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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Stafford County, Virginia
Stafford is the county seat for Stafford County
Adjacent to Stafford County, Virginia
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Near Mount Hope Church Road (County Route 677) 1.2 miles west of Brooke Road (County Route 608).
At right is the order for a dual-track corduroy road, remains of which can still be seen just beyond this sign. Below are details for construction of corduroy roads as reported earlier in the war by a Union staff officer. Corduroy roads were needed . . . — — Map (db m70403) HM
Near Mount Hope Church Road (County Route 677) 1.2 miles west of Brooke Road (County Route 608).
You are now standing inside the perimeter of what was once a Union 11th Corps winter camp. Soldiers not only camped and drilled here, but also built roads and fortifications in and around this park. Since the Civil War, the majority of Stafford’s . . . — — Map (db m70397) HM
Near Mount Hope Church Road (County Route 677) 1.2 miles west of Brooke Road (County Route 608).
By late May 1863 Major-General Joseph Hooker, likely concerned over a possible attack to cut off or capture his supply depot at Aquia Landing, adjusted his lines. Four additional batteries were built in the 11th Corps area south of the Accokeek. . . . — — Map (db m70399) HM
The largest and strongest battery in this park; this one contains nearly 300 linear feet of parapet 30 feet thick. The foundation of a large blockhouse also remains. The battery could have supported all three nearby batteries. Its blockhouse also . . . — — Map (db m65199) HM
At 200 feet above sea level, this is the highest of the three batteries in this park. Its three-faced parapet allowed it to support other nearby batteries and encampments against attacks from multiple directions. Its very steep approaches would have . . . — — Map (db m65217) HM
Near Mount Hope Church Road (County Route 677) 1.2 miles west of Brooke Road (County Route 608).
Eleventh Corps artillery units in 1863 were equipped with 3-inch ordnance rifles and 4.62-inch model 1857 Napoleon cannon often referred to as 12-pounders. Ordnance rifles could fire a solid or hollow 3-inch, iron, buIlet-shaped projectile nearly . . . — — Map (db m70400) HM
These woods contain remains of hut sites, chimneys and defenses of a large Army of the Potomac winter camp, soldiers of the 11th Corps 1st and 3rd Divisions moved to this area from Belle Plain and Stafford Courthouse in late Feb/early Mar, 1863, in . . . — — Map (db m194352) HM
On Sentinel Ridge Road north of Brooke Road (County Route 608).
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 . . . — — Map (db m2192) HM
On Brooke Road (County Route 608) at Sentinel Ridge Road, on the left when traveling east on Brooke Road.
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 . . . — — Map (db m2191) HM
On Brooke Crest Lane at Camp Geary Road, on the right when traveling north on Brooke Crest Lane.
In the woods on this hill are the remains of a regimental-sized union infantry winter camp. A New York regiment of the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, most likely occupied this camp, the remains clearly visible and run in most cases in lines from the . . . — — Map (db m39548) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m2512) WM
Graduated Officer Candidates School and commissioned a Second Lieutenant at Quantico, Virginia in 1942.
Serving in World War II and the Korean Conflict, Colonel Yeckel was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart for heroic achievement in . . . — — Map (db m79357) HM WM
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