Lee's Headquarters

One-half mile east is the site of Gen. R. E. Lee's Valley Mountain Headquarters where he camped with his troops from Aug. 6 to Sept. 20, 1861 while he directed the ill-fated Cheat Mountain Campaign.

Marker is on Seneca Trail (U.S. ...

Lee's Headquarters

On this knoll, General Robert E. Lee maintained headquarters from July to September, 1861, after taking command of the Confederate forces in West Virginia. His army on Valley Mountain guarded the road leading south into Virginia.

Marker is on Seneca Trail ...

Washington’s Headquarters

For six months this quiet path was a congested thoroughfare. Express riders from Congress, civilians requesting passes, guards posted around the house, couriers rushing out with new orders, foreign officers seeking employment, continually jammed this road during the encampment.

At the ...

Headquarters Site Gen. R.E. Lee

C.S.A.

On this site

in an oak grove

from Sept. 15 to

Sept. 18, 1862, stood

the headquarters

tent of

General

Robert E. Lee

commanding the

Confederate

forces.

Purchased, restored and marked by the

West Virginia Division, United

Daughters of the Confederacy

Unveiled Sept. 17, 1936.

Marker is on Shepherdstown Pike (State Highway 34), on ...

First Girl Scout Headquarters in America

The house adjacent to this building was the home of Juliette Gordon Low at the time she founded Girl Scouting in the United States, March 12, 1912. Formerly the carriage-house and stable of the Low mansion, this building became that ...

Wadboo Barony: Francis Marion’s Last Headquarters

Wadboo was a Native American name given to the enormous landholding of James Colleton, a son of Sir John Colleton, who was one of the original eight Lords Proprietors of the Carolina colony. Called a barony according to the Proprietors’ ...

Hull's Headquarters

Here, Gen. William Hull largely recruited his army for his campaign against the British at Detroit, in the War of 1812.

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (U.S. 68) and Fyffe Street, on the left when traveling north on ...

Washington’s Headquarters

(The Benjamin Ring House)

On the eve of the Battle of Brandywine Washington established his headquarters in the farmhouse of Benjamin Ring, a Quaker farmer and miller. The house stood within easy access of Chadds Ford where the British were expected ...

Headquarters, Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation, U. S. Army

The splendid natural harbor of Hampton Roads served the nation as a military port of embarkation in the Spanish American War and two World Wars. In World War 1, headquarters were set up at Newport News on July 11, 1917, ...

Oliver Mining Co. Headquarters / Oliver Shop Laboratory

Oliver Mining Co. Headquarters

This building was the heart of the Oliver operation, the largest iron ore mining operation in United States history. The Superintendent of Mines and his staff made the day-to-day mining decisions here, and they were supported ...