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The Confederate Memorial in [[Templeton, Virginia]] Templeton: Army of Northern Virginia Memorial Flag located off of I-95 and Highway 301 Is a large Confederate Battle Flag put up by the VA Flaggers accompanied by a Stars and Bars flag and a South Carolina State Flag also on the monument is a sign that says “CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA ...
Two other current counties in the state re-used the names of older lost counties. These newer counties (one name earlier lost to Kentucky, the other on the following list) are respectively, Madison and Rappahannock. Both the newer counties of that name are located in Virginia's Piedmont region. The extinct counties of Virginia (alphabetically) are:
Proposals Adopted by the Virginia Convention of 1861 The first resolution asserted states' rights per se; the second was for retention of slavery; the third opposed sectional parties; the fourth called for equal recognition of slavery in both territories and non-slave states; the fifth demanded the removal of federal forts and troops from ...
Fort Clifton Archeological Site is a historic American Civil War fort archaeological site located at Fort Clifton Park, Colonial Heights, Virginia. The park is the site of Fort Clifton on the Appomattox River where five Union ships sailed on Confederate troops on June 11, 1864. The Confederate Battery, with cannon emplacements, remained in ...
The Virginia Monument, [1] also commonly referred to as "The State of Virginia Monument", is a Battle of Gettysburg memorial to the commonwealth's "Sons at Gettysburg" with a bronze statue of Robert E. Lee on his horse Traveller and a "bronze group of figures representing the Artillery, Infantry, and Cavalry of the Confederate Army".
The Civil War Trust (a division of the American Battlefield Trust) and its partners have acquired and preserved 5 acres (0.020 km 2) of the battlefield. [1] Middleburg is one of the most picturesque towns in northern Virginia and features many buildings that existed during the Civil War and were used as hospitals.
At Richmond, Virginia, location of the fall line at the head of navigation, the generally west-to-east course of the James River turns almost due south for a distance of about 7 miles (11 km) before turning eastward again towards the Chesapeake Bay. At this sharp bend, Drewry's Bluff on the west side of the James River rose 90 feet (27 m) above ...
The Civil War Begins. April 17 - The Fauquier delegates to the Virginia State convention, John Quincy Marr and Robert Eden Scott, vote with the majority to secede from the Union. [6] May 23 - Fauquier citizens ratify Virginia's Ordinance of Secession by a margin of 1,809 to 4.