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23 Δεκ 2022 · The Merchants Mill was burned by an accidental fire from the power company next door. (The Millers office was not destroyed and now houses the Mill House Museum.)
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Occoquan, which grew around a mill constructed in 1755, was the site of an important river crossing for troops during the Civil War, as the principal road between Alexandria and Fredericksburg passed through the town. From this point a pontoon bridge stretched across the Occoquan River in June 1863.
9 Οκτ 2024 · Due to Virginia's location along the border, Virginia was the most contested battleground of the American Civil War, with numerous campaigns, battles, and skirmishes occurring in the state.
26 Φεβ 2012 · At a little after 11:30 a.m. this morning, Brady's Michigan Sharpshooters reenacted a skirmish that happened on Feb. 3, 1862, in Occoquan. "About 125 years ago, a patrol of two companies of...
1 drawing on olive paper : pencil and Chinese white ; 18.0 x 25.9 cm. (sheet). | Union soldiers firing into a house occupied by Confederate soldiers.
During the Civil War, the post office passed letters and packages between North and South. River silting reduced ship traffic to Occoquan and ended its days as a port, as did the shift in traffic to railroads.
Near here on the Occoquan River was Selecman’s Ford, a rocky, narrow river crossing used by both sides during the Civil War. (A historical marker located near Lake Ridge in Prince William County, Virginia.)
