IN AUGUST 2016, WORD WAS RECEIVED FROM A RESTORATION SITE IN MANASSAS, VIRGINIA, THAT GRAFFITI WAS FOUND ON THE WALLS OF THE *LIBERIA PLANTATION FROM THE TIME OF THE CIVIL WAR. AMONG THAT GRAFFITI WAS THE SIGNATURE OF:
ADAM McKELVEY, COMPANY F, 12TH PA, 1862 .... IT HAS BEEN PROVEN THAT ADAM WAS INDEED A MEMBER OF THE 12TH PA INFANTRY. HE ENLISTED ON MAY 30, 1861. HE THEN TRANSFERRED TO THE 190TH INFANTRY, CO. G IN MAY 1864. ON AUGUST 19, 1864, HE WAS TAKEN PRISONER AT WELDEN RAILROAD, VA, AND WAS HELD AT A PRISON IN SALISBURY, N.C. UNTIL MARCH, 1865. HE WAS MUSTERED OUT OF THE ARMY AT ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, VA. ON JUNE 28, 1865. HE DIED IN 1891 BEFORE RECEIVING A PENSION...
*Liberia Plantation is located in the City of Manassas, several miles from the Manassas National Battle Field Park. Liberia Plantation house is owned by the City of Manassas and is managed by The Manassas Museum.
ADAM McKELVEY, COMPANY F, 12TH PA, 1862 .... IT HAS BEEN PROVEN THAT ADAM WAS INDEED A MEMBER OF THE 12TH PA INFANTRY. HE ENLISTED ON MAY 30, 1861. HE THEN TRANSFERRED TO THE 190TH INFANTRY, CO. G IN MAY 1864. ON AUGUST 19, 1864, HE WAS TAKEN PRISONER AT WELDEN RAILROAD, VA, AND WAS HELD AT A PRISON IN SALISBURY, N.C. UNTIL MARCH, 1865. HE WAS MUSTERED OUT OF THE ARMY AT ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, VA. ON JUNE 28, 1865. HE DIED IN 1891 BEFORE RECEIVING A PENSION...
*Liberia Plantation is located in the City of Manassas, several miles from the Manassas National Battle Field Park. Liberia Plantation house is owned by the City of Manassas and is managed by The Manassas Museum.
IN AUGUST 2016, WORD WAS RECEIVED FROM A RESTORATION SITE IN MANASSAS, VIRGINIA, THAT GRAFFITI WAS FOUND ON THE WALLS OF THE *LIBERIA PLANTATION FROM THE TIME OF THE CIVIL WAR. AMONG THAT GRAFFITI WAS THE SIGNATURE OF:
ADAM McKELVEY, COMPANY F, 12TH PA, 1862 .... IT HAS BEEN PROVEN THAT ADAM WAS INDEED A MEMBER OF THE 12TH PA INFANTRY. HE ENLISTED ON MAY 30, 1861. HE THEN TRANSFERRED TO THE 190TH INFANTRY, CO. G IN MAY 1864. ON AUGUST 19, 1864, HE WAS TAKEN PRISONER AT WELDEN RAILROAD, VA, AND WAS HELD AT A PRISON IN SALISBURY, N.C. UNTIL MARCH, 1865. HE WAS MUSTERED OUT OF THE ARMY AT ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, VA. ON JUNE 28, 1865. HE DIED IN 1891 BEFORE RECEIVING A PENSION...
*Liberia Plantation is located in the City of Manassas, several miles from the Manassas National Battle Field Park. Liberia Plantation house is owned by the City of Manassas and is managed by The Manassas Museum.
ADAM McKELVEY, COMPANY F, 12TH PA, 1862 .... IT HAS BEEN PROVEN THAT ADAM WAS INDEED A MEMBER OF THE 12TH PA INFANTRY. HE ENLISTED ON MAY 30, 1861. HE THEN TRANSFERRED TO THE 190TH INFANTRY, CO. G IN MAY 1864. ON AUGUST 19, 1864, HE WAS TAKEN PRISONER AT WELDEN RAILROAD, VA, AND WAS HELD AT A PRISON IN SALISBURY, N.C. UNTIL MARCH, 1865. HE WAS MUSTERED OUT OF THE ARMY AT ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, VA. ON JUNE 28, 1865. HE DIED IN 1891 BEFORE RECEIVING A PENSION...
*Liberia Plantation is located in the City of Manassas, several miles from the Manassas National Battle Field Park. Liberia Plantation house is owned by the City of Manassas and is managed by The Manassas Museum.
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THIS GRAVE DOES NOT HAVE A HEADSTONE...In Oct. 2017 the local VFW petioned the goverment for a tombstone and had it installed.
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