Dixie Historical Markers

Dixie Historical Markers RJ This is RJ I am the Admin on Dixie Forever and have also been an admin on Monuments Across Dixie for years.

I have documented many historical markers over the years and will share them for years to come. If I'm not actively posting then I'm on the road traveling and capturing more images.

BEFORE & AFTER the southern American/Confederate war memorial to the defenders of this historic American town was remove...
02/04/2025

BEFORE & AFTER the southern American/Confederate war memorial to the defenders of this historic American town was removed. It remains in storage to this day. Ironically it is right beside this historical marker reminding us of the barbarity of Union troops. BEFORE photo taken Oct 2018. AFTER photo taken April 2021. Articles about the removal can be found in the comment section. NEVER FORGET!!!!

Winton North Carolina was one of about 50 American towns fully destroyed by northern Union troops during the un"Civil" War. The century old war memorial dedicated to the locals and town's defenders was cruelly removed by order of the Maoists serving in county government.

It is unusually cruel to disparage and remove memorials dedicated to the town's own residents who selflessly defended their families against the deadly, destructive invaders who burned down their entire town. In this mad world, the attackers and destroyers are now praised while the memorials to the victims and defending citizens are now destroyed. The "Yankees" were unusually cruel, aggressive, and destructive 150 years ago. Sadly, nothing has really changed after all these years.

BEFORE/AFTER this century old historical marker was removed in downtown Charlotte, North Carolina. The marker was place...
09/17/2024

BEFORE/AFTER this century old historical marker was removed in downtown Charlotte, North Carolina. The marker was placed in 1915 and is now missing, but the stone pedestal remains. -RJ

Inscription: "The Last Meetings of the Confederate Cabinet were held in this building and the surrender of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston was authorized from here on April 24th. 1865".

The BEFORE photos taken in 2008 are credited to Stanley Howard. I took the AFTER photos 2 weeks ago (Aug 27, 2024, RJ)



More information about this marker is found here:
https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=220412

Google Streets image of the marker is clearly seen here...
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.2267306,-80.8437919,3a,60y,316.65h,82.65t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sM6AHKnZBErUYWin0leBlyQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?authuser=1&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MDkxNS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

BEFORE/AFTER the Landon House historical marker was permanently removed. This is where JEB Stuart held the famous Saber...
08/06/2024

BEFORE/AFTER the Landon House historical marker was permanently removed. This is where JEB Stuart held the famous Sabers and Roses Ball. Although this is among the most historic buildings in Maryland, the historical markers and displays both inside and outside have been removed. Nothing remains to remind this generation of its grand past.

Although the building stood at the edge of the small village of Urbana at the time of the famous Civil War ball, it is now surrounded by urban sprawl.

The historical marker read, "Constructed in 1754 on the banks of the Rappahannock River in Virginia, this building was reconstructed here in 1846 and became Landon Female Academy. Early in September 1862, while infantry of Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia rested near Frederick, Lee’s cavalry chief Gen. J.E.B. Stuart occupied Urbana to report on any Federal advance from Washington. Having received an enthusiastic welcome from the community, Stuart hosted a dance here at the academy for Confederate cavalrymen and local ladies. The 18th Mississippi Cavalry’s regimental band provided the music, and military flags decorated the building. When Union cavalry threatened the Confederate picket posts at Hyattstown, however, the dancing ended abruptly as Stuart’s men galloped off to reinforce the pickets. They quickly returned and the ball resumed, but soon they converted the building to a field hospital when wounded men arrived. Later, the Federals also used the academy as a hospital."

Here the historical marker's page, including text and location::
https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=1739

Great article about the famous Saber and Roses Ball that took place here:
https://pastlanetravels.com/remembering-the-saber-and-roses-ball/

This historical marker about 7 Confederate brothers was ranked the most popular historical marker in the county for a lo...
07/26/2024

This historical marker about 7 Confederate brothers was ranked the most popular historical marker in the county for a long time on the premier historical marker database site, hmdb.org. Read the accompanying display in the Isle of Wight County museum about what the mother said about her 7 sons.

BEFORE/AFTER this Civil War Trails historical marker was replaced with a whitewashed version at Hartwood Presbyterian ch...
07/23/2024

BEFORE/AFTER this Civil War Trails historical marker was replaced with a whitewashed version at Hartwood Presbyterian church in Hartwood, Virginia. The original historical marker explains what barbaric Yankees did here and why they were subsequently captured at this church. In short, the invading Yankees were so preoccupied with looting and vandalizing churches like this that they neglected to place proper security guards outside which resulted in their capture by the home team/Confederates. Incredibly, the original accurate historical marker was replaced with a new version that censors and omits all those key important details. There's obviously a trend of removing any historical information that places Yankees in an unfavorable light.

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Here's some excerpts from the original historical markers in front of this church that was removed from the new marker (see the full text at links below).

A Yankee soldier describes his dismay of what he found when visiting Hartwood church...

“Myself and another … decided to take shelter at Hartwood Church, a small brick structure. On entering, we were struck with a number of texts and embellishments executed in charcoal on the walls. The seats have been torn out, the windows and doors smashed, and the walls covered with obscene characters and writings. A body of Union Cavalry did this dastardly desecration in the house of worship - a sufficient commentary on the characters of these dirty caricatures of patriots. No matter if it is a Rebel house of worship, its character should be a protection against vandalism. Such treatment of churches is a disgrace to the much-boasted civilization of the nineteenth century.” - Pvt. John W. Haley, 17th Maine Infantry, June 11, 1863, diary, Dyer Library, S**o Museums, S**o, Maine”

The historical marker continues:
“This is Hartwood Presbyterian Church, which Federal troops occupied during the Civil War. They removed and burned all the woodwork, leaving only the bare plaster walls. On November 24, 1862, Capt. George Johnson, 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry, arrived here with two squadrons. An amateur artist, he spent more time drawing graffiti on the church’s plaster walls than attending to his troops’ security.”

Keep in mind, Yankees also vandalized churches attended by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, George Mason, etc in this area in addition to hundreds of others.

ADDITIONAL READING:
Original Hartwood Church Civil War Trails Historical Marker (marked as being removed and replaced):
https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=19718

Adjacent Hartwood Church Historical Marker that remains the same:
https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=122067

Battle of Kelly’s Ford near Hartwood Church:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kelly%27s_Ford

What did Yankees do to George Washington's Pohick church near Mt Vernon? Surely Yankees would have some respect for our...
07/19/2024

What did Yankees do to George Washington's Pohick church near Mt Vernon? Surely Yankees would have some respect for our Founding Fathers and be kinder and gentler to the church founded by George Washington. We know Yankees threw bricks at the George Washington statue at the State House of South Carolina, but would they at least spare this church instead of ransacking it like nearly every other church? Read this historical marker for a sanitized version of what Yankees did to George Washington's Pohick church.

Excerpt:
On November 12, 1861, Union Gen. Samuel P. Heintzelman’s 2nd Michigan Volunteers raided the church. One of those present, Lt. Charles B. Haydon, was outraged at the soldiers’ looting of artifacts from George Washington’s church: “They were all over it in less than 10 minutes tearing off the ornaments, splitting the woodwork and pews, knocking the brick to pieces & everything else they could get at.... The men’s graffiti is still visible on the church walls, doorposts, and quoins, as are bullet holes on the exterior brick.”

Pohick church is a national treasure, but it became a victim of ruthless invaders. Like many other churches across the south, it was vandalized and damaged by the British, only to be rebuilt and more severely damaged by Yankees. It begs the question, who destroyed and terrorized Americans more; King George III and his troops or Lincoln and his troops?

Excerpt: "Pohick Church is often referred to as “the Mother Church of Northern Virginia.” Vestry members George Washington and George Mason, among other patriots, met at Pohick Church in 1774 for early discussions of the Fairfax Resolves, a step on the road to independence. Because of Washington’s membership here, the British reportedly raided the church during the War of 1812 and disfigured a memorial to our nations’ first president."

Watch your historical markers! I found this destroyed historical marker in Huntsville, North Carolina on March 5, 2023!...
07/17/2024

Watch your historical markers! I found this destroyed historical marker in Huntsville, North Carolina on March 5, 2023! Those at the nearby restaurant said it had been hit by a car. I don't know if it has been restored.

The historical markers explains what the invading Yankee's did to these southern Americans. Excerpt: "[Yankee] Palmer's soldiers found "everything sent to the woods for safety. What the soldiers could not eat, they carried away." Imagine having all your possessions, even food, stolen by roaming Government troops from distant lands today! Imagine having to hide all your valuables in the woods today! That's what Americans had to do throughout the south.

Also mentioned is Confederate Officer Thomas Clingman who is the namesake of the highest mountain in the Great Smoky Mountains. It's no surprise the woke, cancel-culturists are taking steps to remove his name from that mountain today.

Additional information and the full text on this "Raiding Huntsville" historical marker can be read here:
https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=54678

This sign is located in Huntsville, North Carolina at these map coordinates: (36°04'57.0"N 80°31'45.6"W)

AFTER images on Google streets: You can also clearly see the sign in its destroyed condition after it was hit by a car on Google streets:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.0826329,-80.5294047,3a,75y,112.43h,87.01t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1svsZEhCPW9hxJIU0O2cu-4g!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DvsZEhCPW9hxJIU0O2cu-4g%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.share%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26yaw%3D112.4259147744083%26pitch%3D2.985965190027855%26thumbfov%3D90!7i16384!8i8192?coh=205410&entry=ttu

BEFORE images on Google streets. Here's the Google streets view before it was hit by a car:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.0825896,-80.5293945,3a,75y,88.14h,75.63t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAlf_wU5EA-foa5MVoz2HvA!2e0!5s20211101T000000!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DAlf_wU5EA-foa5MVoz2HvA%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.share%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26yaw%3D88.14049454502883%26pitch%3D14.365688135458939%26thumbfov%3D90!7i16384!8i8192?coh=205410&entry=ttu

Before/After this historical sign went missing in Huttonsville, West Virginia. It's been gone for a number of years. I...
07/13/2024

Before/After this historical sign went missing in Huttonsville, West Virginia. It's been gone for a number of years. It was erected in 2008 by the West Virginia Department Archives & History and was inscribed with the following:

"Huttonsville - Named for Jonathan Hutton, its first postmaster, in 1813. Students from the local academy joined the Confederate Army, 1861. The first military telegraph to advance with an army in America came here, July, 1861."

"Army Headquarters 1861 - This village was held by Colonel George Porterfield until he was relieved of command by General Robert Garnett, (C.S.A.). In 1861, it became the headquarters of Generals George McClellan and J. J. Reynolds of the Union Army."

It has been reported missing on The Historical Marker Database. More information can be found here.
https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=34369

About 6 miles away from here is the historical marker of Confederate Colonel John Augustine Washington who was the last private owner of George Washington's Mt Vernon home and killed in 1861 while aide-de-camp to General Robert E Lee. I'll share that at a later time. More info here: https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=34370

It has been reported missing on The Historical Marker Database. More information can be found here.
https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=34369

I took the first missing photos Jan 2019 and the second batch shown Oct 2021.

About 6 miles away from here is the historical marker of Confederate Colonel John Augustine Washington who was the last private owner of George Washington's Mt Vernon home and killed in 1861 while aide-de-camp to General Robert E Lee. I'll share that at a later time. More info here: https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=34370

BEFORE/AFTER General AP Hill's boyhood home historical marker was removed in Culpeper, Virginia. It is listed on the Na...
07/13/2024

BEFORE/AFTER General AP Hill's boyhood home historical marker was removed in Culpeper, Virginia. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and remains hidden away in storage to this day. Another more comprehensive historical marker about 40ft away on this wall was also removed and remains in storage (see link below for more photos and info).

All reminders of the legendary General AP Hill's own boyhood home were purged/removed by a wealthy cancel-culture Maoist who is a developer in town and now owns this building. This is located just a couple buildings down on the same street as the Culpeper County Courthouse and Confederate Memorial.

The BEFORE photo was taken April 2019. The AFTER photo was taken July 2021. You can clearly see the spot where the original marker was attached.

This site contains photos, information, and location of the historical markers that were cruelly removed from Gen Hill's own homesite!
https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=12684

General AP Hill's father had purchased the building on this site in 1832. The Hill family later sold the property in 1862. More info here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._P._Hill_Boyhood_Home

Today's woke leftist cancel-culture are simply replaying the Communist & N**i handbook...

Mao’s America:
https://a.co/d/0hM2EgI5

Before/After this historical marker was CUT DOWN in front of the Fairfax County Courthouse in Fairfax, Virginia! It wa...
07/12/2024

Before/After this historical marker was CUT DOWN in front of the Fairfax County Courthouse in Fairfax, Virginia! It was the marker for the death site of John Q Marr who was the first Confederate Officer killed in America’s largest war. It’s remarkable that the Maoists cut down and removed this historical marker even though it was a significant death site marker to a local defender.

More photos and information found here:
https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=21451

The stone memorial to John Q Marr in front of the old original Fairfax County courthouse and two Dahlgren howitzers were also cruelly removed on Nov 5, 2020. The memorial remains in storage to this day. The memorial read as follows: “This stone marks the scene of the opening conflict of the war of 1861–1865, when John Q. Marr, Captain of the Warrenton Rifles, who was the first soldier killed in action, fell 800 ft. S. 46 W. Mag. of this spot, June 1st, 1861.”.

https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=620

Here's an article about the removal of the John Q Marr memorial:
https://dcist.com/story/20/11/06/fairfax-county-removes-confederate-monuments-from-courthouse/

More info and gravesite of John Quincy Marr who was the first Confederate Officer killed in the war.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7784606/john_quincy-marr

John Quincy Marr was a “Confederate Army Officer. Born in Warrenton, Virginia, he graduated 2nd in the 1846 class of the Virginia Military Institute, later, for a time he taught there, then took over management of family land holdings. In the years before the Civil War he was county treasurer, sheriff, and presiding justice of county courts. Following John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859, he organized the Warrenton Rifles militia for home defense and in 1861 sat as a delegate in the Virginia secession convention. Commissioned Lieutenant Colonel on May 5, 1861, he served on garrison duty with the Warrenton Rifles at Dumfries, Bristoe Station, and Fairfax Court House. In the predawn hours of June 1, 50 men of the 2nd United States Cavalry under Lieutenant Charles H. Tompkins rode through Fairfax Court House firing their weapons. One random bullet killed him while he was standing in a clover field at the roadside; thus making him the first Confederate officer killed in the war. His body was undiscovered for a few hours, while others skirmished with the 2nd Cavalry, a few more casualties were sustained in the fighting. In 1904 he was memorialized with a stone monument at Fairfax Court House. His uniform shako cap, jacket, epaulets, overcoat and sword are in the collection of the Museum of the Confederacy, in Richmond, Virginia.

Before/After this historical marker was cut down. This page was primarily created to capture and document the purging, ...
07/11/2024

Before/After this historical marker was cut down. This page was primarily created to capture and document the purging, censoring, whitewashing, removals, and relocations of our historical markers.

This historical marker was located in Fairfax, Virginia at map coordinates: (38.849750, -77.316444). This one and a couple others were just cut down with a saw by the city in acts resembling Communist China, Soviet Union, ISIS, and N**i Germany. -RJ

See Mao's America:
https://a.co/d/0hM2EgI5

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