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This is the first time in history that trains are used to transport troops to battle. The train passes through Thoroughfare Gap. July 20 - Thomas H. Williamson, Chief Engineer of the Potomac Army requests that the counties of Fauquier, Culpeper and Orange provide 70 Free Negro or enslaved men each to provide labor to build fortifications along ...
The nonprofit Experience Old Town Warrenton is an accredited organization by the National Main Street Program, located in the Warrenton Historic District. The nonprofit's mission is to foster and inspire an environment in Old Town Warrenton that enhances economic vitality while preserving the historic character of the community; and to promote ...
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 and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.
Warrenton is a town in Fauquier County, Virginia, United States. [8] It is the county seat . The population was 10,057 as of the 2020 census , [ 9 ] [ 10 ] an increase from 9,611 at the 2010 census [ 11 ] and 6,670 at the 2000 census . [ 6 ]
Scott Shipp, born in Warrenton, Superintendent of Virginia Military Institute from 1890 to 1907. Isabel Dodge Sloane, owner of Brookmeade Stud. William "Extra Billy" Smith, died in Warrenton, was a lawyer, congressman, two-time Governor of Virginia and one of the oldest Confederate generals in the American Civil War.
The Warrenton Junction Raid (May 3, 1863) was a surprise attack by Confederate guerrilla warriors on a Union cavalry detachment during the American Civil War.The raid took place near a railroad junction in Virginia's Fauquier County, less than 10 miles (16 km) from the town of Warrenton.
North Wales is a historic plantation [3] and national historic district located in Fauquier County, Virginia near Warrenton, Virginia. Currently it is a 1,287.9-acre (521.2 ha) historic district that includes a manor home and farm. A date of significance for the site is 1776. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. [1]
The museum was known as The Old Jail Museum before it was rebranded as the Fauquier History Museum at the Old Jail in 2014. [3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [ 1 ]