Cheap Things To Do in Bowling Green, Virginia

Inscription. "For Those Who Fought For It, Freedom Has A Taste The Protected Will Never Know.", (back of marker) A project of H. E. L. P. Bowling Green with the generous support of: Citizens of Car... More on HMDB

Inscription. (front of marker) The first African-American slaves were brought to Caroline County around 1700. Few records were kept of their existence, except for their status and value as property... More on HMDB

Inscription. Lafayette, marching from Head of Elk, Maryland, to Richmond, camped here the night of April 27, 1781. , Erected 1936 by Conservation and Development Commission. (Marker Number ND-7: ), , Location. 38° 3.06′ ... More on HMDB

Inscription. (front of marker) Erected by the people of Caroline County to commemorate the valor and endurance of its soldiers furnished to the Army of the Confederate States of America 1861 1865. (right side of marker) 9th Regiment ... More on HMDB

Inscription. On May 21, 1864, Gen. Winfield S. Hancocks Second Corps passed through Bowling Green. Union soldiers broke into stores, looted homes and freed prisoners from the jail. Documents from the ransacked courthouse littered ... More on HMDB

Follow the trails to five sites in Caroline County; The Town of Bowling Green, Bethel Church, Carmel Church, Guinea Station and the Star Hotel. All 5 sites are ... More on Virginia.org

Inscription. Six miles southeast is the site of Edmundsbury, home of Edmund Pendleton. Pendleton, born September 9, 1721, was in the House of Burgesses; a delegate to the Continental Congress; chairman of the Virginia Committee of ... More on HMDB

Return to contents page [PREVIOUS SECTION] 4. Valley Campaigns 1861-1865 Actions in 1861 After the bombardment of Fort Sumter, South Carolina, and President Lincoln's call for 75,000 volunteers, Vi... More on Nps.gov

Inscription. Unable to crack Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lees strongly fortified lines at Spotsylvania Court House, Union Gen. Grant ordered Gen. Winfield Hancocks Second Corps to cross the Mattapon... More on HMDB

Inscription. Lee vs. Grant The 1864 Campaign: "At the church¦the 9th Corps was marching past, and Burnside was sitting, like a comfortable abbot, in one of the pews, surrounded by his buckish staff whose appearance is the reverse ... More on HMDB

Inscription. The farm office across the lawn is all that remains of the once-sprawling plantation called “Fairfield.” Thomas Coleman Chandler purchased Fairfield Plantation in 1845. For the next 17 years it prospered and ... More on HMDB

Inscription. (South Facing Side): Spotsylvania County: Area 413 Square Miles, Formed in 1720 from Essex, King and Queen, and King William, and named for Alexander Spotswood, governor of Virginia, 1... More on HMDB

Inscription. Spotsylvania County: 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, lieut... More on HMDB