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Potomac Crossings

Loudoun County · 4.2 miles north of Leesburg. · location approximate

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Here Lee turned east to the Potomac, crossing at White's Ford, September 6, 1862, in his invasion of Maryland. Jubal A. Early. returning from his Washington raid, crossed the river at White's Ford, July 14, 1864.

1948 text, presented as a historical document.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: Virginia Department of Conservation and Development, State Historical Markers of Virginia, 6th ed. (1948)

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