Directions from Glen Allen, Virginia to Farmington, Pennsylvania
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The La Vale Toll House
Landmarks – Cumberland, Maryland
Inscription. Toll houses were built along the National Road as a result of a 25 year national debate as to whether or not the federal government should be responsible for funding road improvements. While there was agreement on the ... More on HMDB
Burying the Dead The Battle of the Wilderness
Landmarks – Spotsylvania, Virginia
Inscription. At battles end, more than 2,000 Union dead lay scattered through the Wilderness. The first major effort to bury the dead came more than a year later, when a Union regiment received orders to proceed to the Wilderness ... More on HMDB
Colonel John Singleton Mosby
Landmarks – Winchester, Virginia
Inscription. This road, along which many of his skirmishes took place, is named for Colonel John Singleton Mosby, commander of the 43rd Battalion of the Confederate Partisan Rangers. Their activities in this area helped keep the Confederate ... More on HMDB
Maneuvering to the North Anna River
Things To Do – Ladysmith, Virginia
Inscription. Unable to defeat Gen. Robert E. Lee's Confederates during the Spotsylvania Courthouse battles 8-19 May 1864, Union commander Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's forces maneuvered east and south forcing Lee to abandon his entrenched ... More on HMDB
Stonewall Jackson's Headquarters
Museums – Winchester, Virginia
Situated a short distance from downtown winchest virginia, is a house that stonewall jackson used during hi... More on Yahoo! Travel
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Stonewall Jackson used this Victorian home, once owned by a great-grandfather of actress Mary Tyler Moore, ... More on Frommers
An 1854 Hudson River Gothic Revival style house that has been restored much as it was when Jackson used it... More on Visitwinchesterva.com
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Things To Do – Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania
(36', 1980, PA-26-06) at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater NNE of Ohiopyle , Stewart Township, Fayette County, PA. PA381 (Mill Run Rd.) N. 3.3 miles from jct with King Rd. in Ohiopyle, left & continue N. 0.3 miles to ... More on dalejtravis.com
Gold Mining in Stafford County
Landmarks – Hartwood, Virginia
Inscription. Near here are located ten of the nineteenth century gold mines of Stafford County. The best-known were the Eagle, Rattlesnake (Horse Pen), Lee, New Hope, and Monroe mines. The Eagle Gold Mining Company, Rappahannock Gold ... More on HMDB
Rappahannock Station A Rare Night Attack on the River Mosbys Confederacy
Landmarks – Remington, Virginia
Inscription. 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 ... More on HMDB
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