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A wood frame, one story, gable roofed building in the Quaker Plain Style constructed in 1853. Union soldiers carved their names and initials to the right of the entryway.

"Salem Church was a Baptist church built in 1844. It was a brick construction 2 1/2 stories tall." No details of graffiti

An Episcopal Church associated with George Washington and George Mason, in some decay at the time of the Civil War. "Union forces stripped the building’s interior for souvenirs of "Washington's Church" and used its worship space as a stable. Soldiers…

A Federal style church built around 1819. Occupied by Union soldiers, who used it as hospital and barracks. A signature survives in the remaining part of the church.

A Georgian brick building built in the 1750s. Occupied by both Confederate and Union soldiers; both groups left graffiti on the interior and exterior.

Exterior of the Falls Church; Union soldiers covered the interior with signatures, photographed by Matthew Brady at that time, but no longer visible

A church in the Greek Revival style built in 1859. "The location of the church was just right for both the Northern and the Southern forces as they passed through the area. Both armies used the building as their headquarters. It was used as a stable,…

" Mt. Zion Old School Baptist Church, built in 1851, was an eyewitness to the Civil War, used as a rendezvous site, prison, barracks, and battleground. Union troops used the church as a hospital after the cavalry engagements of Aldie, Middleburg, and…

"Morgan Chapel in Bunker Hill, one of the first places of worship in Berkeley County, was erected in 1740 by Colonel Morgan Morgan, whose descendants founded Morgantown. The current building housing Morgan Chapel, constructed in 1852, is the third…