Placed in memory of the brave soldiers of the
91st Ohio Volunteer Infantry
"Bloody Buckeye Boys in Blue"
Who gave their lives during the Battle of Lynchburg
June 17-18, 1864 to preserve the Union
1st Lieutenant George B. Stroup • D . . . — — Map (db m54375) HM
Founder of Lynchburg,
who was the proprietor of lands
upon which the city is built
and for whom the city is named.
A zealous Quaker, benevolent
gentleman and promoter of
whatever advanced the general
good of his community.
Born 1740 . . . — — Map (db m54418) HM
In the mid-18th century, members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) settled in the Lynchburg area, initially worshiping in one another's houses. According to local tradition, the first meetinghouse was constructed here of logs in 1757 and . . . — — Map (db m54403) HM
To the northwest is Sandusky, built by Charles Johnston about 1808. He named it after a place in Ohio where Indians had held him prisoner in 1790. The two-story structure was one of the Lynchburg area's first houses to display the details and . . . — — Map (db m54420) HM
Dedicated to the memory of the men of West Virginia who gave their lives to preserve the Union during Gen. David Hunter’s Lynchburg Campaign, June 15-20, 1864
1st West Virginia Light Artillery
Battery B
Pvt. John Boyce
Pvt. William Rust . . . — — Map (db m169112) WM
