With the establishment of the Stoneman Road, a day’s ride was eliminated from the trip. The new route was named after 48-year-old Col. George Stoneman, a Civil War veteran and career Army man ...

Grant in Appomattox Court House, Va. — fighting finally reached Rowan County. Maj. Gen. George Stoneman led his cavalry to Rowan County and raided Confederate supplies in what is now known as ...

When the Southern states seceded from the Union, New York-born George Stoneman and Georgia-born Alfred Iverson Jr. crossed swords. One would capture the other during William Tecumseh Sherman’s ...

George Stoneman’s invasion thanks to pleas from fellow Masons. 2. St. Luke’s Episcopal Church — 131 W. Council St. Mrs. Jefferson (Varina) Davis, wife of the Confederacy’s president ...