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|  The Battle Of Dranesville - Herndon, Virginia
in U.S. Civil War Sites Located in front of the Drainsville Tavern. posted by: flyingmoose location: Virginia date approved: 05/13/2023 last visited: never |
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|  Crossing The Potomac - Great Falls, Virginia
in U.S. Civil War Sites Located at the entrance of Seneca Park. posted by: flyingmoose location: Virginia date approved: 04/27/2023 last visited: never |
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|  Rowser’s Ford-5,000 Confederate Cavalrymen Crossed - Seneca MD
in U.S. Civil War Sites On June 24, 1863, Gen. J.E.B. Stuart led three Confederate cavalry brigades to Haymarket. That night, 5,000 Confederate cavalrymen crossed into Maryland at Rowser’s Ford, cutting between the Union army and Washington. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 03/25/2023 last visited: 03/26/2023 |
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|  Life during encampment in Montgomery county - Potomac, Maryland
in U.S. Civil War Sites Located on the edge of the main Blockhouse Park lot. posted by: flyingmoose location: Maryland date approved: 03/18/2021 last visited: never |
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|  Travelers impression of Montgomery county- Potomac, Maryland
in U.S. Civil War Sites Civil War sign located on the edge of the main Blockhouse Park lot. posted by: flyingmoose location: Maryland date approved: 03/18/2021 last visited: never |
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|  Darnestown Confederate Visit - Darnestown MD
in U.S. Civil War Sites Gen. Wade Hampton's brigade turned north up Seneca Road to Darnestown, becoming the first Confederate force to enter the small town. Near hear, Hampton captured 25 teams of mules heading for Edwards Ferry. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 03/26/2023 last visited: 04/02/2023 |
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|  Edwards Ferry Strategic Crossing - Poolesville MD
in U.S. Civil War Sites Gen. Joseph Hooker’s 75,000-man, seven-corps Army of the Potomac crossed the Potomac River here, June 25-27, 1863, on the way to Gettysburg. The army crossed on two 1,400-foot-long pontoon bridges. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 03/25/2023 last visited: 03/26/2023 |
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|  Ox Hill Battlefield - Fairfax, Virginia
in U.S. Civil War Sites A small park is all that is left of a big battle. posted by: flyingmoose location: Virginia date approved: 09/26/2020 last visited: 07/19/2022 |
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|  Major General Philip Kearny - Fairfax, VA
in U.S. Civil War Sites Major General Philip Kearny was killed at this spot during the Battle of Ox Hill in present day Fairfax, Virginia. posted by: bluesnote location: Virginia date approved: 12/23/2022 last visited: never |
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|  Major General Isaac Ingalls Stevens - Fairfax, VA
in U.S. Civil War Sites Major General Isaac Ingalls Stevens fell at this spot during the Battle of Ox Hill in present day Fairfax, Virginia. posted by: bluesnote location: Virginia date approved: 12/23/2022 last visited: never |
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|  Kearny and Stevens Monuments - Fairfax, VA
in U.S. Civil War Sites One of many historical markers at Ox Hill Battlefield Park in Fairfax, Virginia. posted by: bluesnote location: Virginia date approved: 12/23/2022 last visited: never |
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|  Boulders and Quartz Stone - Fairfax, VA
in U.S. Civil War Sites One of many historical markers at Ox Hill Battlefield Park in Fairfax, Virginia. posted by: bluesnote location: Virginia date approved: 12/22/2022 last visited: never |
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|  Kearny's Stump and the Monument Lot - Fairfax, VA
in U.S. Civil War Sites One of many historical markers at Ox Hill Battlefield Park in Fairfax, Virginia. posted by: bluesnote location: Virginia date approved: 12/22/2022 last visited: never |
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|  The Death of General Kearny - Fairfax, VA
in U.S. Civil War Sites One of many historical markers at Ox Hill Battlefield Park in Fairfax, Virginia. posted by: bluesnote location: Virginia date approved: 12/23/2022 last visited: never |
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|  Attack of General Birney’s Brigade - Fairfax, VA
in U.S. Civil War Sites One of many historical markers at Ox Hill Battlefield Park in Fairfax, Virginia. posted by: bluesnote location: Virginia date approved: 12/23/2022 last visited: never |
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|  The Battle of "Chantilly" (Ox Hill) — Then & Now - Fairfax, VA
in U.S. Civil War Sites One of many historical markers at Ox Hill Battlefield Park in Fairfax, Virginia. posted by: bluesnote location: Virginia date approved: 12/23/2022 last visited: never |
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|  The Attack and Death of General Stevens - Fairfax, VA
in U.S. Civil War Sites One of many historical markers at Ox Hill Battlefield Park in Fairfax, Virginia. posted by: bluesnote location: Virginia date approved: 12/23/2022 last visited: never |
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|  Poolesville-Warm Reception - Poolesville MD
in U.S. Civil War Sites Located at the intersection of the two main roads, mid-19th century Poolesville was Montgomery County’s second-largest town. Its residents had decidedly secessionist tendencies and many sons fighting for the South. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 03/27/2023 last visited: 04/02/2023 |
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|  Beallsville Squabble at the cemetery: Whose flag flies today? - Beallsville MD
in U.S. Civil War Sites On September 9, 1862, the running engagement between Illinois, Indiana, and Virginia cavalry units that began the day before in Poolesville continued in Beallsville. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 03/27/2023 last visited: 04/02/2023 |
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|  Williams Wilson House - Rockville, MD
in U.S. Civil War Sites The oldest building in town is this small wooden home built in the late 1700s. It was captured by general J. E. B. Stuart in the Civil War. posted by: bluesnote location: Maryland date approved: 10/27/2018 last visited: 07/07/2019 |
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|  Rockville, Maryland
in U.S. Civil War Sites A state marker at the Montgomery Country Courthouse. posted by: bluesnote location: Maryland date approved: 11/03/2018 last visited: 05/30/2011 |
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|  Gaithersburg-Summit Hall Farm - Gaithersburg MD
in U.S. Civil War Sites On Sunday, June 28, 1863, Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart and an estimated 5,000 cavalrymen arrived in Rockville en route to Gettysburg. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 04/03/2023 last visited: 10/26/2023 |
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|  Gettysburg Campaign Invasion & Retreat - Dickerson MD
in U.S. Civil War Sites After stunning victories at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, Virginia, early in May 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee carried the war through Maryland, across the Mason and Dixon Line and into Pennsylvania. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 04/03/2023 last visited: 04/16/2023 |
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|  White’s Ferry-Invasion or Liberation? - Dickerson MD
in U.S. Civil War Sites The serenity of the Maryland countryside was shattered on September 4-6, 1862, as 35,000 Confederate soldiers of the Army of Northern Virginia waded across the Potomac River. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 04/03/2023 last visited: 04/16/2023 |
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|  1862 Antietam Campaign Lee Invades Maryland - Dickerson MD
in U.S. Civil War Sites Fresh from the victory at the Second Battle of Manassas General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia crossed the Potomac River on September 1-6, 1862, to bring the Civil War to Northern soil and to recruit sympathetic Marylanders. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 04/03/2023 last visited: 04/16/2023 |
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