Level Green Witness to War: The Civil War in Northeast Virginia

The Oldest House in Northern Virginia Level Green was built in in 1728, fifteen years before Mount Vernon. It has seen many joyous events as well as trials and tribulations. Not the least of the latter was the Civil War in which it played an active part. Bullets and shells landed near and on the house. Wounded soldiers were treated in its rooms and on its porches. Many died and their bodies as well as amputated limbs of others were placed in the private family burying ground. General Beauregard's staff used it as his adminustrative headquarters with telegraph wires from it direct to Richmond. Forces from both sides occupied the house and barns throughout the war. It survived, damaged as it was, as it has done for two hundred and seventy seven years. Its history is one of people, ghosts, and adventure. Level Green was a valuable asset both for the North and the South.