayette is said to have stood upon this stone.
Courtesy: The Bartenstein Family