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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YYQ_samuel-miller_Lynchburg-VA.html
Samuel Miller, born in poverty in Albemarle
County, became a successful Lynchburg tobacco
merchant as a young adult. Investments in land,
bonds, banks, and railroads later made him one
of antebellum Virginia's wealthiest men. Though
reclusive…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11PU_montview_Lynchburg-VA.html
Montview was constructed in 1923 as the home of Senator and former Secretary of the U.S. Treasury, Carter Glass. Glass served in the House of Representatives and Senate from 1902 to 1946 and was known as the "Father of the Federal Reserve System" …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10TK_sandusky_Lynchburg-VA.html
To the northwest is Sandusky, built by Charles Johnston about 1808. He named it after a place in Ohio where Indians had held him prisoner in 1790. The two-story structure was one of the Lynchburg area's first houses to display the details and refi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10TI_grave-of-john-lynch_Lynchburg-VA.html
Founder of Lynchburg,who was the proprietor of landsupon which the city is builtand for whom the city is named.A zealous Quaker, benevolentgentleman and promoter ofwhatever advanced the generalgood of his community.Born 1740Died October 31, 1820.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10T4_quaker-meeting-house_Lynchburg-VA.html
In the mid-18th century, members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) settled in the Lynchburg area, initially worshiping in one another's houses. According to local tradition, the first meetinghouse was constructed here of logs in 1757 a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10SD_91st-ohio-volunteer-infantry_Lynchburg-VA.html
Placed in memory of the brave soldiers of the91st Ohio Volunteer Infantry"Bloody Buckeye Boys in Blue"Who gave their lives during the Battle of LynchburgJune 17-18, 1864 to preserve the Union
1st Lieutenant George B. Stroup · D CompanySe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21O_lynchburg_Lynchburg-VA.html
In early May 1864, while Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee confronted the Union Army of the Potomac west of Fredericksburg, Union Gen. U.S. Grant sent Gen. Franz Sigel's army to destroy Lee's supplies in the Shenandoah Valley. After the Union defeat …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21A_quaker-meeting-house_Lynchburg-VA.html
From here in June 1864, Confederate cavalrymen watched Gen. David Hunter's Union army advance toward them on the Lynchburg-Salem Turnpike (Fort Ave). Hunter departed Lexington on June 14 and crossed the Blue Ridge Mountains near Peaks of Otter. Li…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM217_sandusky_Lynchburg-VA.html
Union Gen. David Hunter's army reached the outskirts of Lynchburg on June 17, 1864, despite being delayed by engagements with Gen. John McCausland's Confederate cavalry. That evening, Hunter made his headquarters here at Sandusky, aware that Confe…