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	Historic Hanover - Public Information
		The dividing line between Hanover and New Kent was based on the parish lines of St. Paul's Parish, established by the Church of England.
		Secretariat, the greatest modern racehorse, was born at "Meadow Farm" on the border of Hanover and Caroline counties.
		The famous actress visited her grandfather in Hanover County as a child and her return to Ashland in 1938 and tour of Randolph-Macon College drew hordes of autograph seekers on what was then an all-male campus.
	www.co.hanover.va.us /pio/historic/facts.htm (1635 words)

	Hanover (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Two battles in the vicinity on May 27, one on Mr.
		This encounter became known as the Battle of Slash Church in the South and the battle of Hanover Courthouse in the North.
		The7th Regiment was placed in a reserve status during the battle at Hanover County Courthouse and saw little action in a rear guard status as General Branch withdrew his army to Ashland, VA. During this campaign, the 7th Regiment lost 2 killed, 4 wounded and 2 missing.
	www.homestead.com /cranfords/files/Hanover.html (367 words)

	Historic Resources - Planning Dept.
		The Hanover County Architectural Review Board consists of five citizens who have demonstrated a knowledge of and interest in the preservation of historical and architectural landmarks.
		The Hanover County Historical Commission was created by the Board of Supervisors to serve as a consultative and advisory body for the County.
		The Hanover dissenters, with the leadership of Presbyterian Minister Samuel Davies, contended with the established Anglican Church sponsored by the Colonial Government.
	www.co.hanover.va.us /planning/histresr.htm (1085 words)

	www.flyhova.com - Hanover - a brief history and historical facts
		Hanover County was officially formed on November 26, 1720 from the area of New Kent County called St. Paul's Parish.
		Henry Clay of Kentucky, author of the Missouri Compromise, was born in Hanover County in 1777.
		Katherine Hepburn's grandfather was rector at three churches in Hanover County - Fork Episcopal Church in Doswell, St. Paul's at Hanover Courthouse and Immanuel at Old Church - around the turn of the last century.
	www.flyhova.com /hanover/history.htm (2009 words)

	Next Meeting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Hanover was the hunting grounds for the first colonists at Jamestown.
		The battle of Hanover Court House and Slash Church and the events that preceded it are the subject of a new book by historian Michael C. Hardy.
		The battle is the centerpiece of the book, and the following chapters deal with hospitals, the days following the battle, and the accounts of the battle in the press.
	myweb.ecomplanet.com /CRAY1059/mycustompage0005.htm (414 words)

	Battle of Minden - Seven Years War
		Hanover was invaded and the city of Hanover itself threatened by the French.
		Contades’ plan had been carefully prepared by his staff officers with troops allocated to particular bridges and an order of battle that put the cavalry in the centre of the line, due to the marshy ground to the north of the Bastau River.
		After the battle Contades crossed the Weser and withdrew to Cassel, abandoning the towns the French had captured during the earlier part of the year.
	www.britishbattles.com /seven-years/minden.htm (2897 words)

	American Memory from the Library of Congress - Browse by
		Battle field of Lexington, Mo., showing plan of earthwork defended by Federal and State troops under command of Col. James A. Mulligan, U.S.A. during the 18th, 19th and 20th Sept. 1861.
		Battle of Chattanooga, Nov. 23, 24, 25, 1863.
		Battle of Missionary Ridge or Chickamauga, Tenn. (1)
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/collections/civil_war_maps/titleB.html (744 words)

	Hanover County Public Schools--District Information
		Hanover is the only one of the four largest Metro-Richmond districts with 100% for four consecutive years.
		As the fastest growing county in the metro Richmond area and one of the largest counties in the state, Hanover County is a community that offers an extraordinary blend of rural and civic pride with suburban living.
		Hanover County is ranked among the top 50 localities in the United States for quality of life by the American City Business Journals.
	www.hcps.us /human_resource/district.htm (964 words)

	Hanover Tavern Foundation - Fall 2001 Newsletter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The patterning of their brickwork, the arrangement of their windows, the plain or elaborate embellishment of their woodwork, the seams in their plaster: all can be thought-of as messages that suggest or even announce how a building was constructed, enlarged, altered and used.
		Speaking about Hanover Tavern, Wells said, “This building has so many manifest —as well as subtle evidences of use and change— right down to the scratch marks on a nineteenth-century door made by a dog wanting to be let in or out—it’s not just talking to me. It’s almost singing.
		Said Wells, “Unlike a single family plantation house or a handsome brick courthouse, the Tavern was less of a “status” building than it was a “use building.” Embedded in it is the potential to tell us about aspects of early Virginia life that are not represented in other venues.
	www.hanovertavern.org /pages/fall01.htm (2159 words)

	cwla - Chronology - Time Line File
		Following the Confederate retreat from the Battle of Rich Mountain, Federals pursued, and, during fighting at Carrick's Ford on July 13, Confederate Brigadier General Robert Selden Garnett, CSA, was killed.
		From a military standpoint the battle of Ball's Bluff was of minor significance, but political repercussions in Washington, D. were immediate and long lasting.
		Although the results of the battle were indecisive, Union troops did occupy the area and insured the movement of their men and supplies on the Louisville & Nashville Railroad.
	www.civilwarlandscapes.org /cwla/chr/time.htm (19648 words)

	Early Battles of the 44th NY
		The Battle at Hanover Courthouse was the 44th's baptismal fire.
		During the Seven Days Battle union and confederates clashed at Oak Grove on 25 June, Mechanicsville on the 26th, Gaines' Mill on the 27th, Savage Station on the 29th, Glendale on the 30th, and Malvern Hill on 1 July.
		As the battle on Malvern Hill progressed, the regiment and the brigade moved into a forward position, and endured several hours of Confederate artillery fire.
	home.nycap.rr.com /civilwar/earlybattle.htm (3019 words)

	Hanover Tavern Foundation- Happenings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Founded in Hanover in 1953, Barksdale will be staging a new series of comedies and mysteries in the newly restored theatre space at the Tavern.
		With the help of the Hanover Tavern Foundation, Hanover County officials, and theatre founder Pete Kilgore, Barksdale is realizing a collective dream of bringing the Tavern's theatre back to life after a 10-year absence - restoring some of the spirit of the glory days and forging a vital theatrical presence for the future.
		Hanover Tavern Foundation is a partner in the Virginia Civil War Trails project.
	www.hanovertavern.org /pages/happens.htm (696 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The report at Hanover Courthouse is that all on the farm were under guard as prisoners to the enemy.
		The wife and two grown daughters of General Lee, thus, strangely enough, are living in a place commanded by the enemy & almost within their lines, on a farm on which and throughout the entire neighborhood, the slaves are in general rebellion.
		A man who suffered from bouts of depression, and who was tremendously effected by the suicide in 1840 of his guardian and best friend, Thomas Cocke, his writings foreshadow his own suicide at the time of the fall of the Confederacy.
	www.hanoverhistory.org /ruffin.html (1913 words)

	Civil War Campaigns in the Shenandoah Valley
		Joseph Hooker as commander of the Army of the Potomac and brought the invading Confederate army to battle at the crossroads town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on July 1.
		The battle of Gettysburg, the most sanguinary battle of the war, resulted in more than 50,000 casualties and a loss of Confederate manpower that could not be replaced.
		On May 15, while Grant and Lee were locked in desperate combat at Spotsylvania Courthouse, Sigel made contact with a Confederate force under former vice president of the United States John C. Breckinridge at New Market.
	www.angelfire.com /va3/valleywar/battle/campaigns.html (4209 words)

	Hanover County: Virginia Is For Lovers
		Hanover County is located on the northern edge of the Richmond metro area in the Central Virginia region and is the largest county, at 473 square miles.
		One of the main draws to Hanover County is Paramount's Kings Dominion in Doswell, a major amusement and theme park with more than a dozen roller coasters and other thrill rides.
		Ashland is the largest city in Hanover County.
	www.virginia.org /site/cities.asp?locality=Hanover (199 words)

	History & Battles
		At the battle of Cedar Run, the battery suffered severely, even though it was a decided Confederate victory under General Jackson.
		During the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, the 1st Maryland Battery sustained heavy damage and later proceeded to Hollidays' Farm to repair the pieces and rest.
		He passed through the outskirts of town and formed his line of battle along the Hanover road and that night the troops laid upon their arms.
	www.angelfire.com /md/freestaterebel/Battles.html (2585 words)

	Welcome to the Mechanicsville Local (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Hanover Sheriff’s deputies Richard Wilson, left, and Matt League, demonstrate the use of one of the 48 automated external defibrillators (AED’s) paid for by the American Heart Association.
		Hanover had already purchased 14 of the units, which can be used to treat sudden cardiac arrest.
		Hanover Tavern is located in the historic district at 13181 Hanover Courthouse Road.
	www.mechlocal.com /archives/apr1603/news.html (2752 words)

	History of Slash Church - Hanover County, VA.
		Used bricks sold to the Hanover Courthouse complex to build their "new" social services building helped to fund the rebuilding of St. Paul's in May 4, 1894.
		Slash is a Religious and Historical treasure of Hanover County, of Virginia and of The United States.
		Erected at the intersection of the northwest corner of Peaks Road and the southeast corner of Mount Hermon Road, Ashland, Hanover County, Virginia.
	www.rootsweb.com /~vahanove/slash3.htm (2658 words)

	New Bern (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Battle of New Bern, NC General L. "O'B." Branch was in charge of the defenses of New Bern, NC.
		The battle started by firing a Parrot gun into some Federal horsemen, dispersing them.
		Seeing no hope of removing the Union forces from the field, Colonel Campbell retired from the battle and New Bern was lost.
	www.homestead.com /cranfords/files/NewBern.html (376 words)

	10th New York Volunteer Cavalry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The battles in which the 10th NY sustained 20 or more casualties include the ones in the following table.
		The regiment participated heavily in the battle, however, and a description of the unit's activities is included in Biblio-14, pp.189-210.
		The battle at Brandy Station is given extra attention by including commentary from author George Contant, since Brandy Station is said by some to be the largest cavalry engagement in the Civil War (Biblio-4).
	www.ggw.org /10nycav (797 words)

	122nd Regiment OVI Battles
		This battle marked the apogee of the Confederate cavalry in the East.
		Brandy Station was the largest cavalry battle of the war and the opening engagement of the Gettysburg Campaign.
		Description: The opening battle of Grant's sustained offensive against the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, known as the Overland Campaign, was fought at the Wilderness, May 5-7.
	members.tripod.com /~k.noe/battles.html (1543 words)

	War of the Regulation -- Battle of Alamance by Powell
		His activity as a pamphleteer, however, had given him such a reputation that it was impossible to convince the provincial government that he was not the chief leader of the popular side.
		No theory of government was involved and therefore the War of the Regulation which culminated in the Battle of Alamance must be regarded as one of the preliminary thrusts before the Revolution while the people and the colonial officers were trying to adjust the demands of the masses to the requirements of the government.
		Of broader significance, the Regulators and the battle of Alamance must be cited by students of the revolutionary movement in eighteenth-century America as illustrating the dissatisfaction of a large group of people even several years before the final break at Lexington and Concord.
	www.tamu.edu /ccbn/dewitt/mckstmerreg3.htm (6024 words)

	Hennepin History Museum-For the Record (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		In this letter to his mother, he describes the battles his company has recently engaged in and mentions friends Henry Chase and John Ball.
		I wrote a letter to Father giving an account of the Battle of Hanover Courthouse which I hope he received.
		Our Co. was with the Minnesota 1st in the Battle of Sunday but I was not with them being left in camp on account of being lame in one knee which troubled me for several days but I have got over it now.
	www.hhmuseum.org /ex/ex_ftr.htm (737 words)

	Civil War Traveler \| Virginia \| Central \| Richmond
		Gaines' Mill battlefield, Hanover County - Fighting here June 27, 1862, resulted in Robert E. Lee's first victory as commander of the Army of Northern Virginia and was a turning point in the Seven Days battles.
		Hanover Tavern, on Route 301 across the street from the old courthouse - Civil War associations vie with Patrick Henry in this historic community north of Richmond.
		J.E.B. Stuart led his Confederate troopers through here in 1862 during his famed ride around McClellan; the battle of Hanover Court House was fought nearby; and the tavern served as a haven for refugees from Northern Virginia.
	www.civilwar-va.com /virginia/va-central/richmond.html (2788 words)

	Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain's Superior & Subordinate Commanders
		He joined the artillery as a Lieutenant at the outbreak of the Civil War, and was badly wounded at the first Battle of Bull Run (Manassas), His actions there won him the rank of Brevet Major, and the Medal of Honor.
		In battle, Sniper was always to be found in front with his men.
		In March of 1865, the 185th was heavily involved in the battles of Quaker Road and White Oak Road, outside Petersburg.
	www.joshua.lurker00.com /jlcgens.htm (1724 words)

	Battle of Fair Oaks (Seven Pines)
		May, 1862, Gen. Fitz-John Porter was sent by General MeClellan with a considerable force to keep the way open for McDowell's army to join him, which he persistently demanded, in order to venture on a battle for Richmond.
		Porter had some sharp skirmishes near Hanover Courthouse, and cut all railway connections with Richmond, excepting that from Fredericksburg.
		Kearny's division of Heintzelman's corps was near Savage's Station, and Hooker's division of the latter corps was guarding the approaches to the White Oak Swamp.
	www.sonofthesouth.net /leefoundation/battle-fair-oaks.htm (523 words)

	Our Family's Veterans
		Captured: May 27, 1862, in battle at Hanover Courthouse, VA POW Camp #1: Aft.
		Died: Jun. 30, 1862 in battle during the Battle of Glendale near Frazer's
		Captured: May 27, 1862 during the Battle of Hanover Courthouse, VA POW Camp #1: Aft May 27, 1862, Ft. Monroe, VA POW Camp #2: Abt.
	hometown.aol.com /eckardusvets/myhomepage/military.html (806 words)

	USCWC -- Battles
		Battle for the Bridge Historic Preserve/Battle of Munfordville
		Battle of Champion Hill, MS (May 16, 1863)
		Battle of Fort Blakely and Spanish Fort, AL
	www.cwc.lsu.edu /cwc/links/cwinfo2.htm (214 words)

	American Civil War Gaming & Reading: Guest Blogging Archives
		The camp and battle are held on a portion of the actual battlefield, in the area between Belle Grove mansion and the Valley Pike (now VA 11).
		Speaking of the battle of Franklin, there seems to be another brewing over the display of the Confederate flag and old guns.
		During the nearly 10,500 skirmishes and battles of the war, more than 110,000 Union soldiers and 94,000 Confederates were killed, and an additional 275,000 and 194,000, respectively, were wounded.
	www.brettschulte.net /ACWBlog/archives/cat_guest_blogging.html (10477 words)

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