Civil War Graffiti Sites

Explore historical locations with preserved graffiti from the American Civil War era. These sites contain walls with documented inscriptions left by soldiers.

Arcola Quarters for the Enslaved
Historical Site

Arcola Quarters for the Enslaved

The Arcola Quarters for the Enslaved is a one-story, stone, side-gable-roofed building approximately 60 feet long and 17 feet deep and set into the upper flank of a low ridge …

Location: Arcola Quarters for the Enslaved, Sterling, Virginia

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Ben Lomond Historic Site
Historical Site

Ben Lomond Historic Site

Ben Lomond was constructed in 1832. In July 1861, Confederate forces converted it into the Pringle House Hospital following the Battle of First Manassas. The next spring, Union soldiers visited …

Location: Ben Lomond Historic Site, Manassas, Virginia
Brandy Station Graffiti House
Historical Site

Brandy Station Graffiti House

The Brandy Station Graffiti House in Brandy Station, Virginia, is a two-story frame structure built in1858. The house features rooms of Civil War charcoal and pencil graffiti and a museum. …

Location: Brandy Station Graffiti House, Brandy Station, Virginia
Historic Blenheim
Historical Site

Historic Blenheim

Historic Blenheim was built for Albert and Mary Willcoxon c. 1859 near Fairfax Court House, today’s Fairfax City, Virginia. The family became secessionists, and the house sustained physical damage by …

Location: Historic Blenheim, Fairfax, Virginia
Liberia House
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Liberia House

In 1825 Harriett Bladen Mitchell Weir and her husband William James Weir built the house and farm that became known as Liberia. The house, originally situated on 1,660 acres of …

Location: Liberia House, Manassas, Virginia
Mt. Zion Old School Baptist Church
Historical Site

Mt. Zion Old School Baptist Church

Built in 1851, Mt. Zion Old School Baptist Church was a place of worship until 1980. Located in Loudoun County, Virginia at the historic intersection of the Little River Turnpike …

Location: Mount Zion Old School Baptist Church, Aldie, Virginia