Sandusky
In the grove to the northwest is Sandusky, built by Charles Johnston in 1797 and named for the city in Ohio, then a trading post, where Johnston stayed after escaping from the Indians. Here the Union General Hunter had his headquarters, June 17-18, 1864. Presidents Rutherford B. Hayes and William McKinley, then officers under Hunter, roomed together in this house.
1948 text, presented as a historical document.
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Marker data: Virginia Department of Conservation and Development, State Historical Markers of Virginia, 6th ed. (1948)
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