Marched at six o'clock A. M. Passed the Savage House, at the
Baltimore cross-roads, (headquarters of McClellan,) St. Peter's Church, where
Washington was married to Mrs. Custis, and went to camp a few miles from
Bottoms' Bridge. General McClellan issued two rations of whiskey to the
soldiers.
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BLOG EDITORS NOTE: George Washington married Martha Washington on January 6, 1759, at the White House Plantation in New Kent County, Virginia. The wedding took place at Martha's estate, known as the "White House," where she had lived with her first husband, Daniel Parke Custis. After their marriage, George and Martha Washington moved to Mount Vernon, which became their lifelong home. The White House Plantation stood on the Pamunkey River near present-day White House, Virginia. Although the original mansion no longer survives, it is remembered as the site of one of the most famous marriages in American history.
SOURCE: Theodore Reichardt, Diary of Battery A, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery, p. 43
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