Washington’s Headquarters

Since Pompton was on the

main route North, the Conti-

nental army camped here

often. Washington quartered

at the Schuyler House, July

12, 1777, and visited Col-

onel Van Cortlandt here,

March 28, 1782.

Marker is at the intersection of Hamburg Turnpike and Wanaque Avenue, on the ...

Washington's Headquarters

At the house of Samuel Pennypacker, 377 yards northeast of this stone.

This stone marks the camp of Washington's Army, Pennypacker's Mills, Sept. 26-29, Oct. 5-8, 1777.

Historical Society of Montgomery Co., Pa.

Oct. 8, 1897.

Marker is at the intersection of Halderman Road ...

Headquarters of Commander Robert Field Stockton

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Headquarters of

Com. Robert Field Stockton

January 1847

Marker can be reached from Olvera Street, on the right when traveling north.

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Lee’s Winter Headquarters

During the winter of 1862-1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee maintained his headquarters in a small clearing in the woods in this vicinity. The camp contained only a few tents and nothing but a flag to indicate it was Lee’s ...

Longstreet’s Winter Headquarters

Following the Battle of Fredericksburg in Dec. 1862, Confederate Lt. Gen. James Longstreet established his headquarters in a tent near here. His command center was in close proximity to Generals Robert E. Lee and J. E. B. Stuart. Longstreet commanded ...

Grant’s Headquarters

Site of hq. of Gen. Ulysses

Simpson Grant in June,

1862. In mid-July Grant

removed to plantation

home of F. E. Whitfield, Sr.,

about 1 mi. S. of Corinth.

Marker is on Jackson Street, on the right when traveling south.

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D’Aboville’s Headquarters

Colonel D’Aboville set up headquarters here near his artillery park. Plantation buildings then existed belonging to Secretary Nelson’s “Quarter.”

As ranking artillery officer in Rochambeau’s command, D’Aboville played a major role in the Siege in which superior cannon fire counted heavily.

Marker ...

Headquarters of Generals Robert E. Lee

“Stonewall” Jackson and Longstreet

Headquarters of Generals Robert E. Lee, “Stonewall” Jackson, and Longstreet Sept. 6-9, 1862

Here was written the famous lost order No. 191 and the proclamation to the people of Maryland.

Marker is at the intersection of Urbana Pike (Maryland ...

Headquarters Site of the Quartermaster General

Supplying the American Army was always critical. At Yorktown Colonel Timothy Pickering of Massachusetts, seconded by a man of his own choice, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Dearborn of New Hampshire, held the responsibility for Washington’s Quartermaster Department.

Marker is on Historical Tour ...

Headquarters Site of Henry Knox

Knox’s able direction of the assembly and deployment of artillery in the Siege was a key element in the success of the Allied armies. He saw resulting victory, as he related in a note to his wife, as “A great ...