On South 4th Street south of Locust Street, on the left when traveling north.
Maj. Henry C. Whelan, a Civil War Army Officer was mustered in as Captain and commander of Company C of the 6th Pennsylvania Volunteer Calvary on Sept. 10, 1861. He was promoted up to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel on Sept. 20, 1863 but he was . . . — — Map (db m213971) HM
Near Wilkes Street at South Royal Street, in the median.
Three railroads developed in Alexandria during the mid-19th century, a period of limited industrial expansion for the City. Alexandrians had a invested heavily in the Alexandria Canal which opened in 1843, giving the city access to the rich . . . — — Map (db m72379) HM
Near Wilkes Street east of South Royal Street, on the left when traveling east.
Orange & Alexandria Railroad roundhouse, formerly located near Duke and South Henry Streets. Engine named after Brigadier General Herman Haupt, Chief of Transportation, U.S. Military Railroads during the Civil War. Mathew Brady photograph after . . . — — Map (db m72622) HM
Near Wilkes Street at South Royal Street, in the median.
The Wilkes Street Tunnel was part of the Orange & Alexandria Railroad, founded in 1848 to promote trade with western Virginia. The Orange and Alexandria inaugurated its track in Alexandria on May 7, 1851 with a run to the north end of Union Street . . . — — Map (db m72346) HM
On South Union Street, 0.1 miles south of Wolfe Street, on the right when traveling south.
The Wilkes Street Tunnel was part of the eastern division of the Orange & Alexandria Railroad, founded in 1848 to promote trade with western Virginia. The Orange & Alexandria inaugurated its track in Alexandria on May 7, 1851 with a run from the . . . — — Map (db m143378) HM
On Jamieson Avenue at Daingerfield Road, on the right when traveling west on Jamieson Avenue.
The bridge is one of the last remnants of Alexandria's first railroad, the Orange & Alexandria. The “O&ARR,” as it was commonly called, opened in 1851 and had 148 miles of track in 1860. The bridge was constructed by the railroad as . . . — — Map (db m99330) HM
On Business Center Drive east of Witter Drive, on the left when traveling north.
The Bloxham Cemetery is the last visible sign of 3,000 years of human occupation in this area near Cameron Run. Flintknappers, farmers, and fruit growers all left their imprints beneath the surface of the ground here. Small groups of American . . . — — Map (db m216713) HM
On South Amherst Highway (U.S. 29) just south of Richmond Highway (U.S. 60), on the right when traveling north.
The first depot in Amherst (then known as Dearborn) was built in the late 1800s for the Orange and Alexandria Railroad. This depot would be replaced in November 1913 by the Southern Railway when it took over the O&A and expanded its operation in . . . — — Map (db m179495) HM
On South Commerce Street, on the left when traveling south on South Commerce Street.
Following the Gettysburg Campaign, Federal officials sought to verify rumors that a substantial part of Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Confederate army had been detached. On September 13, 1863, Federal cavalry moved down the tracks from your left, under . . . — — Map (db m8417) HM
On Sperryville Pike (U.S. 522), on the right when traveling south.
Just to the south stood Catalpa, where John Strode Barbour was born on 29 Dec. 1820. In 1849, he was appointed the state’s representative on the board of directors of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad. The board elected him president in 1851 and he . . . — — Map (db m8416) HM
Near Parakeet Drive, 0.5 miles west of Kite Street, on the left when traveling west.
Prior to the Civil War, John and Mary Marshall, early prominent Burke area citizens, bought this land and built a family dwelling on fifty acres of land purchased in 1852. The Marshalls donated land to the Church of the Good Shepherd and to the . . . — — Map (db m198383) HM
On Burke Lake Road (County Route 645) near Shipplet Boulevard, on the right when traveling east.
Here lived Lt. Col. Silas Burke (b.1796–d.1854) and his wife, Hannah Coffer. Burke, for whom Burke's Station on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad was named, served as a director of the railroad and the Fairfax Turnpike Company. An innkeeper and . . . — — Map (db m42) HM
On Main Street (Virginia Route 645) at Ford Lane, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
In 1863, during the Civil War, Pennsylvanian Herman Haupt, a noted bridge designer and the superintendent of Union military railroads, commissioned John Devereux, the railroad superintendent in Alexandria, to build a siding on the Orange & . . . — — Map (db m7402) HM
Near Main Street (Virginia Route 645) at Ford Lane, on the right when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
During the Civil War, the Orange & Alexandria Railroad was strategically important to both the Union and the Confederate armies. Sangster's Station, located 1-3/4 miles to your right where Colchester Road crosses under the railroad tracks, was . . . — — Map (db m196009) HM
On Main Street (Virginia Route 645) at Ford Lane, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
During the Civil War, the Orange & Alexandria Railroad was strategically important to both the Union and the Confederate armies. Sangster's Station, located 1-3/4 miles to your right where Colchester Road crosses under the railroad tracks, was . . . — — Map (db m218371) HM
On Fairfax Station Road, 0.4 miles west of Ox Road (Virginia Route 123), on the right when traveling west.
The first Fairfax Station depot, built by Irish immigrants in 1852, was a stop on the Orange
and Alexandria Railroad from Alexandria to Gordonsville. Early in 1862, after Confederate forces withdrew, the railroad carried military supplies
and . . . — — Map (db m885) HM
On Fairfax Station Road west of Hill Street, on the right when traveling west.
Welcome to the Fairfax Station Railroad Museum, established in 1987.
Fairfax Station was constructed in 1852 along the Orange and Alexandria Railroad. Formed in 1848, the O&A was the only rail line connecting Alexandria — a major port at the . . . — — Map (db m194560) HM
On Accotink Park Road, 1.2 miles west of Highland Street, on the left when traveling north.
After the Civil War began in 1861, railroads became strategically important to transport troops and supplies. Beneath Lake Accotink Park access road, where you are now, lies the original Orange and Alexandria Railroad bed. It was chartered in . . . — — Map (db m218369) HM
On Accotink Park Road at Southern Drive on Accotink Park Road.
Accotink Park Road lies on the right-of-way of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, which linked markets in northern and central Virginia. Construction began in March 1850, and the line was extended to Manassas in 1851 and to Gordonsville in March . . . — — Map (db m37511) HM
On Accotink Park Road, on the left when traveling east. Reported missing.
The Lake Accotink access road here lies atop the original road bed of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, chartered in 1849 to link the port city of Alexandria with Gordonsville in central Virginia. After the war began in 1861, railroads became . . . — — Map (db m2749) HM
On Hechinger Drive near Backlick Road (County Route 617), on the left when traveling east.
The first Springfield Station was located on the south side of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad near this location. Built after 1851, when the railroad was completed to Henry Daingerfield's "Springfield Farm," the station was the site of a Civil . . . — — Map (db m156) HM
On Accotink Park Road, on the left when traveling east. Reported missing.
The original bridge crossing Accotink Creek was built in 1851 as part of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad. During the Civil War the wooden trestle was an attractive target for Confederate soldiers. In his 28 Dec. 1862 raid on Burke's Station, . . . — — Map (db m38) HM
On Remington Road (Business U.S. 15/29) south of Summerduck Road (County Route 651). Reported damaged.
The hamlet of Mill View, present-day Remington, became known as Rappahannock Station to the Civil War armies which campaigned in this area. Here the vital Orange & Alexandria railroad (to your left) crossed the Rappahannock River just behind the . . . — — Map (db m2525) HM
On Warrenton Branch Greenway, 0.2 miles south of South 5th Street, on the right when traveling south.
During the late 1800s, the Orange and Alexandria Railroad built a locomotive turntable at this site. The turntable was the center of rail yard activity, enabling steam engines and their tenders to be reversed for the 8.9-mile return trip to . . . — — Map (db m151295) HM
Near Battery Heights Boulevard south of Quarry Road when traveling south.
On the morning of August 27, 1862 Mayfield Fort saw its only action of the Civil War. After marching 56 miles in 48 hours, General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, with the entire left wing of the Army of Northern Virginia, gained the rear of John . . . — — Map (db m213682) HM
On West Street just south of Center Street (Virginia Route 28), on the left when traveling south.
During the summer of 1862, Manassas Junction became a major supply hub for Union armies operating in Virginia, making it a target for the Confederates. On August 27, Confederate General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson unleashed his 24,000 troops on . . . — — Map (db m143054) HM
Near Prince William Street just west of Main Street, on the left when traveling west.
If you had been here in July 1861, you could have seen Confederate soldiers jumping down from one train after another at the junction half a mile in front of you. The trains were bringing Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's army from the Shenandoah Valley . . . — — Map (db m143074) HM
On Battery Heights Boulevard south of Quarry Road, on the right when traveling north.
You are standing at the base of Mayfield Fort, one of twelve earthwork defenses constructed in this area by the Confederate Army. Built to protect the junction of the Orange and Alexandria and Manassas Gap Railroads, this fort is the only one . . . — — Map (db m213671) HM
On Prince William Street at Battle Street, on the right when traveling east on Prince William Street.
Eight months after their victory at the First Battle of Manassas (five miles north of here), the Confederates abandoned Manassas Junction, burning more than a million pounds of provisions and destroying the railroad line as they left. Days later, . . . — — Map (db m143053) HM
Near Prince William Street just west of Main Street, on the left when traveling west.
In the early summer of 1861, preparations for war made Manassas Junction one of the most famous places on earth. The railway junction held great strategic significance for the Confederacy, and the new nation assembled its largest army to defend . . . — — Map (db m143060) HM
On Prince William Street at Wellington Road, on the left when traveling west on Prince William Street.
During the Civil War, two railroads — the Manassas Gap and the Orange and Alexandria — intersected here. Manassas Junction was strategically important to both the Union and the Confederacy as a supply depot and for military . . . — — Map (db m143093) HM
Near Battery Heights Boulevard south of Quarry Road, on the right when traveling north.
On May 8, 1861 General Robert E. Lee, then commanding Virginia forces, ordered General Phillip Cocke to take units from across central and northern Virginia to build camps and begin training at Tudor Hall (Manassas Junction). Two important rail . . . — — Map (db m213674) HM
In August 1862, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee ordered Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson from the Rappahannock River to keep Gen. John Pope’s and Gen. George B. McClellan’s Union armies from uniting. Jackson marched on Aug. 25, and Lee . . . — — Map (db m13287) HM
On Conner Drive at Euclid Avenue, on the left when traveling east on Conner Drive.
In Aug. 1862, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee ordered Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson from the Rappahannock River to keep Gen. John Pope's and Gen. George McClellan's Union armies from uniting. Jackson marched on Aug. 25, and Lee followed the . . . — — Map (db m173348) HM
Near Conner Drive east of Centreville Road (Virginia Route 28). Reported permanently removed.
Built of locally quarried sandstone about 1820 and later expanded, the Conner House was used during the Civil War by the Confederacy and then by the United States. After the First Battle of Manassas on July 21, 1861, Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, who . . . — — Map (db m738) HM
On Conner Drive, 0.2 miles east of Euclid Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
Built of locally quarried sandstone about 1820 and later expanded, the Conner House was used by both sides during the Civil War. After the First Battle of Manassas on July 21, 1861, Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, who with Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard had . . . — — Map (db m173349) HM
On Short Street just south of East Main Street, on the left when traveling north.
In 1998, The Orange Commercial Historic District was placed on the National Register of Historic Places and the Virginia Landmarks Register in recognition of the distinctive characteristics of its architecture and its association with events . . . — — Map (db m170873) HM
On East Main Street (State Highway 20) at Short Street, on the right when traveling east on East Main Street.
Beginning in 1749, Orange County's successive courthouses have been located just west of here. In 1854, the Orange & Alexandria Railroad, constructed to link Alexandria with central Virginia, reached Orange and a train station was built near here. . . . — — Map (db m170870) HM
On Short Street just south of East Main Street, on the right when traveling south.
1965
On the snowy evening of February 1, 1965, this railway station was severely damaged when steel girders being carried on three piggybacked trailers of a northbound freight train broke loose and swung to the right as the train rounded . . . — — Map (db m170705) HM
On Short Street just south of East Main Street, on the right when traveling south.
town history
Orange was born as one of Virginia's Court House villages on November 24, 1749, when the Gentlemen Justices of Orange County voted to hold County Court sessions in Timothy Crosthwait's tavern alongside "Swift Run Gap Road," the . . . — — Map (db m170689) HM
On Bristow Road (Virginia Route 619) just south of Nokesville Road (Virginia Route 28), on the left when traveling south.
The Civil War transformed this area. Between 1861 and 1865, thousands of both Federal and Confederate soldiers passed through this region. local road networks allowed soldiers to march rapidly in either direction. While the roads were important, . . . — — Map (db m143099) HM
On 10th Alabama Way just south of Iron Brigade Unit Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
Twice baptized in blood for Liberty's sake, it will be a place to which in after times pilgrimages will be made by those who reverence the glorious, though suffering, past.
— Chaplain Joseph Hopkins Twichell, November 1, . . . — — Map (db m167450) HM
On Iron Brigade Unit Avenue, on the right when traveling east. Reported missing.
Bristoe Station Battlefield Heritage Park is one of Prince William County's most treasured open spaces. This peaceful landscape features over 2.7 miles of walking and equestrian trails. Wildlife abounds in the fields, woods and ponds. Evidence of . . . — — Map (db m232611) HM
Near 10th Alabama Way, 0.1 miles Iron Brigade Unit Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
In the winter of 1863-1864 thousands of Pennsylvania soldiers encamped in the farms and woodlots surrounding Bristoe Station. With easy access to the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, a pair of North-South and East-West roads, and a source of . . . — — Map (db m232527) HM
On Aden Road (Virginia Route 646) at Marsteller Drive, on the right when traveling south on Aden Road.
In August 1862, Confederate Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson led his command around Union Gen. John Pope's right flank to cut Federal communication lines and pave the way for the rest of Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia to follow . . . — — Map (db m143103) HM
On Aden Road (Virginia Route 646) at Marsteller Drive, on the right when traveling south on Aden Road.
After the Gettysburg Campaign, Union Gen. George G. Meade's Army of the Potomac faced Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia across the Rapidan River. In October 1863, Lee attempted to outflank Meade's army and cut the Union . . . — — Map (db m143101) HM
