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Historical Highway MarkersThe Sentry BoxN-31-a
The Sentry Box (ca. 1786) is an elegant specimen of late-Georgian-style architecture. Brig. Gen. George Weedon of the Continental army, later mayor of Fredericksburg, built the house and named it to reflect his military career. Weedon's wife, Catherine, invited the family of Gen. Hugh Mercer, who died at the Battle of Princeton, to live with them. The Mercer children later inherited the property and Confederate general Hugh Weedon Mercer was born here. In December 1862, the Union army built its middle pontoon crossing over the Rappahannock River just below the Sentry Box. Intense fighting occurred here, and the house was heavily damaged.
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References/Bibliographic Citation: Alvey, Edward Jr. The Fredericksburg Fire of 1807. Chamberlayne, C. G. Ham Chamberlayne-Virginian: Letters and Papers of an Artillery Officer In the War for Southern Independence, 1861-1865. (Dietz Printing Co.: Richmond, VA, 1932). King, George H. S. General George Weedon. William and Mary Quarterly, 2nd Edition, 1940. Ward, Harry M. Duty, Honor or Country: General George Weedon And The American Revolution. (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1979.) Records from the Historic Fredericksburg Foundation, Inc. Loth, Calder. The Virginia Landmarks Register. (University of Virginia Press. Charlottesville, 1999). Pg 135. |