Civil War

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    The Henshaw letters, Part III

    March 1865 — Aftermath of the Union Encampment.  A message from the “Vine Clad Cottage” By Edward Spannaus In January and February 1865, Lovettsville was the site of large winter…

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    The Contrabands of Harpers Ferry

    Alexander B. Rossino (The following is reprinted from Their Maryland: The Army of Northern Virginia From the Potomac Crossing to Sharpsburg in September 1862, the latest book by Alexander Rossino, who…

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    Press Release: April Lecture

    What:    Lovettsville Historical Society Lecture: “Their Maryland: The Army of Northern Virginia from the Potomac Crossing to Sharpsburg in September 1862”                    …

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    Friends of Mount Sinai Cemetery Address Board of Supervisors

    Representatives of the Family & Friends of Mount Sinai Cemetery and the Lovettsville Historical Society addressed the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors on April 19, urging the Board to take…

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    Capt. Sam Means, Founder of Loudoun Rangers, Honored at Graveside Ceremony

    Captain Samuel C. Means, who commanded the Independent Loudoun Rangers during the Civil War, has finally received a U.S. government-issued headstone for his burial site, 138 years after his death…

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    Lovettsville’s Doctors over the Years: Medical Ledgers Added to Museum Collection

    Physician ledgers from the 1920s and 1930s were recently found during the renovation of the Rollins house at 30 East Broad Way, which is being carried out by Fred Lee…

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    The family of W.S. Seitz, builder of the Ruse bank barn

      Although the Seitzes were not one of the pre-Revolution German families in Lovettsville, the family’s roots were thoroughly grounded in Pennsylvania German and Swiss immigrants. They came from Pennsylvania…

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    Charles W. Johnson: The Spy Who Walked a Crooked Line

    By Edward Spannaus The Charles Johnson who featured in the fracas following a Republican event in Waterford in November 1888 was no stranger to conflict – be it of the…