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(Preface): After Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's stunning victory at Chancellorsville in May 1863, he led the Army of Northern Virginia west to the Shenandoah Valley,then north through central Maryland and across the Mason-Dixon Line into . . . — — Map (db m55569) HM
Here, on 19 June 1863, Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart’s cavalry fought Brig. Gen. David M. Gregg’s Union cavalry division. Screening the march of Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia through the Shenandoah Valley to invade Pennsylvania, Stuart . . . — — Map (db m1471) HM
In memory of the one and one half million horses and mules of the Confederate and Union armies who were wounded or died from disease in the Civil War
Many perished within twenty miles of Middleburg in the Battles of Aldie, Middleburg and . . . — — Map (db m207378) HM
Built by Uriel Glasscock in 1829 for $3,500, Hibbs Bridge replaced an 1817 wooden structure destroyed by floods in 1822. Integral to commerce along Snickers Gap Turnpike. It was called Beaverdam Bridge until 1857 when Stephen and William Hibbs . . . — — Map (db m5133) HM
The artillery piece before you, a replica of a 12-pounder (4.62 inch) Napoleon, sits along a line where two Confederate batteries from Virginia were rapidly put into position facing east toward Middleburg on the early morning of June 19, 1862. . . . — — Map (db m134768) HM
Huntland
1834
has been placed
on the
National Register
of
Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
2013
Huntland
has been registered as a
Virginia
Historic
Landmark
pursuant . . . — — Map (db m173644) HM
Joseph Chinn sold 500 acres, including Chinn's Crossroads, to Leven Powell in 1763 for $2.50 per acre. Powell, a newcomer to Loudoun County, became one of Northern Virginia's leading citizens during the Revolutionary War and early Republic period. . . . — — Map (db m150687) HM
During the Gettysburg Campaign in June 1863, Middleburg was the scene of major cavalry operations. On June 17, 1863, Gen. J.E.B. Stuart’s small force, charged with screening Gen. Robert E. Lee’s infantry moving north and west of the Blue Ridge . . . — — Map (db m167752) HM
After the Second Battle of Manassas, August 28-30, 1862, the Middleburg Baptist Church (to your right) served as a hospital for wounded Confederate Soldiers. Some of those who died there are buried in Sharon Cemetery, in front of you, the final . . . — — Map (db m238206) HM
(preface)
After Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's stunning victory at Chancellorsville in May 1863, he led the Army of Northern Virginia west to the Shenandoah Valley, then north through central Maryland and across the Mason-Dixon Line . . . — — Map (db m164114) HM
(preface)
After Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s stunning victory at Chancellorsville in May 1863, he led the Army of Northern Virginia west to the Shenandoah Valley, then north through central Maryland and across the Mason-Dixon Line into . . . — — Map (db m134765) HM
The stone home beside you, built in stages beginning in the mid-18th century, was like many buildings in this section of Virginia—old by 1863 (the oldest part facing the turnpike). It was owned then by the Barton family—Maryland . . . — — Map (db m134766) HM
In 1863, the Ashby’s Gap Turnpike followed the east-bound lanes of today’s Route 50 that you see before you. Stone walls with two wooden rails on top (“stone fences”) lined both sides of the turnpike here along the crest of Mt. . . . — — Map (db m134769) HM
On November 25, 1899, while on duty, Sergeant Seaton, 28, of the Middleburg Police Force was stabbed at this location and died of his wounds on December 2, 1899. The perpetrator was arrested in Ohio in 1908.
To commemorate his ultimate . . . — — Map (db m224618) HM
On a day that promised “scorching” temperatures, the Union attack in the Battle of Middleburg began about 6:00 a.m. The 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry, supported by the 16th Pennsylvania and 10th New York, led the advance. The Southern pickets . . . — — Map (db m134767) HM
Under pressure to drive the Southern cavalry through Ashby’s Gap and thereby locate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia, Union General Alfred Pleasonton had determined to attack on June 19th along two fronts. General David Gregg’s . . . — — Map (db m134771) HM
Johann August Heinrich Heros von Borcke stepped ashore in Charleston, South Carolina on May 24, 1862, having run the Union Navy’s blockade on a rebel blockade runner. He presented an imposing figure—muscular, standing 6’3” and weighing . . . — — Map (db m134770) HM
The Red Fox Inn
c. 1728
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m150685) HM
The village of St. Louis is one of the first African American townships
in Loudoun County. Land was purchased by freed slaves following the Civil War.
Among the families that purchased lots were the McQuays.
One of their family members moved to . . . — — Map (db m5200) HM