On March 25, Leesburg's Balch Library and the Mosby Heritage Area Association are jointly sponsoring a Walking Tour of Civil War Leesburg with Historian Emeritus Rich Gillespie.

The tour will leave from the Balch Library parking lot 208 West Market Street, Leesburg, at 10:00am.

The tour will examine the surviving Civil War townscape in Leesburg as a vehicle for discussion of how the Civil War developed and engulfed the county seat of Loudoun, then a town of only 1,500.

The two-hour chronological tour will provide ample spots to sit for the weary, and will paint some vibrant historic portraits to keep people enthralled. Included in the tour will be three skirmish sites, outside stops at two churches soldiers knew well, the courthouse lawn, "the best street in town," Harrison Hall where General Lee stayed, and the Episcopal cemetery.

Good walking shoes are required. The John Janney House