Pointless Prize: Civil War History

[AlanA]

Sorry. Another silly clarification regarding streets. A great example would be a development that has a Lee St, Lee Rd, Lee Ct, etc. They are clearly in the same city/area, but do have different names.

[BicycleBeth]

@AlanA 204625 wrote:

Sorry. Another silly clarification regarding streets. A great example would be a development that has a Lee St, Lee Rd, Lee Ct, etc. They are clearly in the same city/area, but do have different names.

Hi Alan,

Since these are all different streets, they can all count separately.

Beth

[bikesnick]

Taylor’s Tavern and Professor Lowe’s Balloons (Falls Church, VA)
The first aerial reconnaissance in American military history took place here, with a balloon filled with gas from Washington Gas Company.

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[AlanA]

@bikesnick 204645 wrote:

Taylor’s Tavern and Professor Lowe’s Balloons (Falls Church, VA)
The first aerial reconnaissance in American military history took place here, with a balloon filled with gas from Washington Gas Company.

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Nice job on a 2 for 1 photo!

[HokieBeth]

Antietam Battlefield at dusk

Gen Benjamin C Christ

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[BicycleBeth]

@HokieBeth 204708 wrote:

Antietam Battlefield at dusk

Gen Benjamin C Christ

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I’m so jealous that you got to bike at Antietam today, Hokie Beth!

[BicycleBeth]

@bikesnick 204645 wrote:

Taylor’s Tavern and Professor Lowe’s Balloons (Falls Church, VA)
The first aerial reconnaissance in American military history took place here, with a balloon filled with gas from Washington Gas Company.

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Nice! I almost hit Taylor’s Tavern today myself but since today was a recovery day I went for one that wasn’t up a hill. Great find! And thank you for including the website. I’m loving that historical marker database.

[Brownws]

@BicycleBeth 203206 wrote:

Hi AlanA, yes! Underground Railroad sites and slavery-related sites can count. You’ll have to explain how they are related to to the Civil War in your Strava comments. I’ve been having trouble finding good Underground Railroad monuments. It seems like most of them are hypothetical future monuments or addresses or places with no marker that might have been on the trail.

I’m so excited that you’re participating!

Beth

This one was a few feet from the Civil war in Silver Spring. But takes place beforethe civil war. Contender?

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[BicycleBeth]

@Brownws 204767 wrote:

This one was a few feet from the Civil war in Silver Spring. But takes place beforethe civil war. Contender?

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I can’t see a pic. But if it’s related to the politics and policy situation that caused the Civil War it counts as long as you explain why. So it could be related to slavery or the abolitionist movement or the Underground Railroad including before the war and that all counts.

[Brownws]

Good deal thanks

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[reji]

The African American Heritage Memorial in Alexandria where there are several markers in this structure. One is titled: Truths That Rise From The Roots — Remembered and reads:

We bury more than our bodies at rest
Deep within the forgiving soil
We bury as well our
struggles and triumphs
Our dreams, our legends, our revelry, our toil
Here is where we enshrine our wisdom
To be joined with that of our yesteryears
And here is where our tomorrows are planted
As lessons learned against future fears

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[AlanA]

Just me again with another silly question.

Using your example: “Lee” Street appears in multiple cities in the region. You could ride “Lee” Street in 5 different cities on 5 different days and have them all count.

Does any street marked as “Lee” count? Or the same with Lincoln or any other last name that could be associated with the Civil War. Lee is a very common name, and could have been named for Charles Lee who happened to own the land around the road. How do we actually know that a street with only a last name is named for a Civil War person? If I find “E Lincoln St, Oregon, WI 53575” will that count? (lol, and yes, I did find that street online).

Again, just checking to see what I have to work with. It’s a long way until the end of Winter and I may have to get creative, and I don’t want to break any rules.

[HokieBeth]

Bloody Lane and Burnside Bridge I. Antietam. The huge Sycamore tree on the far side of the bridge is a “Witness Tree”, it was there when during the Antietam battles as shown in photos taken at the time. [emoji2962]

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[Boomer Cycles]

More tidbits from Antietam National Battleground excursion w/ @HokieBeth (and her MiniC w/ a cool bike rack!

“The Bloodiest Day in American History–Hope for Freedom
23,000 soldiers were killed, wounded or missing after twelve hours of savage combat on September 17, 1862. The Battle of Antietam ended the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia’s first invasion into the North and led Abraham Lincoln to issue the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.”
https://www.nps.gov/anti/index.htm



#civilwarmarker – Bloody Lane

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[Boomer Cycles]

#civilwarmarker – Bloody Lane

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