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	<title>Fredericksburg, Stafford, Spotsylvania Historical Markers</title>
	<link>http://fredmarkers.umwblogs.org</link>
	<description>For extended research on the Highway Markers you pass everyday</description>
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		<title>Other Digital History Projects</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are interested in the other three Digital History seminar projects you can visit their sites as well.
James Farmer Project
This group focused on the life and achievements of James Farmer, Civil Rights activist and late Professor at the University of Mary Washington. They capture the essence of this empowering man through quotations, video, an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fredmarkers.umwblogs.org/2008/04/21/projects-by-other-students-enrolled-in-digital-history/</link>
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		<title>Acknowledgments</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We would like to thank everyone who helped us make this project a reality. First of all, thank you to all of our guest lecturers and various technological help from Patrick Gosetti-Murrayjohn, Jerry Slezak, Jim Groom, Professor Tim O&#8217;Donnell, and Dr. Dan Preston. A very special thanks to our favorite University of Mary Washington Reference [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fredmarkers.umwblogs.org/2008/04/21/acknowledgments/</link>
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		<title>Engagement At Harris Farm (Bloomsbury) EM-2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Historical Marker Text
On 19 May 1864 Confederate forces commanded by Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell attacked Brig. Gen. Robert O. Tyler&#8217;s heavy artillery division on the Union right flank near the Harris farm, Bloomsbury, about one-quarter mile northwest. Newly arrived from the forts protecting Washington, D.C., the inexperienced &#8220;heavies&#8221; fought as infantry and stubbornly held [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fredmarkers.umwblogs.org/2008/04/18/engagement-at-harris-farm-bloomsbury-em-2/</link>
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		<title>Stanard&#8217;s Mill E-35</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Historical Marker Text
Unable to defeat the Confederates at Spotsylvania Court House, on 21 May 1864 Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant ordered the Army of the Potomac to march toward Bowling Green. Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside&#8217;s Ninth Corps brought up the rear. Grant ordered Burnside to pursue the Confederates down Telegraph Road (present day U.S. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fredmarkers.umwblogs.org/2008/04/18/stanards-mill-e-35/</link>
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		<title>Spotsylvania County/Caroline County  Z-149 Z-156</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Historical Marker Text
Spotsylvania County Z-156
Straddling the fall line, Spotsylvania County was formed from Essex, King William, and King and Queen Counties in 1720. It was named for Alexander Spotswood, lieutenant governor of Virginia from 1710 to 1722. The Civil War battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, the Wilderness, and Spotsylvania were fought in this county. The county [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fredmarkers.umwblogs.org/2008/04/18/spotsylvania-countycaroline-county-z-149-z-156/</link>
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		<title>James Farmer, Civil Rights Leader E-113</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Historical Marker Text 
James Leonard Farmer was born in Texas on 12 Jan. 1920. In 1942, he and other Civil Rights leaders founded the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) in Chicago. CORE used Gandhi-inspired tactics of nonviolent civil disobedience to protest discriminatory practices against blacks. Under Farmer&#8217;s leadership, in the spring of 1961, CORE organized [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fredmarkers.umwblogs.org/2008/04/18/james-farmer-e-113/</link>
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		<title>Mud Tavern E-32</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Historical Marker Text 
Mud Tavern E-32 Mud Tavern was the old name of this place. Six miles east, at Guinea Station, Stonewall Jackson died, May 10, 1863. In the campaign of 1864, Ewell&#8217;s and Longstreet&#8217;s corps of Lee&#8217;s army, coming from Spotsylvania Courthouse, here turned south, May 21, 1864. Lee fell back to the North [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fredmarkers.umwblogs.org/2008/04/18/mud-tavern-e-32/</link>
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		<title>Jerrell&#8217;s Mill E-31</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Historical Marker Text 
Jerrell&#8217;s Mill E-31. Here, on May 9, 1864, Sheridan was attacked by Wickham&#8217;s cavalry. Nearby, on May 22, 1864, Warren&#8217;s (Fifth) Corps, moving to the North Anna, fought Rosser&#8217;s cavalry. [1937]
 Extended Research
Jerrell&#8217;s Mill was the turning-off point from Telegraph Road for Union Major General Philip H. Sheridan&#8217;s troops as they moved [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fredmarkers.umwblogs.org/2008/04/17/jerrells-mill-e-31/</link>
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		<title>Gaspar Tochman JJ-25</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Historical Marker Text
A mile south is the unmarked grave of Gaspar Tochman (1797-1880), a major in the Polish army who participated in the failed 1830 revolt against Russia. Exiled, in 1837 he immigrated to the United States, where he practiced law, wrote, and lectured. During the Civil War he recruited the Polish Brigade (14th and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fredmarkers.umwblogs.org/2008/04/15/gaspar-tochman-jj-25/</link>
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		<title>Colonial Fort E-46</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Historical Marker Text
The Virginia General Assembly authorized the construction of a fort built nearby along the Rappahannock River in 1676. It served as a defensive fortification for settlers of European descent on the frontier when periodic conflicts occurred between Virginia Indians and settlers. Maj. Lawrence Smith commanded the fort. Smith had patented 6,300 acres of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fredmarkers.umwblogs.org/2008/04/15/colonial-fort/</link>
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