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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Lexington, Virginia
Adjacent to Lexington, Virginia
▶ Rockbridge County (40)
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| | The "Castle" was built of limestone, and as in the case of several other stone buildings in Rockbridge County, the term "Castle" is included in the name of the buildings. The Northern two-thirds of the "Castle" was built shortly after the town of . . . — — Map (db m152583) HM |
| | has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark Under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935 this site possesses exceptional value in commemorating or illustrating the history of the United States. U. S. . . . — — Map (db m58620) HM |
| | Andrew Reid purchased this lot in 1784 from the town’s trustees. Later, between 1844 and 1845, Alexander T. Sloan, a local hotel owner and businessman, built this house. His wife reported that the site was a “rough and unsightly piece of . . . — — Map (db m58734) HM |
| | VMI and the Citizen – Soldier The Virginia Military Institute program is based on the concept of the citizen - soldier, a man prepared to take his place in civilian life but trained and ready for military leadership in time of national . . . — — Map (db m58850) HM |
| | Born in France Dec. 31, 1789 Died in Virginia Jan. 29, 1864 Soldier Scholar Educator Engineer Chairman of the first Board of Visitors V. M. I. 1837 1845 — — Map (db m58849) HM |
| | Native of RockBridge County Virginia He liberated agriculture befriended education and advanced the cause of religion Trustee and benefactor of Washington and Lee University — — Map (db m58713) HM |
| | One half mile east, students at Washington College
(now Washington and Lee University) founded Kappa
Alpha in 1865. The fraternity held its first meetings on campus,
at the Lexington Hotel, and
at the Ann Smith Academy. Members modeled
their . . . — — Map (db m105103) HM |
| | In Memory of General Lee’s Beloved Traveller Rarely has an animal captured so much affection. Traveller, first called Jeff Davis and later Greenbrier, was born in 1857 near Blue Sulphur Springs (now in West Virginia). In 1862, Lee purchased him . . . — — Map (db m58695) HM |
| | U.S.M.C. VMI 1917 Combat Veteran World Wars I and II – Korea Commandant U.S. Marine Corps Chairman VMI Foundation Presented by Bruce B. Cameron VMI 1938 — — Map (db m58743) HM |
| | General of the Army George Catlett Marshall was born December 31, 1880, at Uniontown, Pennsylvania. After graduating from the Virginia Military Institute in 1901 as First Captain of the Corps of Cadets, he spent fifty years in the active . . . — — Map (db m58740) HM |
| | The Virginia Military Institute is a school that has given to the United States and to the armed services many of its most distinguished members. Among these is a man who in World War II stood out as one of the great soldiers and later as one of . . . — — Map (db m58704) HM |
| | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia have caused this Statue to be erected as a monument of affection and gratitude toGeorge Washingtonwho uniting to the endowments of the Hero, the virtues of the Patriot, and exerting both in . . . — — Map (db m58708) HM |
| | Farris P. Hotchkiss received his B.A. from Washington and Lee University in 1958. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi, Phi Eta Sigma, the freshman honorary society and Omicron Delta Kappa leadership fraternity; editor of the Calyx yearbook; and . . . — — Map (db m58745) HM |
| | This second story room and those immediately to the right and left of this plaque composed the classroom used by Major Thomas Jonathan Jackson when he served as Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy at the Virginia Military Institute . . . — — Map (db m58619) HM |
| | This backyard kitchen garden provided the household with a variety of flowers, fruit and vegetables. Major Jackson reported in an 1860 letter that the garden included, “lima beans, snap beans, carrots, parsnips, salsify, onions, cabbage, . . . — — Map (db m15640) HM |
| | John Chavis (1763 – 1838), a free-born African-American veteran of the American Revolution was a native of Granville County, North Carolina. He was also one of the first college-educated men of color in the United States. Chavis studied at . . . — — Map (db m58608) HM |
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| | On this spot, in the early morning hours of Saturday, June 11, 1864, Confederate General John McCausland and about 1,500 gray-clad soldiers lined the riverbank between a cedar thicket and the warehouses that cluttered the canal landing. They . . . — — Map (db m58589) HM |
| | In remembrance of VMI alumni who made the ultimate sacrifice while serving their country. First Lieutenant John Olin Bates, Jr., ’47, USA • First Lieutenant James Desmond Carey, ’51, USAF • First Lieutenant John Adam Dille, Jr., ‘48B, USA • Major . . . — — Map (db m58860) HM |
| | The last home of Traveller Through war and peace the faithful, devoted and beloved horse of General Robert E. Lee Placed by the Virginia Division United Daughters of Confederacy — — Map (db m58609) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m58692) HM |
| | Hunter's Raid (Preface):On May 26, 1864, Union Gen. David Hunter marched south from Cedar Creek near Winchester to drive out Confederate forces, lay waste to the Shenandoah Valley, and destroy transportation facilities at Lynchburg. His . . . — — Map (db m4809) HM |
| | Washington and Lee University traces its origins to Augusta Academy, a small classical school established din 1749 by Scotch-Irish pioneers some twenty mile north of Lexington. In 1776, the patriotic fervor of the American Revolution caused Augusta . . . — — Map (db m32111) HM |
| | Just north stand the ruins of Liberty Hall Academy's stone academic building, which was constructed in 1793. Founded in 1749 near Greenville as Augusta Academy, the school was reestablished in 1776 at Timber Ridge and patriotically renamed Liberty . . . — — Map (db m32109) HM |
| | War horse of Gen. T. J. Jackson Placed by Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy July 30, 1997 — — Map (db m58697) HM |
| | In October 1777, The Virginia legislature drafted a bill to create a new county out of Augusta and Botetourt. The new county was named Rockbridge, for the natural stone bridge located within its boundaries. The same act gave details to establish the . . . — — Map (db m67249) HM |
| | Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson is best known for his leadership of Confederate troops during the American Civil War, and especially for his celebrated Valley Campaign of 1862. Thomas Jackson was a country boy from (West) Virginia who . . . — — Map (db m15637) HM |
| | The Joella & Stewart Morris House of Washington and Lee University Built 1842 as a faculty home. Restored 1986 as the University guest center by Mr. & Mrs. Morris of Houston, Texas — — Map (db m58711) HM |
| | Near the intersection of Washington and Lewis Streets stood the original burial ground for Lexington's substantial free black community and slaves dating to the early 1800's. The majority of the original burials were in unmarked graves and no . . . — — Map (db m23800) HM |
| | A rockaway is a low, four wheeled pleasure carriage with a standing top, open at the sides. It is named for the town of Rockaway, New Jersey, where they were originally made. Jackson probably bought his rockaway in 1859, possibly from the local . . . — — Map (db m15641) HM |
| | Founded at Virginia Military Institute January 1, 1869 on a rock ledge formerly located 65 yards north west of this spot Cadet Founders James Frank Hopkins Greenfield Quarles James McIlvaine Riley Erected August 25, 1935 during the Twenty-seventh . . . — — Map (db m58710) HM |
| | The Virginia Military Institute will be heard from today. General Jackson at Chancellorsville May 3, 1863 [ Lower Marker: ] The 1990 restoration of the Jackson statue was made possible by the descendants of William Bradford Ryland, . . . — — Map (db m58698) HM |
| | The Alexander-Withrow House is one of the oldest surviving structures in Lexington. Dating from ca. 1793, it was built by William Alexander one of the area’s first settlers and the town’s first postmaster. A large and distinctive building, with . . . — — Map (db m58736) HM |
| | Dedicated to the memory of William Henry Cabell Cadet First Sergeant, Co. D. VMI Class of 1865 killed at the Battle of New Market May 15, 1864 Established by his descendants — — Map (db m58749) HM |
| | (Original Plaque): These smooth-bore six-pounder cannon were received at V.M.I. early in June, 1848, and were especially cast lighter than standard, at Watervleit Arsenal. Each bears the seal of Virginia. They were used in war by the Richmond . . . — — Map (db m42966) HM |
| | Andrew Reid, the first clerk of Rockbridge County court, built the Castle in the early 1790s to serve as his law office. Fortunately, he also kept the county court records here, and thus the heavy fieldstone walls protected them from the 1796 fire . . . — — Map (db m152584) HM |
| | Field Marshal the Right Honorable Viscount Wolseley, K.P., G.C.B., G.M., G.C.M.G. British soldier of the highest rank, says: “The fame of Stonewall Jackson is no longer the exclusive property of Virginia and the South; it has become the . . . — — Map (db m58730) HM |
| | This house is a fine example of the Valley Federal style with elegant detailing including the fanlight over the front door and a molded brick cornice. When the streets were lowered in 1851, the entrance was reoriented to the side. The Ruff Family . . . — — Map (db m58732) HM |
| | Alexander T. Sloan and his wife, prominent local hotel keepers, bought the land at the corner of Randolph and Washington Streets in 1844 and proceeded to build their “mansion house” and several “tenements.” This house, at . . . — — Map (db m58735) HM |
| | This typical Federal-style town house, with a later stone addition, was the home of Thomas Jonathan Jackson and his wife, Mary Anna. They lived here with five of their six slaves before the Civil War.
After her husband’s death in 1863, Mrs. . . . — — Map (db m15638) HM |
| | Traveller Horse of Gen. Robert E. Lee Placed by Virginia Div UDC May 8, 1971 [ Second Marker : ] Traveller’s Grave This renovation and landscaping honors Anne Wilson in appreciation for her service to Washington and Lee as the . . . — — Map (db m58611) HM |
| | The nation's first state military college, VMI was founded in 1839 on the concept of the citizen-soldier. The Corps of Cadets fought as a unit in the 1864 Battle of New Market. Confederate General "Stonewall" Jackson and oceanographer Matthew . . . — — Map (db m32100) HM |
| | A state military, engineering and arts college, founded in 1839. Graduates of it have taken a prominent part in every war since the Mexican War, 2,000 of them serving in the World War. The cadets fought as a corps at New Market in 1864. Among the . . . — — Map (db m50376) HM |
| | Virginia Military Institute was founded in 1839, becoming the nation’s first state-sponsored military college. Consistently ranked among America’s best undergraduate colleges, VMI educates the citizen-soldier by offering a rigorous academic program . . . — — Map (db m58864) HM |
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| | Company A. Henry A. Wise, Jr., Captain Commanding. C. H. Minge, Cadet Captain. W. C. Hardy, Lieutenant • W. Morson, Lieutenant • E. M. Ross, Sergeant • W. B. Shaw, Sergeant • W. T. Duncan, Sergeant • J. Douglass, Sergeant • H. . . . — — Map (db m143960) HM |
| | Men of the Virginia Military Institute who died in the Armed Services in World War II 1941 – 1946 Reid Stanley Aaron Va. 1940 • Hawes Netherlands Adams N.J. 1943 • James Rivers Adams Va. 1931 • George David Akers Va. 1948 – A • . . . — — Map (db m63836) WM |
| | Founded, 1749, as Augusta Academy, near Greenville; reestablished at Timber Ridge, May, 1776, as Liberty Hall Academy; moved to Lexington and chartered as a college, 1782; endowed by George Washington, 1796, and named for him. Under presidency, . . . — — Map (db m12271) HM |
| | has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark Under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935 this site possesses exceptional value in commemorating or illustrating the history of the United States. U. S. . . . — — Map (db m58613) HM |
| | Was the founder and first rector of Liberty Hall Academy which was later to become Washington and Lee University. He was first buried in the churchyard of St. John’s Church, Richmond, VA. In 1911 his remains were brought to Lexington and now lie . . . — — Map (db m58696) HM |
| | William Henry Ruffner, educational reformer, clergyman, and geologist, was born in Lexington on 11 Feb. 1824. After pursuing careers as a preacher and a geological surveyor, he was appointed in 1870 as Virginia's first superintendent of public . . . — — Map (db m23806) HM |
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