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The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map. [ 1 ] There are 31 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 1 National Historic Landmark (the Cedar Creek Battlefield).
Location of Fauquier County in Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Fauquier County, Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Fauquier County, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties ...
The men of the James River Squadron served on land, moving with the Confederate government to Danville, Virginia, before eventually surrendering in North Carolina. [6] The wreck of Fredericksburg survived later dredging operations, [50] despite being incompletely removed in 1871 and 1872, [13] and the site was rediscovered in the 1980s. [50]
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Virginia that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, other historic registers, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design. [1] [2] [3]
On 16 April 1862, the Confederate Navy Department, enthusiastic about the offensive potential of armored rams following the victory of their first ironclad ram CSS Virginia (the rebuilt USS Merrimack) over the wooden-hulled Union blockaders in Hampton Roads, Virginia, signed a contract with nineteen-year-old detached Confederate Lieutenant Gilbert Elliott of Elizabeth City, North Carolina; he ...
CWPT President Jim Lighthizer at Slaughter Pen Farm. In March 2006, the Civil War Preservation Trust (CWPT) - now the Civil War Trust (a division of the American Battlefield Trust) - announced the beginning of a $12 million national campaign to preserve the historic Slaughter Pen Farm, a key part of the Fredericksburg battlefield, Virginia, United States.
As with Virginia, trials found that a full charge would pierce armor plate, a finding that would have affected the outcome of the battle. [29] A serious flaw in the design was the pilot house from which the ship would be conned , a small structure forward of the turret on the main deck.
Fairview is an historic home located near Fredericksburg, Virginia at 2020 Whitelake Drive. [3] It is the largest of the historic homes in Spotsylvania County. The house was built in 1837 by Samuel Alsop, Jr. (1776-1859).