| Virginia (Stafford County), Berea — E-85 — Civilian Conservation Corps Company 2363 |
| | Here at Berea, during the Great Depression, was the site of Civilian Conservation Corps Company 2363. This camp, one of many in Virginia, was organized in 1935 and disbanded in 1940. During its existance, the company strung farm fences, planted trees, fought forest fires, and instructed farmers in the practice of soil conservation. The CCC, one of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal agencies, was created in 1933 to provide public service jobs for unemployed young men. Roosevelt later . . . — Map (db m2217) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Berea — N-4 — Fredericksburg Campaign |
| | Frustrated by the Army of the Potomac’s lack of progress, President Abraham Lincoln replaced army commander Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan with Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside, who assumed command on 9 Nov. 1862. Within a week, he had the army marching from its camps near Warrenton toward Fredericksburg along this road. Burnside hoped to cross the Rappahannock River at Fredericksburg by pontoon bridges and march on Richmond, but a delay in the arrival of the pontoons thwarted his plan. By the time . . . — Map (db m2216) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Berea — Hulls Memorial Baptist Church |
| | Site of the Original
Hulls Memorial Baptist Church
Founded 1888
Erected 1897
— Map (db m4849) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Berea — Milton Snellings |
| | Dedicated to the
Memory of
Milton Snellings
General President
1916-1921
By the International Union
of Operating Engineers
Snellings
1870 - 1921 — Map (db m4842) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Berea — Original Bell of Hulls Memorial Baptist Church |
| | This bell
was taken from the
Old Church Building
and placed here by
Elsie S. Truslow
in memory of her husband
Hansford Bryan Truslow
1896 - 1959 — Map (db m4858) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Berea — N-6 — The Mud March |
| | In Jan. 1863, after the Federal defeat at the First Battle of Fredericksburg on 13 Dec., Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside sought to restore the army’s morale by crossing the Rappahannock River at Banks’s Ford two miles south and attacking the rear of Gen. Robert E. Lee’s army. The march began on 19 Jan.; that night a warm front thawed the frozen road with 48 hours of pouring rain. Confederates across the river taunted the sodden Federals with large signs: “This Way to Richmond” and . . . — Map (db m2215) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Brooke — Aquia Landing — Supply Base for the Union Army |
| | Aquia Landing’s location on the Potomac River, coupled with its access to the R.F.&P. Railroad, made it an important supply base for the Union army. Food, clothing and other equipment were shipped down the Potomac River, unloaded here, and sent to the front by train. Recognizing its potential importance to the Union Army, Confederate troops destroyed Aquia Landing in April 1862 and tore up the railroad tracks running between here and Fredericksburg. The Union Army immediately rebuilt these . . . — Map (db m3678) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Brooke — J-92 — Aquia Landing |
| | The Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad was extended to its terminus here at Aquia Landing in 1846. By steamboat and railroad, travelers from Washington, D.C., to Richmond could complete in 9 hours a journey that took 38 hours by stagecoach. In May-June 1861, Confederate batteries at Aquia Landing exchanged fire with Union gunboats. The first use of nautical mines ("torpedoes") in the war occurred here on 7 July 1861 against the U.S.S. Pawnee. After the Confederates abandoned the site . . . — Map (db m3680) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Brooke — Aquia Landing - Naval Engagement |
| | Within weeks after Virginia seceded from the Union in the spring of 1861, state troops began fortifying Aquia Landing. One artillery battery was established on the waterfront while additional batteries, like this one, covered the landing from nearby hills. These guns posed a threat to Union shipping in the Potomac River, prompting Commander James H. Ward of the United States Navy to take steps to eliminate them.
Between May 29 and June 1, 1861, Union gunboats on the Potomac River, ahead of . . . — Map (db m2201) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Brooke — Aquia Landing - The Railroad |
| | The straight, level road you used to get here was once the bed of the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad. As its name implies, the railroad ran from Richmond, through Fredericksburg, to the Potomac River, ending here at Aquia landing. Passengers wishing to continue north boarded a waiting steamship here that carried them up the Potomac River to Washington, D.C., 55 miles away.
Because of its location on the Potomac River and its proximity to Fredericksburg, Aquia Landing was . . . — Map (db m2200) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Brooke — Battle of Aquia Landing |
| | This gun emplacement participated in the first significant battle of the Civil War between the U.S. Navy and Batteries of the Rebel State on May 31 and June 1, 1861. Colonel William C. Bate of the Tennessee (Walker) Legion successfully manned four 3 inch rifled cannons from this position, inflicting some damage to the ships of the Potomac Flotilla. The attacking Federal Gunboats, under the command of John A. Ward, withdrew after the action, but continued to monitor the landing.
The . . . — Map (db m2249) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Brooke — Brooke, Virginia |
| | In 1921, Jethro Kloss opened this Health Food Factory. It was on this site that he started writing “Back to Eden” the ground-breaking guide to herbal therapy.
Jethro Kloss is considered by many to be the father of the organic health food movement. — Map (db m2193) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Brooke — Union Redoubt # 3 |
| | Established on this spot in February of 1863, by New York troops of the 12th Corps, 2nd Division, Army of the Potomac, Redoubt #3 was manned by up to 100 soldiers and supported by 4 rifled artillery pieces. It guarded the approaches to the Union Supply Depot at nearby Aquia Landing and the 12th Corps camps on the hills to the East during the winter of 1862-1863. Redoubt #3 was a square enclosure approximately 70' long and 12' high. — Map (db m2192) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Brooke — Union Redoubt No. 3 — Aquia Creek Landing Defenses, 1863 |
| | On the ridge to the north stood the third of three large fortifications or redoubts built during February and March of 1863 by the Army of the Potomac. This redoubt protected Aquia Landing and the nearby camps of the Union 12th Corps. The fortification was square-shaped and designed for a garrison of 100 men. It was supported by four 3-inch guns. The actual site of redoubt No. 3 is currently marked with a large granite memorial erected in 2005. — Map (db m2191) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Brookfield — N 34 — Gen. Hooker's Headquarters |
| | Just northeast, Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker, commander of the Union Army of the Potomac, kept his headquarters, Jan. - June 1863, amid a vast city of tents and camps. It was here he rehabilitated he Union army after its catastrophic defeat in the First Battle of Fredericksburg in Dec. 1862 and its subsequent "Winter of Discontent." From here he designed a campaign to defeat Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia at Chancellorsville - a brilliant plan that failed in May 1863 because of his . . . — Map (db m9216) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Chatham Heights — A “Picture of Desolation” |
| | “ Tis a perfect picture of desolation, and a sad illustration of the ravages of war.”
—Newspaper correspondent, 1863
Union soldiers loll around Chatham in this February 1863 photograph. The scene here was not always so peaceful. Two months earlier, during the Battle of Fredericksburg, soldiers and wagons crowded the grounds; generals issued orders from the porch; surgeons converted the building’s interior into a field hospital. More than one hundred and . . . — Map (db m4655) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Chatham Heights — A Bloody Crossing |
| | Church bells in Fredericksburg tolled 3 a.m. on December 11, 1862, as Union engineers wrestled pontoon boats toward the river's edge in front of you. They intended to use the boats to construct two of the six floating bridges that the Army of the Potomac would need to cross the Rappahannock. For two hours the engineers toiled in darkness, trying to complete the spans before Confederate sharpshooters on the opposite bank spotted them.
At 5 a.m. Confederate musket fire burst from cellars and . . . — Map (db m4725) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Chatham Heights — Between Battles |
| | As the spring of 1863 brought green to the countryside and fish up the river, the legions of civil strife faced each other cheerfully across the Rappahannock. After the slaughter of Fredericksburg, the embattled brothers held off death for the time. No cannon roared. No picket fired. Instead, fishing parties on either bank shouted caustic jokes, and rival bands sent plaintive melodies back and forth. During favorable winds, the doughboys traded souvenirs by means of toy sailboats improvised . . . — Map (db m4726) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Chatham Heights — J-60 — Chatham |
| | Here is Chatham, built about 1750 by William Fitzhugh. Here Robert E. Lee came to court his wife. In the battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862, the house was occupied by General Sumner. It was General Hooker’s headquarters for a time, 1863. — Map (db m1670) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Chatham Heights — Chatham |
| | This expansive estate and its impressive Georgian dwelling have dominated Stafford Heights overlooking Fredericksburg for over two centuries. William Fitzhugh, a wealthy landowner from Virginia's Northern Neck, completed construction of his new residence in 1771 and named it in honor of William Pitt, the Earl of Chatham. Fitzhugh and subsequent ante-bellum owners of Chatham managed a large plantation employing as many as one hundred slaves. After the war, Chatham's land was gradually sold until . . . — Map (db m4719) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Chatham Heights — Chatham and the Civil War |
| | The Civil War focused national attention on Chatham, which became known as the Lacy House after its wartime owner, J. Horace, Lacy. Federal troops first occupied Fredericksburg in the sping of 1862 and their commander, Maj. Gen. Irvin McDowell, was the first of a series of Northern officers to establish his headquarters at the Lacy House. Union artillerymen bombarded the city and its Confederate defenders from gun emplacements near Chatham and Federal infantry crossed the Rappahannock on . . . — Map (db m4718) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Chatham Heights — E 45 — Fredericksburg |
| | Fredericksburg was established in 1728 and named for Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales and eldest son of King George II. It served as the county seat of Spotsylvania County from 1732 to 1778 and was an important port during the colonial era. In his youth, George Washington lived nearby at Ferry Farm. He later spoke of the city’s influence on him. The town was devastated by fire in 1807 and again by the First and Second Battles of Fredericksburg that were fought here during the Civil War, yet . . . — Map (db m2206) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Chatham Heights — Fredericksburg Campaign |
| | Ambrose E. Burnside's Union army had found existing bridges destroyed, and now R. E. Lee's Confederates awaited attack on high ground beyond Fredericksburg. On December 11, 1862, the Union engineers shivered in the early morning as they broke a skim of ice and began laying pontoons across the Rappahannock here. A hail of death from advanced Confederate riflemen drove and kept the workmen ashore. In awesome retaliation, massed cannon on the heights behind the harassed engineers thundered . . . — Map (db m4723) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Chatham Heights — Lincoln's Review |
| | During the Civil War Chatham saw soldiers of both Northern and Southern armies come and go. The presence of Union troops this far south often attracted the attention of officials in Washington and this vicinity witnessed three reviews between 1862 and 1863. In these fields on May 23, 1862, President Lincoln inspected the command of General Irvin McDowell which had recently arrived here. The scene depicted in this woodcut was a gala review of the cavalry of the Army of the Potomac which occurred . . . — Map (db m4717) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Chatham Heights — Pontoon Bridges |
| | At Fredericksburg, the Union army crosseed the Rappahannock River by means of temporary, floating bridges built upon pontoons. In front of you is a reconstructed section of such a bridge, built to eighty percent of its original size. More than 30,000 Union soldiers crossed the two bridges that spanned the river below you.
Under ideal conditions skilled engineers could construct a bridge in a couple of hours. First, they would row or pole pontoon boats into the river. Then they would . . . — Map (db m4724) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Chatham Heights — Union Soldiers View |
| | Union soldiers and officers gazing upon Fredericksburg from this spot in 1862 saw many of the same landmarks visible today. The skyline of this peaceful river town, population 4,500 in 1860, is still dominated by the three steeples of City Hall and the Episcopal and Baptist Churches. The Rappahannock River which served as a source of power, a transportation artery, and a military obstacle in the 19th century, flows from right to left along its journey from the Blue Ridge Mountains to Chesapeake . . . — Map (db m4721) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Daffan — Potomac Creek Bridge — “Beanpoles and Cornstalks” |
| | The mounds of earth beside you and the stone blocks protruding from it are all that remain of the south abutment of a bridge that once carried the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad across Potomac Creek. During the first year of the Civil War, the railroad was the principal lifeline for Confederate encampments and batteries located along the nearby shore of the Potomac River. In the spring of 1862, Gen. Joseph E. Johnston ordered Confederate forces to abandon the area. Advancing . . . — Map (db m2194) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Falmouth — "Lest We Forget" |
| | In memory of those
from Stafford County
who served during
the Civil War
"Lest We Forget" — Map (db m6800) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Falmouth — Conway House |
| | Conway House was the home of Moncure Conway who freed himself from the dogmas of his culture and became an abolitionist. He is the only descendent of one of our nation’s Founding Fathers to actively lead escaping slaves to freedom, thereby taking the initial steps to correct what was not accomplished in the Constitutional Convention. Conway House makes a significant contribution to understanding the desire to achieve freedom of one’s own self destiny.
Designated July 16, 2004 — Map (db m23147) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Falmouth — E 47 — Historic Falmouth |
| | Founded in 1727 as a trading center for the Northern Neck. Hunter’s iron works here were an objective in the Virginia campaign of 1781. The Army of the Potomac camped here from November, 1862 to June, 1863 and moved hence to Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. — Map (db m1671) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Falmouth — E-116 — Hunter’s Iron Works |
| | Located south of here on the Rappahannock River, stood Hunter’s Iron Works, founded by James Hunter and was in operation by the 1750s. With the outbreak of the American Revolution, the Rappahannock Forge there supplied the Continental army and navy with muskets, swords, and other armaments and camp implements. Due to its wartime significance, Gov. Thomas Jefferson ordered special military protection for the complex. The ironworks contained a blast furnace, forge, slitting, merchant, and other . . . — Map (db m2729) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Falmouth — Magistrate’s Office |
| | The Magistrate’s Office is the oldest existing municipal building in Stafford County. Originally built for the town of Falmouth, the structure has been used as a courthouse (magistrate’s office) and voting place. Traditionally referred to as the Customs House, the earliest known account of the building, in 1895, refers to it as a courthouse. Its original date of construction is not known, however, its architectural style and remaining original material suggest that it may have been constructed . . . — Map (db m2545) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Falmouth — N 36 — Moncure Daniel Conway |
| | Nearby to the northwest is the childhood home of renowned abolitionist, writer, and lecturer Moncure Daniel Conway (1832-1907). In 1838 his family moved into this Federal-style house. Conway graduated from Dickinson College in 1849 and Harvard Divinity School in 1854 and became outspoken in the abolitionist movement. During the Civil War, Conway lived in Cincinnati, Ohio and traveled east in 1862 to lead his family’s slaves to freedom in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Conway moved to London in 1863 and . . . — Map (db m1676) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Falmouth — The Forlorn Hope |
| | “A group of soldiers detached from the main group for a very dangerous mission.”
On December 11, 1862, from the north side of the Rappahannock River in Stafford County, the 7th Michigan Infantry led an amphibious assault against the City of Fredericksburg’s tenacious Confederate defenders. The mid-day attack across the river successfully dislodged the Confederate sharpshooters, gave the Union army a foothold on the opposite bank, and most importantly, allowed Union . . . — Map (db m23146) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Ferry Farm — J 102 — Creek Delegation in Fredericksburg |
| | In July 1790 a delegation of Creek Indians from Georgia, headed by Muskogee leader Alexander McGillivray, made their temporary headquarters nearby on their way to New York City. President George Washington invited them to treaty negotiations to resolve territorial disputes and develop further formal relations. While in Fredericksburg, the delegation visited with Washington’s family at Kenmore and viewed Ferry Farm, his boyhood home. The group continued north to discuss and sign the 1790 Treaty . . . — Map (db m1673) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Ferry Farm — George Washington Boyhood Home Site |
| | has been designated a National Historic Landmark This site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of AmericaKnown as Ferry Far, the primary home of George Washington from 1738-1754, this site is uniquely associated with Washington's formative years and the stories and traditions regarding his youth that became a fundamental part of American national culture. 2000 National Park Service United States Department of the Interior — Map (db m14414) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Ferry Farm — J 61 — George Washington’s Childhood Home |
| | The Washington family moved to a plantation here in 1738 when George Washington was six years old. Along with his three brothers and sister, young Washington spent most of his early life here, where, according to popular fable, he cut down his father’s cherry tree and uttered the immortal words, “I cannot tell a lie.” His father, Augustine, died here in 1743, leaving the property to him. His mother, Mary Ball Washington, lived here until 1772 when she moved to a house in Fredericksburg that Washington bought for her. — Map (db m1708) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Ferry Farm — The Civil War at Ferry Farm |
| | George Washington's Ferry Farm, seen here from the opposite side of the river, was in the middle of the Union lines during the Battle of Fredericksburg in December 1862. On December 11th Union engineers began building a pontoon bridge at the ferry landing, but work was halted by sniper fire. Late in the day soldiers of the 89th New York crossed the river in pontoons and drove the Confederates back. The bridge was completed and artillery was stationed to cover the crossing of the Union army on . . . — Map (db m14458) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Ferry Farm — The Ferries |
| | The Washington plantation was located at one of the main river crossings. A ferry was established in 1726 a few hundred yards downstream from here. This ferry was the setting for one of the most enduring stories about Washington's childhood. In his Life of Washington, first published in 1800, Mason Locke Weems reported that "Col. Lewis Willis, his playmate and kinsman, has been heard to say, that he has often seen him throw a stone across Rappahannock, at the lower ferry of . . . — Map (db m14457) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Ferry Farm — The Washington Plantation |
| | The Washington plantation consisted of two farms: the Home House Farm, where the family lived, and a quarter, (outlying farm) located to the east. The main crops were corn, wheat, and tobacco. The plantation complex included the Washington house, a kitchen dependency, dairy, storehouses, barns, and slave quarters. When Augustine Washington died here in 1743, there were 20 slaves living at the Home House Farm and 6 at the quarter. The inventory of his estate lists 27 head of cattle, 21 sheep, 21 . . . — Map (db m14455) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Fredericksburg — J 93 — Little Falls |
| | On 11 December 1862, Union engineers began the construction of pontoon bridges here so the army could cross the Rappahannock River to Fredericksburg. They began in the morning, hidden by fog. Soon the fog lifted, however, and Confederate sharpshooters drove them off. A heavy Union artillery barrage and an amphibious assault finally secured the crossing and the engineers completed the bridges. Two days later, Brig. Gen. William B. Franklin’s Left Grand Division, including divisions led by Maj. . . . — Map (db m1674) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Garrisonville — Ebenezer Cemetery |
| | (Left Gate Structure)
Ebenezer Cemetery
This gate was donated by those below in loving memory of family and friends buried here.
Billy & Mary Ann Gallahan, Jack Garrison, Russell & Barbara Decatur, James T Edwards, Kenneth & Darlene Davis, Lucille Ferguson, David & Susan Pierce, Edith F. Harrison, John Myers, Rose Marie Miller, James Myers, Barbara G. Moriarty, William Garrison, Ernest L. Gallahan, Thelria Roles, Lynda Flatford, Patricia Ozols, Shirley Emery, Agnes A. Mills, Emma . . . — Map (db m2553) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Hartwood — N-5 — Cavalry Affairs |
| | Near here Wade Hampton with a small cavalry force surprised and captured 5 officers and 87 men of the Third Pennsylvania Cavalry, November 28, 1862. At that time Burnside was moving toward Fredericksburg. On February 25, 1863, Fitz Lee, on a reconnaissance, attacked Union cavalry here, driving it back on Falmouth where the Union army was encamped. — Map (db m2355) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Hartwood — E-17 — Gold Mining in Stafford County |
| | Near here are located ten of the nineteenth century gold mines of Stafford County. The best-known were the Eagle, Rattlesnake (Horse Pen), Lee, New Hope, and Monroe mines. The Eagle Gold Mining Company, Rappahannock Gold Mine Company of New York, Rapidan Mining and Milling Company of Pennsylvania, United States Mining Company, and Stafford Mining Company operated here between the 1830s and the early twentieth century. Mining activities gradually ceased because of declining profits. — Map (db m2239) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Hartwood — E-126 — Hartwood Presbyterian Church |
| | Organized in June 1825 by the Winchester Presbytery as Yellow Chapel Church, the brick church was constructed between 1857 and 1859. It became Hartwood Presbyterian Church in 1868. During the Civil War an engagement took place here on 25 Feb. 1863. Confederate Brig. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, commanding detachments of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Virginia Cavalry Regiments, defeated a Union force and captured 150 men. The interior wooden elements and furnishings of the church suffered considerable damage during . . . — Map (db m2232) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Hartwood — Hartwood Presbyterian Church — The Writing on the Wall |
| | This is Hartwood Presbyterian Church, which Federal troops occupied during the Civil War. They removed and burned all the woodwork, leaving only the bare plaster walls. On November 24, 1862, Capt. George Johnson, 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry, arrived here with two squadrons. An amateur artist, he spent more time drawing graffiti on the church’s plaster walls than attending to his troops’ security. Johnson also failed to heed his superior’s warnings of an impending attack. On November 28, while most . . . — Map (db m19718) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Leeland — History at Leeland Station — Belle Air |
| | Near this spot stood Belle Air, a prominent Stafford County landmark and home of the Fitzhugh and Primmer families. John Fitzhugh first constructed a house here in the mid-eighteenth century, but by 1854, when the property was sold to Abram Primmer, a new structure occupied the site. Primmer lived here with his wife and six children and owned nearly four hundred acres, which the Leeland Station now encompasses, and was valued at $7,200.
Primmer opposed secession and sent one of his sons to . . . — Map (db m5062) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Leeland — Land for God's Work |
| | Placed here in recognition
of Don and Jane
Greenawalt's
Donation of this
Land for God's Work — Map (db m5059) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Quantico Marine Corps Base — 10th Special Basic Class |
| | In Memory of these brave Marine Lieutenants
of the 10th Special Basic Class who trained
here from September 1951 – February 1952.
They gallantly gave their lives for their country
and Corps during the Korean conflict.
John L. Babson, Jr. Cornelius J. Baker
James W. Bannantine Roger B. Beem
Robert K. Benjamin John J. Bissell
Paul C. Burrus Byron H. Chase
Franklin P. . . . — Map (db m2912) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Quantico Marine Corps Base — 13th Special Basic Course (1952) |
| | The 13th Special Basic Course (1952) has erected this monument to honor its members who were killed in the Korean War and to remind those who follow us into the ranks of Marine Corps Officers of their awesome responsibility to our Country, the Corps, and the Marines they command.
John W. Alling, Jr.
William F. Fano
Laurie Fitzgibbon, Jr.
Edward, J. Flanaghan
Edward T. Fogo
Raymond D. Godfrey
John J. Leohhard
David C. Theophilus
William D. White
May they rest in peace . . . — Map (db m2852) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Quantico Marine Corps Base — 5th Special Basic Class |
| | (obverse)
This monument is dedicated to the 5th Special Basic Class comprised entirely of Marines from the ranks and the first to be based at Camp Barrett
26 May 1951 – 8 September 1951
(reverse)
Buried under this monument are samples of soil representing countries in which members of the 5th SBC served
Designed by
CDR Nelson C. Longnecker, CHC, USNR (Ret.),
a member of Company F of the 5th SBC
Erected by Kline Memorials, Manassas, VA
Dedicated May . . . — Map (db m2857) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Quantico Marine Corps Base — 6th Marine Division Medal of Honor Recipients |
| | . . . — Map (db m2849) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Quantico Marine Corps Base — 9th Special Basic Class |
| | In Memory of these Courageous Marine Lieutenants
of the 9th Special Basic Class who trained
here from July 1951 – December 1951.
They gallantly gave their lives for
their Corps and their Country.
Glen Allen
James M. Laramore
Charels A. Pearson
William R. Phillips
Burton W. Randall
Morris F. Reisinger
Jerome C. Stuart
Earl L. Valentine
Dedicated in fond memory by their classmates who ask present and future Marines to remember their sacrifice. — Map (db m2911) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Quantico Marine Corps Base — Austin Hall |
| | Private First Class
Oscar P. Austin
United States
Marine Corps
Company E, Second Battalion,
Seventh Marines, First Marine Division
Awarded the Medal of Honor (Posthumously) for heroism during combat against enemy forces in the Republic of Vietnam on 23 February 1969
He gallantly gave his life for his country. — Map (db m2839) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Quantico Marine Corps Base — Captured Iraqi T-69 Tank |
| | Dedicated to the enlisted
Marines of The Basic School
past and present.
You have inspired countless
legions of newly commissioned
officers. — Map (db m3050) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Quantico Marine Corps Base — F/A – 18A Hornet — Bureau Number 161970 |
| | Following the attacks of September 11, 2001, members of Marine Fighter attack Squadron 321 reported to Andrews Air Base to prepare for their role in defense of Washington D.C. On the morning of September 12th, the squadron Commanding Officer, LtCol Robert A. Ballard, flew aircraft 01, buno 161970, on the first armed Combat Air Patrols by USMC aircraft over the Nation’s Capital. The aircraft was flown in the paint scheme presently displayed and was loaded with AIM-9M Sidewinder missiles and 500 . . . — Map (db m2836) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Quantico Marine Corps Base — First Special Basic Class |
| |
We honor the memory of our classmates
of the First Special Basic Class who trained here October – December 1950 and who gave their lives
for Corps and Country.
Felix W. Goudelock Feb. 2, 1951
William P. Finch Mar. 2, 1951
Cary S. Cowart, Jr. Mar. 22, 1951
James L Ables Apr. 29, 1951
Robert E. Buchmann May 29, 1951 . . . — Map (db m2853) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Quantico Marine Corps Base — Graves Hall |
| |
Named in honor of
Second Lieutenant Terrence C. Graves
United States Marine Corps
Third Force Reconnaissance Company
Third Reconnaissance Battalion
Third Marine Division
Awarded the Medal of Honor (Posthumously)
for action against the enemy forces in
the republic of South Vietnam on
16 February 1968
He gallantly gave his life for his country. — Map (db m3010) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Quantico Marine Corps Base — Heywood Hall |
| | Charles Heywood
Major General
United States Marine Corps
Commandant of the Marine Corps
1891–1903
Recognizing the need for Education of Newly Commissioned Officers, he established the School of Application, Marine Barracks Washington, D.C., the forerunner of the present Basic School. — Map (db m2546) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Quantico Marine Corps Base — Mitchell Hall |
| | Named in Honor of
1st Lt Frank N. Mitchell
Platoon Leader, A/1/7
Awarded the Medal of Honor (posthumously) for action against enemy forces in Korea on 26 November 1950.
While on patrol and suddenly receiving fire at point blank range, 1st Lt Mitchell dashed to the front under blistering fire to direct and encourage his men to drive the outnumbered enemy from their position. Wounded, he reorganized his platoon and spearheaded a fierce hand-to-hand struggle to repel the onslaught. . . . — Map (db m2547) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Quantico Marine Corps Base — Murphy Demolition Range |
| | Dedicated to the memory of
Major Walter M. Murphy
United States Marine Corps
Instructor Field Engineering
The Basic School
1964 – 1967
Killed in Action
Battle of Hue City RVN
31 January 1968
Donated by Fox Company 6/74 — Map (db m2915) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Quantico Marine Corps Base — Quantico Marine Athletes of the Sixties |
| | This monument is donated by the Quantico Marine Athletes of the Sixties in honor of their teammates who gave their lives in Vietnam
2LT Tyrone S. Pannell Nov. 30, 1965
2Lt John B. Capel May 12, 1966
2LT Gene S. McMullen July 16, 1966
1LT Walter J. Spainhour Sept. 15, 1966
1LT Thomas J. Holden Oct. 22, 1966
Capt. John L. Prichard Jan. 27, 1968
Capt. Ronald H. . . . — Map (db m2855) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Quantico Marine Corps Base — Raider Hall |
| | Marine Corps
Martial Arts Center of Excellence
One Mind
Any Weapon
Raider Hall is dedicated to all the Marine Raiders who fought and died in WWII, and embodied the physical, mental, and character discipline, which we hope to imbue in all Marines who train in this building. — Map (db m3054) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Quantico Marine Corps Base — Ray Hall |
| | Hospital Corpsman Second Class
David R. Ray, U.S. Navy
Awarded the Medal of Honor (posthumously)
for combat operations against the enemy
in the Republic of Vietnam
on 19 March 1969 while serving with Battery D,
Second Battalion, Eleventh Marines,
First Marine Division
He gallantly gave his life for his Country — Map (db m3056) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Quantico Marine Corps Base — William Groom Leftwich, Jr. |
| | William Groom Leftwich, Jr.
Lieutenant Colonel, U. S. Marine Corps
Born Memphis, Tennessee, 28 April 1931
Graduated U. S. Naval Academy 5 June 1953
Killed in Action, Vietnam, 18 November 1970
Remembered for his Leadership, Tactical Skill, Bold Fighting Spirit, and Unflagging Devotion to Duty...
Felix de Weldon, Sculptor 1985 — Map (db m2512) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Ramoth — Ramoth Memorial Gardens |
| | Given to
the Glory of God
by
Marion L. Sterne
March 26, 1995
Marker donated by Carroll Memorials — Map (db m3411) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Stafford — E-49 — Accokeek Iron Furnace |
| | The Principio Company constructed the Accokeek Iron Furnace nearby about 1726 on land leased from Augustine Washington (father of George Washington), who became a partner. After Washington’s death in 1743, his son Lawrence inherited his interest in the company and the furnace. When he in turn died ten years later, his share descended first to his brother Augustine Washington Jr. and later to William Augustine Washington. The archaeological site is a rare example of an 18th-century Virginia . . . — Map (db m2261) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Stafford — E-90 — Aquia Church |
| | Here is Aquia Church, the church of Overwharton Parish, formed before 1680 by the division of Potomac Parish. It was built in 1757, on the site of an earlier church, in the rectorship of Reverend John Moncure, who was the parish minister from 1738 to 1764. The Communion Silver was given the parish in 1739 and was buried in three successive wars, 1776, 1812, and 1861. — Map (db m7642) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Stafford — E-76 — First Roman Catholic Settlement in Virginia |
| | The crucifix by sculptor Georg J. Lober, erected in 1930, commemorates the first English Roman Catholic settlement in Virginia. Fleeing political and religious turmoil in Maryland, Giles Brent and his sisters Margaret and Mary established two plantations called Peace and Retirement on the north side of Aquia Creek between 1647 and 1650. Later, they jointly acquired 15,000 acres in Northern Virginia, including the site of present-day Alexandria. Their nephew George Brent, whose plantation . . . — Map (db m2156) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Stafford — Fleurries |
| | Former house of Miss Anne E. Moncure,
The existing portion of the house was moved in 1987 to this site, now owned by the Aquia Church.
Marked by the Bill of Rights Chapter,
National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution,
April 26, 1998. — Map (db m2227) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Stafford — E-50 — From Indian Path to Highway |
| | In 1664, a colonial road here probably followed the trace of an old Indian path. Two years later, the road was extended to Aquia Creek. It became a post road in 1750, and in Sept. 1781 Gen. George Washington passed over it on the march to Yorktown. By 1900, a crude dirt road followed this route. The 1914 American Automobile Association Blue Book described it as mostly “very poor and dangerous; should not be attempted except in dry weather.” By 1925, auto camps and cabins, the . . . — Map (db m2188) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Stafford — E-123 — Historic Aquia Creek |
| | The first known permanent English Roman Catholic settlers in Virginia, Giles Brent, his sister Margaret, and other family members, emigrated here from Maryland by 1650. In May 1861, Confederates built artillery batteries on the bluffs overlooking Aquia Landing at the creek’s mouth on the Potomac River. An early clash between U.S. Naval vessels and Confederate land batteries took place here, 30 May and 1 June 1861. After the Confederates withdrew in March 1862, the U.S. Army established a huge . . . — Map (db m2157) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Stafford — In Honor of Those Who Served |
| | In
honor
of the
men and women
of
Stafford County
who served in
defense of their
Commonwealth
and
Country — Map (db m6524) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Stafford — In Memory of September 11, 2001 |
| | The Pentagon The World Trade Center
Somerset County, PA
"All Gave Some" "Some Gave All"
For those who were lost
For those who lost family and friends
For those protecting our families
For those protecting our freedoms
God Bless Them All
God Bless America
Dedicated by the Board of Supervisors
and Citizens of Stafford County — Map (db m7293) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Stafford — In Memory of the Oklahoma City tragedy — April 19, 1995 |
| | Purple: Courage
White: Innocence
Blue: Statehood (Our Flag)
Yellow: Hope
The Citizens of Stafford County
April 19, 1996
In honor of those who came to their aid — Map (db m7292) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Stafford — In the Name of Christ the King |
| | To commemorate the first English Catholic Settlers in Virginia: Colonel Giles Brent, Deputy Governor of Maryland 1643; Margaret and Mary Brent who settled at Aquia 1647; George Brent, King’s Attorney General 1686, Member House of Burgesses 1688, who petitioned for and obtained on Feb 10th, 1686 from James II, King of England, a proclamation of religious tolerance for all people settling in the Colony of Brenton.
Nearby rests the remains of those Catholic Pioneers.
(Plaques on . . . — Map (db m2183) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Stafford — E-48 — Kidnapping of Pocahontas |
| | Near here, Pocahontas visited friends among the Patawomecks on the Potomac River in April 1613. Capt. Samuel Argall saw an opportunity to capture Pocahontas and exchange her for English prisoners held by her father Chief Powhatan. Argall sought out Iopassus, the chief of the Indian town of Passapatanzy. After Argall made veiled threats, Iopassus obtained permission from his brother the Patawomeck district chief to aid Argall. Iopassus had one of his wives insist that Pocahontas accompany her on . . . — Map (db m2218) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Stafford — E-75 — Marlborough |
| | Strategically situated at the tip of a peninsula jutting into the Potomac River at Potomac Creek, Marlborough was established under the Town Act of 1691 as a river port town. It served as the county seat of Stafford County from 1691 until about 1718. Marlborough never fully developed. In 1726, noted lawyer John Mercer (1705–1768) moved there and built Marlborough plantation and attempted to revive the town. Mercer had one of the largest private libraries in Virginia, in which the young . . . — Map (db m2219) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Stafford — E-79 — Peyton’s Ordinary |
| | In this vicinity stood Peyton’s Ordinary. George Washington, going to Fredericksburg to visit his mother, dined here, March 6, 1769. On his way to attend the House of Burgesses, he spent the night here, October 31, 1769, and stayed here again on September 14, 1772. Rochambeau’s Army, marching north from Williamsburg in 1782, camped here. — Map (db m2187) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Stafford — Z-158 — Prince William County / Stafford County |
| | Prince William County, named for William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and third son of King George II, was officially formed from Stafford and King George Counties in 1731. Manassas was designated the county seat in 1892. Previously the county seat had been located at Occoquan Creek, Cedar Run, Dumfries, and Brentville. The two battles of Manassas took place here on 21 July 1861 and 28-30 August 1862. Both battles resulted in Confederate victories over the Union army. Several sites here are . . . — Map (db m2160) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Stafford — Stafford County Tri-Centennial |
| | August 7, 1964
In celebration of its 300th Birthday, here is buried a capsule by order of the Circuit Court, to be opened on August 7, 2064. Planted by the Stafford County Lions Club and Stafford County Board of Supervisors — Map (db m6522) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), Stafford — Trooper Jessica Jean Cheney |
| | State Police
— In Memory of —
Jessica Jean Cheney
January 17th 1998
"What she lacked in experience, she made up for in hard work and spirit."
-E. Futrell — Map (db m4935) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), White Oak — 6th Corps Encampment |
| | From
November 1862 to June 1863
the
6th Corps
of the
Army of the Potomac
were encamped
in the immediate area
of
White Oak Church — Map (db m4259) |
| Virginia (Stafford County), White Oak — White Oak Church — "Seems to Have Belonged to some Former Age" |
| | Across the road stands White Oak Church, an important Civil War landmark during the winter of 1862-1863. Stafford County Baptist constructed the simple weatherboard structure sometime after 1789, later adding an attached shed with a separate entrance for African-American members of the congregation. A Union soldier described it disparagingly as a “miserable, insignificant structure, dilapidated and steepleless, and seems to have belonged to some former age. It looks,” he thought, . . . — Map (db m4254) |
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