Posted in 1800s, Conflict Sites, Spotsylvania, Civil War, Shannon on Apr 18th, 2008 Comments Off
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Unable to defeat the Confederates at Spotsylvania Court House, on 21 May 1864 Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant ordered the Army of the Potomac to march toward Bowling Green. Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside’s Ninth Corps brought up the rear. Grant ordered Burnside to pursue the Confederates down Telegraph Road (present day U.S. […]
Posted in Location, 1800s, 1700s, Conflict Sites, Spotsylvania, Civil War, Early Settlement, Shannon on Apr 18th, 2008 Comments Off
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Spotsylvania County Z-149
Straddling the fall line, Spotsylvania County was formed from Essex, King William, and King and Queen Counties in 1720. It was named for Alexander Spotswood, lieutenant governor of Virginia from 1710 to 1722. The Civil War battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, the Wilderness, and Spotsylvania were fought in this county. The […]
Posted in Location, 1800s, 1700s, Conflict Sites, Spotsylvania, Shannon, Civil War, Early Settlement, Elle on Apr 18th, 2008 Comments Off
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Spotsylvania County Z-156
Straddling the fall line, Spotsylvania County was formed from Essex, King William, and King and Queen Counties in 1720. It was named for Alexander Spotswood, lieutenant governor of Virginia from 1710 to 1722. The Civil War battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, the Wilderness, and Spotsylvania were fought in this county. The […]
Posted in 1900s, Great Lives, Spotsylvania, Buildings, Shannon on Apr 18th, 2008 Comments Off
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James Farmer, Civil Rights Leader E-113 James Leonard Farmer was born in Texas on 12 Jan. 1920. In 1942, he and other Civil Rights leaders founded the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) in Chicago. CORE used Gandhi-inspired tactics of nonviolent civil disobedience to protest discriminatory practices against blacks. Under Farmer’s leadership, in […]
Posted in Great Lives, Spotsylvania, Civil War, Shannon on Apr 15th, 2008 Comments Off
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Gaspar Tochman JJ-25 A mile south is the unmarked grave of Gaspar Tochman (1797-1880), a major in the Polish army who participated in the failed 1830 revolt against Russia. Exiled, in 1837 he immigrated to the United States, where he practiced law, wrote, and lectured. During the Civil War he recruited the Polish […]
Posted in Spotsylvania, Early Settlement, Buildings, Shannon on Apr 15th, 2008 Comments Off
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Colonial Fort E-46 The Virginia General Assembly authorized the construction of a fort built nearby along the Rappahannock River in 1676. It served as a defensive fortification for settlers of European descent on the frontier when periodic conflicts occurred between Virginia Indians and settlers. Maj. Lawrence Smith commanded the fort. Smith had patented […]
Posted in Spotsylvania, Early Settlement, Buildings, Shannon on Apr 15th, 2008 Comments Off
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Colonial Fort E-46 The Virginia General Assembly authorized the construction of a fort built nearby along the Rappahannock River in 1676. It served as a defensive fortification for settlers of European descent on the frontier when periodic conflicts occurred between Virginia Indians and settlers. Maj. Lawrence Smith commanded the fort. Smith had patented […]
Posted in Shannon on Mar 27th, 2008 Comments Off
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A short distance southeast is the site of the George Arnold House where Bishop Francis Asbury died, March 31, 1816. Asbury, born in England in 1745, came to America in 1771 and labored here until his death. He was ordained one of the first two bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church in America […]