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First Balloon Flight in Virginia
On May 7, 1801, J. S. Watson, a student at William and Mar...
West Virginia/Virginia
Side A:West Virginia (Pocohontas County)"The Mounta...
West Virginia/Highland County
Side A:West VirginiaWest Virginia was long a part o...
Battery C, First West Virginia Artillery
Erected by the State of
West Virginia
to comme...
First Catholic Church in Virginia
A. D. 1795
This stone taken from the canal of the Po...
Pope’s Army of Virginia
On 26 June 1862, President Abraham Lincoln appointed Maj. ...
Washington, Virginia
The First of Them All
Of the 28 Washingtons in the U...
Virginia
(Left Side):In memory of
the 398 Virginia soldiers.<...
Various Sections of Virginia Artillery
July 21, 1861 2:00 p.m.
Army of the Potomac (Beaureg...
Washington, Virginia
The First of Them All
Of the 28 Washingtons in the U...
Results for Virginia
First Balloon Flight in Virginia
On May 7, 1801, J. S. Watson, a student at William and Mary, wrote a letter detailing attempts at flying hot air balloons on the Court House Green. The third balloon, decorated with sixteen stars, one for each of the ...
West Virginia/Virginia
Side A:West Virginia (Pocohontas County)"The Mountain State"-western part of the Commonwealth of Virginia until June 20, 1863. Settled by the Germans and Scotch-Irish. It became a line of defense between the English and French during the French and Indian War, ...
West Virginia/Highland County
Side A:West VirginiaWest Virginia was long a part of Virginia. Morgan Morgan began the settlement of the region in 1727. A great battle with the Indians took place at Point Pleasant, 1774. West Virginia became a separate state of the ...
Battery C, First West Virginia Artillery
Erected by the State of
West Virginia
to commemorate the
valor and fidelity
of Battery C
First West Virginia Artillery
Marker can be reached from Taneytown Road (State Highway 134), on the right when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
First Catholic Church in Virginia
A. D. 1795
This stone taken from the canal of the Potomac Company of which Washington and Fitzgerald were Directors commemorates the erection of the First Catholic Church in Virginia, A. D. 1795, which stood until 1839 about twenty feet behind ...
Pope’s Army of Virginia
On 26 June 1862, President Abraham Lincoln appointed Maj. Gen. John Pope to command the Union army that operated in Virginia. The Corps led by Maj. Gen.
Franz Sigel, who had recently replaced Maj. Gens. John C. Frémont, posted around ...
Washington, Virginia
The First of Them All
Of the 28 Washingtons in the United States, the “records very conclusively disclose” that this town, “the first Washington of all,” was surveyed and platted by George Washington on the 24th of July (old style), 1749. ...
Virginia
(Left Side):In memory of
the 398 Virginia soldiers.
Lying in this cemetery.
Who fell in defence of
constitutional liberty and
the sovereignty of their state.
From 1861 to 1865. A.D.
(Back):Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.
(Right Side):Erected by
The ladies of the Virginia
Shaft Association of Winchester
June 6th, ...
Various Sections of Virginia Artillery
July 21, 1861 2:00 p.m.
Army of the Potomac (Beauregard) and Army of the Shenandoah (Johnston), CSA
Loudoun Artillery
Capt. Arthur L. Rogers
Wise Artillery
Capt. Ephraim G. Alburtis
Rockbridge Artillery
Capt. William N. Pendleton
Staunton Artillery
Capt. John D. Imboden
Thomas Artillery
Capt. Philip B. Stanard
"The ground occupied by our ...
Washington, Virginia
The First of Them All
Of the 28 Washingtons in the United States, the “records very conclusively disclose” that this town, “the first Washington of all,” was surveyed and platted by George Washington on the 24th of July (old style), 1749. ...