Unison in Loudoun County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

The Battle of Unison

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), May 21, 2021

1. The Battle of Unison Marker

Inscription. After the Union victory at Antietam, Md., in Sept. 1862, Pres. Abraham Lincoln ordered Gen. George McClellan and the Army of the Potomac to cross into Virginia and get between Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and Richmond. Confederate Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart and a small number of cavalrymen delayed McClellan's advance along this road, 1-3 Nov., allowing Lee time to march from the western side of the Blue Ridge and escape the trap. After this failure, Lincoln removed McClellan from command. The Unison Battlefield Historic District is listed on the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places.

Erected 2013 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number T-57.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #16 Abraham Lincoln, and the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) series lists. A significant historical month for this entry is September 1862.

Location. 39° 2.126′ N, 77° 47.43′ W. Marker is in Unison, Virginia, in Loudoun County. It is on Unison Road (Virginia

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Route 630) just west of Route 736, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 21075 Unison Road, Round Hill VA 20141, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Washington Metropolitan Area

and in Northern Virginia.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: A different marker also named Battle of Unison (approx. 0.2 miles away); History of St. Louis (approx. 1.7 miles away); Ebenezer Churches (approx. 1.9 miles away); Bushrod Lynn (approx. 2.2 miles away); Huntland (approx. 2.3 miles away); a different marker also named Battle of Unison (approx. 3.1 miles away); Round Oak Rag Apple Elevation

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), May 21, 2021

2. The Battle of Unison Marker

(approx. 3.1 miles away); Bacon Fort (approx. 3.2 miles away).

National Register of Historic Places plaque on a nearby building image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), May 21, 2021

3. National Register of Historic Places plaque on a nearby building

Credits. This page was last revised on May 22, 2021. It was originally submitted on May 22, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 535 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 22, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.