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Onondaga Nation in Ruther Glen, VA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to ... More on MuseumsUSA.org

Inscription. William Clark was born to John and Ann Rogers Clark on 1 Aug. 1770 on the family farm about one mile north. The Clark family moved to Louisville, Kentucky, in 1784. William Clark served in the Kentucky militia and in ... More on HMDB

Inscription. The scattered corps of the Union army reunited here at Carmel Church (known during the war as Mount Carmel Church) on May 23 before attacking Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee across the North Anna River, approximately three ... More on HMDB

Inscription. The earthworks in the angle between this stream and the North Anna River, held by a small Confederate force, were taken by by Grant's troops moving southward on May 23, 1864. The Unionists then advanced to the river, ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Here, at Mount Carmel Church, on May 23, 1864, Hancocks (Second) Corps turned south to the North Anna River; Warrens (Fifth) Corps and Wrights (Sixth) Corps here turned west to Jericho Mills on the River. Grant had his ... More on HMDB

Inscription. The two-room log house, a rare survivor of a once-common house type, was built about 1843 probably by Sarah Thornton, whose father-in-law John Thornton acquired the property in 1790. On 16 July 1862, Maj. Gen. Thomas ... More on HMDB

W elcome to historic Fork Church, an Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Virginia. The structure you see on this page has continuously housed a community of faithful parishioners since 1735. Fork Ch... More on Theforkchurch.org

Inscription. Fork Church was first housed in a 1722 frame building near the present church site. It was known as "The Chapel in the Forks" and derived its name from the nearby confluence of the Nor... More on HMDB

Inscription. A short distance east, at Taylorsville, Lee had his headquarters, May 24–26, 1864, as his army moved southeastward to intervene between Grant and Richmond. There Ewells Corps turned to Cold Harbor, May 27, 1864. ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Caroline County: Area 529 Square Miles, Formed in 1727 from Essex, King and Queen, and King William. Named for Queen Carline, wife of King George II. George Rogers Clark, Conqueror of the Northwest, passed his youth in ... More on HMDB

Inscription. On this site overlooking the North Anna River, archaeological investigations conducted in 2006 in cooperation with Virginia tribes identified toolmaking camps dating to 8000 B. C. Indians used these camps repeatedly, ... More on HMDB