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60: 1161: 77: 102: 127: 315:. His son Edmund inherited Evergreen. When Edmund married an heiress from Tennessee, Mary Lawson Williams, her father gave Edmund the choice of a dowry in land or slaves, and Edmund Berkeley chose the latter. Thus dozens of enslaved people walked to the northern Virginia plantation from Tennessee. The Berkeleys raised 13 children on the plantation, and owned 52 enslaved people by 1860. The plantation also included a spoke mill, which burned down either early in the war or shortly before the war, and was not rebuilt due to the conflict. 330:(Edumund's younger brother but an earlier VMI graduate). The unit served with distinction through many battles and was sometimes called the "Berkeley Regiment". Norborne Berkeley soon was elected lieutenant colonel (his brothers Edmund and William captained companies, with the youngest brother Charles as William's lieutenant), and rose to become the unit's colonel with Edmund as lieutenant colonel, William as major and Charles as senior captain. Edmund, Norborne and William Berkeley were all wounded during 1168: 134: 109: 84: 338:(during which the unit suffered 90% casualties). Only Edmund was not captured afterward; his three brothers were exchanged for Union prisoners by March 18, 1864, and returned to duty. Norborne would suffer from severe rheumatism which led to his resignation and hospitalization in Richmond as the war ended; William and Charles were also captured after the 345:
Edmund returned to rebuild Evergreen after the war, and would found a local agricultural society. Norborne and William would return to farm adjacent estates in Loudoun County, but Norborne especially had severe financial problems and would live at various family estates, including Evergreen, where he
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The surrounding property was converted to a golf club about 1970. Around 2007, local residents became concerned about the mansion's relative non-use by the golf club, and were concerned that it would become structurally unstable and razed. Instead, a preservation support group was formed and the
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more than two decades after his death. A historic marker for the Manassas Peace Jubilee, which prompted two larger reunions at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and the creation of
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in 2008. It was subsequently converted into the "Inn at Evergreen", with eleven bedrooms and modern amenities under the historic facade.
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Edmund Berkeley raised a local militia company called the "Evergreen Guards" which was one of eight incorporated into the
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died in 1911. Immediately after the war, Norborne was elected as one of Loudoun County's delegates to the
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and who later became a local philanthropist and led many veterans' peace and commemorative activities.
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John E. Divine, 8th Virginia Infantry (The Virginia Regimental Histories Series 1983) p. 57
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Lewis Berkeley (1777-1836) built the house about 1827 and moved from his plantation near
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Evergreen, State Route 630 vicinity, Waterfall, Prince William County, VA
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National Register of Historic Places in Prince William County, Virginia
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in 1911, as well as contributed to Round's campaign to create
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Evergreen (Haymarket, Virginia) is located in Northern Virginia
Evergreen (Haymarket, Virginia) is located in Virginia
Evergreen (Haymarket, Virginia) is located in the United States
Haymarket, Virginia
38°52′55″N 77°39′44″W / 38.88194°N 77.66222°W / 38.88194; -77.66222
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plantation house
Haymarket
Prince William County, Virginia
Edmund Berkeley
8th Virginia Infantry
American Civil War
Aldie, Virginia
8th Virginia Infantry
Eppa Hunton
Norborne Berkeley
Pickett's Charge
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Sailor's Creek
Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1868
United Confederate Veterans
George Carr Round
Manassas Peace Jubilee
Manassas National Battlefield Park
First Battle of Bull Run
Second Battle of Bull Run
Great Depression

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