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McClellan's Farewell traced by markers.
By Craig Swain, June 16, 2007
Rectortown Station
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| On East Main Street (John Marshall Highway) (Virginia Route 55) at Rectortown Road (Virginia Route 710), on the right when traveling west on East Main Street (John Marshall Highway). |
| | At Rectortown, four miles North, General George B. McClellan received the order relieving him from command of the Army of the Potomac, November 7, 1862. As Burnside, his successor was present, McClellan immediately turned over the command to him. — — Map (db m91288) HM |
| On Maidstone Road, on the left when traveling west. |
| | On November 5, 1862, several weeks after a tainted victory at Antietam, the Army of the Potomac's Commander-in-Chief Gen. George Brinton McClellan established his headquarters here. That same day President Abraham Lincoln wrote the orders relieving . . . — — Map (db m1173) HM |
| On Lee Highway (U.S. 29) at Colonial Road / Dumfries Road, on the right when traveling south on Lee Highway. |
| | After President Abraham Lincoln relieved Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan of command of the Army of the Potomac on 7 Nov. 1862, the general composed a farewell order. It was read to the army by divisions on 10 Nov. when the new commander, Maj. Gen. . . . — — Map (db m108463) HM |
| On Culpeper Street at Hotel Street, on the left when traveling north on Culpeper Street. |
| | Norris Tavern. On this site stood the Norris Tavern built by Thaddeus Norris in 1819. It was the scene of a banquet tendered to General Lafayette by the citizens of Fauquier on his visit to the United States in 1825.
The Warren Green. . . . — — Map (db m1175) HM |
May. 7, 2024