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The Holiday Inn North was a popular destination for tourists and locals during the 1960s and 70s.  It was located near the intersection of Route 17N and Interstate 95. Holiday Inn North of Fredericksburg post card Holiday Inn North of Fredericksburg matchbook Holiday Inn North of Fredericksburg matchbook (inside) Advertisement for the Coasters playing at…

Marker inscription: Near here, Pocahontas visited friends among the Patawomecks on the Potomac River in April 1613. Capt. Samuel Argall saw an opportunity to capture Pocahontas and exchange her for English prisoners held by her father Chief Powhatan. Argall sought out Iopassus, the chief of the Indian town of Passapatanzy. After Argall made veiled threats,…

Marker inscription: On 11 December 1862, Union engineers began the construction of pontoon bridges here so the army could cross the Rappahannock River to Fredericksburg. They began in the morning, hidden by fog. Soon the fog lifted, however, and Confederate sharpshooters drove them off. A heavy Union artillery barrage and an amphibious assault finally secured…

Marker inscription: Just northeast, Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker, commander of the Union Army of the Potomac, kept his headquarters, Jan. – June 1863, amid a vast city of tents and camps. It was here he rehabilitated he Union army after its catastrophic defeat in the First Battle of Fredericksburg in Dec. 1862 and its subsequent…

Marker inscription: Near here Wade Hampton, with a small cavalry force, surprised and captured 5 officers and 87 men of the Third Pennsylvania Cavalry, November 28, 1862. At that time Burnside was moving toward Fredericksburg. On February 25, 1863, Fitz Lee, on a reconnaissance, attacked Union cavalry here, driving it back on Falmouth where the…

Marker inscription: This modern road follows the route over which a mule-drawn wagon delivered the body of John Wilkes Booth, President Lincoln’s assassin, from Caroline County to Belle Plains for transport to the Navy Yard for an autopsy. Below this location, Russell “Rabbit” Sullivan was born and raised on modern-day Lorenzo Drive. Playing for the…

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Apothecary, Falmouth c. 1930 Austin Boutchyard House, Falmouth US1, c.1930 Forbes House, Falmouth Falls cottage, Falmouth Brooks House (Cotton Warehouse), c.1930 Gordon Gray Law Ofc (The Manor), Falmouth c. 1930 Payne House, Falmouth c. 1930 Customs House, Falmouth c.1930 DeShields House, Falmouth c. 1930 Dunbar Quarters and Carlton c. 1920 Dunbar Quarters, Falmouth c. 1930…