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Loudoun County, Virginia, was destined to be an area of significant military activity during the American Civil War. Located on Virginia 's northern frontier, the Potomac River, Loudoun County became a borderland after Virginia's secession from the Union in early 1861. Loudoun County's numerous Potomac bridges, ferries and fords made it an ...
Battle of Mile Hill. / 39.14; -77.55. The Battle of Mile Hill was a cavalry skirmish during the American Civil War, that took place just north of Leesburg, Virginia, on September 2, 1862. It preceded the occupation of the town by the Army of Northern Virginia just prior to its crossing of the Potomac River starting the Maryland Campaign .
Loudoun County ( / ˈlaʊdən /) is in the northern part of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. In 2020, the census returned a population of 420,959, [ 3] making it Virginia's third-most populous county. The county seat is Leesburg. [ 4] Loudoun County is part of the Washington–Arlington–Alexandria, DC–VA–MD–WV ...
October 16, 1984 [ 1] Ball's Bluff Battlefield Regional Park and National Cemetery is a battlefield area and a United States National Cemetery, located 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of Leesburg, Virginia. The cemetery is the third smallest national cemetery in the United States. [ 4] Fifty-four Union Army dead from the Battle of Ball's Bluff are ...
Coordinates: 39.1293°N 77.5847°W. Fort Johnston, also known as Fort Geary, is a Civil War era earthen fort atop a 670 feet (200 m) peak of Catoctin Mountain just west of Leesburg, Virginia. Constructed in the winter of 1861-62 following the Battle of Ball's Bluff, it is one of three forts constructed to defend the town from the threat of ...
The Loudoun Resolves was a resolution adopted by a committee in Loudoun County in the colony of Virginia on June 14, 1774, during the very early stages of the American Revolution. It was the one of the earliest public declarations objecting to the Intolerable Acts, passed by Parliament to punish Massachusetts Colonists for conducting and ...
11th, Eastern Conference. Playoffs: DNQ. Website. Club website. Home colors. Away colors. Current season. Loudoun United FC is an American professional soccer team based in Leesburg, Virginia. The team was founded in 2018 as the reserve team of D.C. United and made its debut in the USL Championship in 2019.
July 24, 2024 at 8:29 PM. LEESBURG, Va. - A controversial decision in Loudoun County has led to the release of a former student convicted of sexually assaulting two girls at separate schools. The ...