| Georgia (DeKalb County), Atlanta — 044-7 — Old Cross Keys |
| | Ante-bellum crossroads settlement & Post Office; James Reeve (1792 - 1852) Post Master & merchant. Prior to 1864 the Post Office was removed to a point between Chamblee & Doraville where, name unchanged, it was known as Cross Keys Post Office. To distinguish the one from the other, this place was called Old Cross Keys & was thus cited in Federal dispatches, maps & reports of military operations here in 1864. At this point, a brief contact was made between the marching columns of Dodge´s 16th . . . — Map (db m14052) |
| Georgia (Fulton County), Sandy Springs — 060-9 — To Sandy Springs and Old Cross Keys |
| | Schofield’s 23rd A.C., the first of the Federal forces to cross the Chattahoochee River at Isom’s Ferry on July 8, remained on this ridge from July 8 to 17, 1864. On the 17th the corps began its march to make contact with McPherson’s Army of the Tennessee at Old Cross Keys. Cox’s (3d) followed by Hascall’s (2d) division took the road (Mount Vernon) to Sandy Springs Camp Ground, one mile northeast.
To present a wider corps front to the southeast, Hascall’s division detoured (via Long Island . . . — Map (db m10525) |
| New Jersey (Middlesex County), Woodbridge — Cross Keys Tavern — United States Constitution Bicentennial |
| | This tavern, operated at the time by John Manning, hosted the overnight stay of George Washington April 22, 1789 on route to his inauguration on April 30, 1789. Washington was accompanied on the part of the journey from New Brunswick to Rahway by Captain Nathaniel Heard and militia from Woodbridge. The tavern was originally located at the corner of Main Street and Amboy Avenue. — Map (db m8987) |
| South Carolina (Union County), Cross Keys — 44-3 — Cross Keys House |
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[Front]:
A post office was established in 1809 at Cross Keys, S.C. In 1812-1814, Barrum Bobo erected this house at the intersection of the Piedmont Stage Road and the Old Buncombe Road. During the ante-bellum period, it was the center of a properous plantation. The gables of the building contain the cross keys insignia and the dates of the construction.
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On April 30, 1865, during the retreat from Richmond, Virginia, Jefferson Davis passed through Cross Keys, . . . — Map (db m13390) |
| Virginia (Rockingham County), Cross Keys — Battle of Cross Keys — Walker’s Flank Attack — 1862 Valley Campaign |
| | After repulsing the initial Union attack, Confederate Gen. Isaac R. Trimble’s brigade heavily engaged two brigades of Union Gen. Louis Blenker’s division near here on June 8, 1862. During the afternoon fighting, Col. James A. Walker’s demi-brigade consisting of the 13th and 25th Virginia infantry regiments reinforced Trimble. Walker marched his men along the Goods Mill Road on the Confederate rifght flank in an effort to move around the union forces facing Trimble. Walker’s first attempt to . . . — Map (db m16435) |
| Virginia (Rockingham County), Cross Keys — Battle of Cross Keys — Duel Attacks — 1862 Valley Campaign |
| | Early on June 8, 1862, Union commander Gen. John C. Frémont
viewed the field at Cross Keys and without proper reconnaissance
assumed that Gen. Richard S. Ewell’s left flank was the strong side
of the Confederate line. Frémont ordered his artillery to soften
Ewell’s position. A duel ensued from 10 a.m. until noon, 20 Confederate
guns against almost 50 Union cannons. Accurate Confederate
fire caused a soldier from Ohio to remark that Stonewall Jackson
himself must have paced off the range . . . — Map (db m25549) |
| Virginia (Rockingham County), Cross Keys — Battle of Cross Keys — Southern Artillery — 1862 Valley Campaign |
| | Confederate Gen. Richard S. Ewell had five artillery batteries with him at Cross Keys. Four batteries and a 2-gun section (about 18 guns total) were massed on the ridgeline to your front. At the time of the battle on June 8, 1862, the ridge was mostly devoid of trees. Capt. Alfred Courtney’s Henrico Battery occupied the right of the Confederate position. Nineteen-year-old Lt. Joseph W. Latimer, who commanded a section of the battery, was later mentioned for his gallantry in Ewell’s report on . . . — Map (db m25550) |
| Virginia (Rockingham County), Cross Keys — Battle of Cross Keys — The Civilians of Cross Keys — 1862 Valley Campaign |
| | During the Civil War, this battlefield contained some of the most productive
farmland in the Shenandoah Valley and Virginia, as it does today. At
the time of the battle, these fields were in stands of wheat, buckwheat, rye,
corn, and clover.
Almost all the farmers here were German
Baptist Brethren, also called Dunkers or Dunkards
because of their belief in adult baptism. Because
they were pacifists who abhorred the taking of
human life, many young Brethren men left the
South or paid . . . — Map (db m25551) |
| Virginia (Rockingham County), Cross Keys — Battle of Cross Keys — Slaughter of the 8th New York Infantry — 1862 Valley Campaign |
| | On June 8, 1862, during the Battle of Cross keys, Gen. Isaac R. Trimble’s Confederate brigade of a little more than 1,500 men occupied this line, a masked position behind a split-rail fence in what was then a wood line to your right and left. Shortly after noon, the 548-man-strong 8th New York Infantry of Gen. Julius Stahel’s brigade marched toward Trimble, but the regiment’s officers failed to put a skirmish line out front to locate the Southern position. Skirmishers from the 21st North . . . — Map (db m16191) |
| Virginia (Rockingham County), Cross Keys — Battle of Cross Keys — Immigrant Soldiers — 1862 Valley Campaign |
| | Many immigrants fought for the North and the South during the Civil War. Their numbers were especially high in Gen. Louis Blenker’s division of Gen. John C. Fremont’s union army at Cross Keys on June 8, 1862. Two Germans (Gen. Henry Bohlen and Col. John Koltes) and one Hungarian (Gen. Julius Stahel) commanded Blenker’s three brigades on this part of the field. Blenker and his lieutenants had been officers in European revolutions during the 1840s. German, Swiss, Irish, English, Italians, . . . — Map (db m16265) |
| Virginia (Rockingham County), Cross Keys — Battle of Cross Keys — Trimble’s Ravine — 1862 Valley Campaign |
| | On June 8, 1862, Confederate Gen. Isaac R, Trimble led part of the 15th Alabama Infantry Regiment through the then-swampy ravine in front of you to attack Union Gen. Louis Blenker’s division. Trimble intended to move around the 54th New York infantry Regiment on the rising ground beyond . he left the 21st Georgia Infantry, the 16th Mississippi Infantry, and the remaining portion of the 15th Alabama behind to make frontal assaults against the New Yorkers’ position. At about the same time, the . . . — Map (db m16267) |
| Virginia (Rockingham County), Cross Keys — Cross Keys Battlefield |
| | Here, June 8, 1862, Gen. J. C. Fremont—pursuing Gen. T. J. “Stonewall” Jackson—was checked by Gen. R. S. Ewell with part of Jackson’s army, which lay towards Port Republic. Federals engaged: 12,750, killed and wounded: 684. Confederates engaged: 8,000, killed and wounded: 288. — Map (db m4056) |
| Virginia (Rockingham County), Cross Keys — The Battle of Cross Keys — “It was not in men to stand such fire as that.” — 1862 Valley Campaign |
| | Following Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson’s victory at Winchester, Union troops pursued the Confederates south, “up” the Shenandoah Valley. While Gen. John C. Fremont advanced on the Valley Turnpike, another Union force, led by Gen. James Shields, pursued Jackson through the Page (Luray) Valley father east. Jackson took position at Port Republic, four miles east of you, to engage Shields, leaving Gen. Richard Ewell here at Cross Keys to hold back Fremont. Ewell . . . — Map (db m16187) |
| Virginia (Rockingham County), Harrisonburg — D-6 — Battle of Cross Keys |
| | Three miles south, on Mill Creek, Jackson’s rearguard, under Ewell, was attacked by Freemont, June 8, 1862. Trimble, of Ewell’s command, counterattacked, driving the Unionists back. Jackson, with the rest of his army, was near Port Republic awaiting the advance of shields up the east bank of the Shenandoah River. — Map (db m3474) |
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| Georgia (DeKalb County), Atlanta — 044-5 — Dodge's 16th A.C. Camp on Nancy's Creek |
| | July 17, 1864. The march of the corps S. from the road-fork at Providence Church (Dunwoody) was opposed by Col. Geo. G. Dibrell's brigade of Wheeler's cav. [CS]. After a sharp skirmish, the 9th Illinois Mounted Infantry drove Dibrell across the creek and beyond Old Cross Keys. Dodge made contact with Cox's div., 23d A.C. approaching Old Cross Keys on rd. from Sandy Springs, also with Blair's 17th A.C. at Shallow Ford Road 2 mi. upstream, after which Dodge camped at night on both sides of the . . . — Map (db m14307) |
| Georgia (Fulton County), Sandy Springs — 060-12 — Gen. J. D. Cox's Div. To Old Cross Keys |
| | Maj. Gen. J. M. Schofield`s 23d A.C. (US) having crossed the Chattahoochee July 8, 1864, remained near Isom`s Ferry until the 17th. On that day the corps moved toward Sandy Springs (on Mt. Vernon Rd.). Hascall`s div. turned S. (on Long Island Drive) to Mt. Paran Road. Schofield, in person, with Cox`s div., passing Sandy Springs, turned S. E. at this point (on Johnson Bridge Rd.) & (via Chamblee Rd.) moved toward Nancy`s Creek & Old Cross Keys. Late afternoon, Cox contacted Hascall`s div. at . . . — Map (db m10819) |
| New Jersey (Hunterdon County), Rosemont — Rosemont |
| | Called Cross Keys Tavern from 1754 after William
Rittenhouse’s establishment. Became Rosemont 1848. — Map (db m16824) |
| Virginia (Rockingham County), Port Republic — North River Bridge — Covered bridge instrumental in Valley Campaign |
| | The road seen across the river was the original route into the village from the north and west. Early visitors crossed North River by means of a ford, later a ferry, and finally a bridge. After the Civil War, four more bridges were built on approximately the same site; two of them destroyed by floods, two dismantled. In June 1862, near the end of his Valley Campaign, Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson was being pursued by two Union forces, those of Gen. John Fremont on the . . . — Map (db m15792) |
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| New Jersey (Middlesex County), Woodbridge — George Washington’s Inauguration — United States Constitution Bicentennial |
| | “On this site stood the historic Cross Keys Tavern” where George Washington and his party including Governor Livingston arrived late afternoon Saturday April 22, 1789 to spend the night before proceeding to Elizabethtown and hence to New York where he was inaugurated the first President April 30, 1789. The tavern was later moved to a location on James Street. — Map (db m19889) |
| New Jersey (Middlesex County), Woodbridge — Woodbridge |
| | November 28-29, 1776, Washington passed this way on the march to New Brunswick. April 22, 1789, on his inaugural tour to New York, he lodged at the Cross Keys Tavern at the northwest corner of Main Street and Perth Amboy Avenue. — Map (db m8949) |
| Ohio (Guernsey County), Cambridge — The Tingle Tavern |
| | Here the Tingle Tavern “Sign of the Crossed Keys” (first tavern in Cambridge) was built in 1808. In this tavern the first government of Guernsey County was organized 1810. — Map (db m1040) |
| Virginia, Harrisonburg — A-35 — End of the Campaign |
| | Here Stonewall Jackson, retreating up the Valley before the converging columns of Fremont and Shields, turned at bay, June 1862. A mile southeast Jackson’s cavalry commander, Ashby, was killed, June 6. At Cross Keys, six miles southeast, Ewell of Jackson’s army defeated Freemont, June 8. Near Port Republic, ten miles southeast, Jackson defeated Shields, June 9. This was the end of Jackson’s Valley Campaign. — Map (db m2869) |
| Virginia (Greene County), Stanardsville — Z-16 — Greene County / Rockingham County |
| | Greene County. Area 155 Square Miles. Formed in 1838 from Orange, and named for General Nathanael Greene, commander of the Army of the South in the Revolutionary War.
Rockingham County. Area 876 Square Miles. Formed in 1778 from Augusta, and named for the Marquis of Rockingham, British statesman. John Sevier, of Tennessee, was born in this county. In it took place the Battles of Cross Keys and Port Republic, 1862. — Map (db m2834) |
| Virginia (Shenandoah County), New Market — Z-178 — Rockingham County / Shenandoah County |
| | Rockingham County. Area 876 square miles. Formed in 1778 from Augusta, and named for the Marquis of Rockingham, British statesman. John Sevier, of Tennessee, was born in this county. In it took place the battles of Cross Keys and Port Republic, 1862.
Shenandoah County. Area 510 square miles. Formed in 1772 from Frederick, and first named Dunmore for Lord Dunmore, governor of Virginia, 1771–1775. In 1778 the county was renamed for the Shenandoah River. — Map (db m653) |
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| Georgia (DeKalb County), Atlanta — 044-8 — The Rainey Plantation |
| | July 18, 1864. The marching columns of the Army of the Tenn. (US), having diverged 5.5 mi. N.W., rejoined here when Dodge's 16th A.C. moved E. from Old Cross Keys to Rainey's. Blair's 17th A.C. moved 1.75 mi. S. on old Shallow Ford rd. & camped at Blake's Mill, N. Fork Peachtree Cr.; Dodge's 16th, 1 mi. S. (at Candler Rd.) with headquarters at the Rainey house.
Logan's 15th A.C. moved S.E. from here to Browning's Court House (TUCKER) to support Gen. Garrard's cav. in a foray on the Georgia . . . — Map (db m9417) |
| Georgia (Dekalb County), Atlanta — 044-13 — Wm. Johnston's Mill |
| | About 0.3 mile upstream N. Fork Peachtree Cr., is the site of a mill owned by Wm. Johnston (1789-1855), -a landmark of Federal military operations in the Summer of 1864. Schofield’s 23d A.C., having crossed the Chattahoochee River at Isom’s Ferry July 8, began its march towards Decatur July 17 via Old Cross Keys and the House plantation. Cox’s div. camped at House’s from which point Hascall’s div. moved S.E. to Johnston’s mill where it camped night of July 18. This route was taken to enable the . . . — Map (db m9438) |
| Georgia (DeKalb County), Dunwoody — 044-3 — Logan's & Blair's Camp Nancy's Creek |
| | July 17, 1864. Dodge's 16th A.C., together with Logan's 15th & Blair's 17th (US), having left Roswell by Shallow Ford Rd. enroute to Decatur, diverged from the column at the road - fork 2.5 mi. N.W. & moved towards Old Cross Keys. Logan & Blair came this way from the road-fork & camped here on N. bank of Nancy's Cr. Garrard's cav. was E.-his left at Buchanan's (Hightower Trail & Buford Highway).
Thus, the entire Federal army (consisting of seven corps) was posted along the creek in a concave . . . — Map (db m9416) |
| Georgia (Dekalb County), Dunwoody — 044-2 — McPherson's Divergent Line of March |
| | July 17, 1864. At this road-fork (near old Providence Church), the 16th A.C. of the Army of the Tenn. (US), enroute from Roswell to Decatur, moved by the west fork towards Nancy's Creek where it camped near old Cross Keys.
The 15th A.C., followed by the 17th continued S.E. on old Shallow Ford Rd. to Nancy's Creek where they camped. Garrard's cav. was posted on the left (east) of the 15th Corps.
The primary purpose of McPherson's march to Decatur was to seize & destroy the Georgia Railroad . . . — Map (db m9414) |
| Georgia (Fulton County), Sandy Springs — 060-15 — 4th & 23d A.C. Advance |
| | Howard’s 4th A.C. was aligned along this ridge (Mt. Vernon Rd.) from a point .5 mi. N.E. of Crossroads Ch. to 1.5 mi. S.W.. at the river. These troops reached this ridge July 12, 13, 1864, having crossed the Chattahoochee at Power’s & Isom’s ferries. Hascall`s div. (23d A.C.) was intrenched on Howard`s left (along M. Vernon Rd.)., when both lines adjusted July 14. Sherman, from h’dq’rs here (July 17-18), directed initial movements of Federal forces, from Roswell to Pace’s Ferry, to Atlanta. . . . — Map (db m10818) |
| Georgia (Fulton County), Sandy Springs — 060-11 — Hascall’s Div. Camped |
| | Brig. Gen. Milo Hascall’s (2d) div., 23d A. C., having crossed the Chattahoochee River at Isom’s Ferry (mouth of Soap Cr.), July 8, 1864, reached this point, evening July 17. This date marked the initial Federal moves upon Atlanta. Hascall’s march was by routes now known as Mt. Vernon Rd. & Long Island Dr. -- the Thomas Burdett farm being one of the landmarks cited in records as Hascall’s camping place. Hascall’s position here was by way of occupying the gap between the 4th A. C. at . . . — Map (db m17861) |
| Georgia (Fulton County), Sandy Springs — 060-13 — Hascall's Div. Joins Cox's Line of March |
| | July 17, 1864. Gen. J. D. Cox’s 23d A.C. [US], enroute from Isom's Ferry via Mt. Vernon Rd., turned S.E. at Sandy Springs & followed a rural trail (now Johnson’s Ferry and Chamblee roads) to & beyond Nancy’s Creek in DeKalb Co. Cox’s div. was scheduled to meet, at Old Cross Keys, Dodge’s 16th A.C. which was moving south from Roswell. Cox’s column passed this intersection at 5 P.M. & camped at the cr. 1 mi. S. E. July 18. Hascall’s div. left the Burdett farm (on Mt. Paran Rd) & marched N. E. to . . . — Map (db m16424) |
| Maryland (Cecil County), Calvert — Calvert Village |
| | 40 acre grant from William Penn in 1701 on which present East Nottingham Friends Meeting House built, 1724, with stone addition completed in 1752. Used as an American Army hospital in 1778. Cross Keys Tavern built in 1744, was mid-way on Old Baltimore-Philadelphia Pike. Village known as “East Nottingham”, “Brick Meeting House”, and “The Brick” before post office adopted present name in 1878. Lafayette’s Army camped in woods here April 12, 1781. White oak at . . . — Map (db m1756) |
| New Jersey (Middlesex County), Woodbridge — United States Post Office — Woodbridge, New Jersey 07095 |
| | The original post office of Woodbridge, established July 31, 1792, was located at the Cross Keys Tavern on the northwest corner of Amboy Avenue and Main Street. The first postmaster appointed by Postmaster General Timothy Pickering was the Honorable John Manning, who was the proprietor of this historical tavern, where George Washington, (April 22, 1789) remained overnight on his way to New York to be inaugurated the first President of the United States. In 1812, the Post Office was relocated . . . — Map (db m19888) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 13th Pennsylvania Reservers — 1st Brigade, 3rd Division — 5th Corps |
| | (Front):Bucktails (Right):13th Pennsylvania Reservers (1st Rifles) 42d Infantry 1st Brigade 3d Division 5th Corps Mustered in May 28 - June 11 1861 Mustered out June 11 1864 Recruited in Tioga, Perry, Cameron, Warren, Carbon, Elk, Chester, McLean and Clearfield CountiesPresent at Gettysburg 30 officers and 319 men Killed and died of wounds 2 officers and 9 men Wounded 8 officers and 27 men Captured or missing 2 men Total enrollment 1200 Killed and died of wounds 11 officers and . . . — Map (db m15595) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 27th Pennsylvania Infantry — 1st Brigade, 2nd Division — 11th Corps |
| | (Front):July 1, 1863. The Regiment moved with the Brigade in the afternoon to N.E. side of Gettysburg where it became actively engaged covering the retreat of the Corps. It then withdrew to this position where after dark of the 2nd it assisted in repulsing a desperate assault of the enemy. It subsequently moved into the Cemetery where it remained until the close of the battle. Present at Gettysburg 19 Officers and 305 Men. Killed and Mortally wounded 2 Officers and 7 Men. wounded 3 . . . — Map (db m17144) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 54th New York Infantry — 1st Brigade, 1st Division — 11th Corps |
| | (Front):54th Regt. N.Y. Infy. (Hiram Barney Rifles) 1st. Brig. 1st. Div. 11th. Corps. (Back):54th Regt. N.Y. Infantry July 1st skirmishing on extreme right near Rock Creek, July 2nd at sunset, severe fighting in this position, July 3rd held same position, Casualties, killed 7, wounded 47, missing 48, total loss 102. Cross Keys, Cedar Mountain, Rappahannock Station, Waterloo Bridge, Freemans Ford, Sulphur Springs, Groveton, Manassas, Chantilly, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, . . . — Map (db m17171) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 73rd Ohio Infantry — 2d Brigade, 2d Division — 11th Corps |
| | (Front):73d Ohio Infantry. 2d Brigade, 2d Division, 11th Corps. Erected by The State of Ohio (Left):Gettysburg July 1, 2, 3, 1863. Engaged 338 Killed 21 Mortally wounded 19 Additional wounded 104 Missing 1 Total loss 145 (Right):Organized at Chillicothe, Ohio Mustered in Dec. 30, 1861 Mustered out July 20, 1865 Original strength 891 Total enrolled 1284 Killed 156 Wounded 568 Died 123 (Back):Principal Engagements Bull Pasture Mountain Cross Keys Cedar Mountain . . . — Map (db m16906) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 75th Pennsylvania Infantry — 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division. 11th Corps |
| | (Front): July 1. Fought on this position from 2 p.m. until the Corps retired. July 2. & 3. Held position at stone wall near the Cemetery as shown by monument there. Present at Gettysburg 258. Killed, Officers 3, Men 16. Wounded, Officers 5, Men 84. Captured or missing, men 3. Total loss 111. (Left):Recruited at Philadelphia Mustered in August 9, 1861. Reenlisted January 2, 1864. Mustered out September 1, 1865. (Right):Cross Keys - Chancellorsville Freeman's Ford - . . . — Map (db m11203) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — Battery I, First Ohio Light Artillery — Dilger's Battery — 11th Corps |
| | (Front):Battery I, First Ohio Light Artillery Artillery Brigade Eleventh Corps Capt. Hubert Dilger July 1,2 & 3, 1863. Eidus Et Audax Erected by the State of Ohio (Right): This Battery Captain Huber Dilger Commanding marched with the 11th Corps from Emmittsburg to Gettysburg July 1. At once upon arriving it advanced rapidly to the Carlisle Road and having taken position near this spot, immediately engaged the enemy. See left panel (Left):Reenforced by Wheeler's New York . . . — Map (db m11135) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — Battery K, First Ohio Light Artillery — Artillery Brigade 11th Corps |
| | (Front):Arriving about noon July 1, 1863, this battery Capt. Lewis Heckman Commanding went into position here in reserve when the 11th Corps began to retire, it engaged the enemy with great gallantry. After severe loss it was withdrawn. Casualties: 2 killed. 11 wounded. 2 missing. (Back):Battery K First Ohio Light Artillery was organized for 3 years under Capt. Wm. L. DeBeck in the autumn of 1861. Reenlisted for 3 years in February, 1864. Mustered out July 12, 1865. Principle . . . — Map (db m11040) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — Sixth Ohio Cavalry — 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division — Cavalry Corps |
| | (Front):Sixth Ohio Cavalry 2 Brigade 2 Division Cavalry Corps Erected by the State of Ohio (Left):The Sixth Ohio Cavalryserved during the Gettysburg Campaign with Huey's Brigade, taking part in several severe engagements. During the battle of Gettysburg it was on detached service with the Brigade at Manchester, Md. (Back):Sixth Ohio Cavalry Organized at Warren, Ohio. Dec. 14. 1861. Served with the National Armies in Virginia under Bayard, Buford, Pleasanton, Kilpatrick, . . . — Map (db m15975) |
| Virginia, Harrisonburg — Confederate Monument |
| | (North face):This Monument is erected by the Ladies Memorial Association in grateful remembrance of the gallant Confederate Soldiers, who lie here. They died in defense of the rights of the South, in the war between the States, from 1861 to 1865. (West face):1876. In memory of men who with their lives vindicated the principles of 1776. (South face): Battles of the Valley of the Shenandoah. McDowell, Piedmont, Cross Keys, Port Republic, New Market, Cedar Creek, Kernstown, . . . — Map (db m16487) |
| Virginia, Staunton — Confederate Dead Monument - Thornrose Cemetery |
| | West Panel:
Honor to the Brave
870 Lie Here
Recorded by Name, Company & Regiment:
From
Virginia 385, N. Carolina 176, S. Carolina 59,
Georgia 208, Alabama 49, Florida 8,
Mississippi 11, Louisiana 19, Tennessee 12,
Arkansas 20, Texas 3,
And 207
Recorded by Name Only
Confederate Dead
South Panel:
“There is True Glory and a True Honor
The Glory of Duty Done,
The Honor of the Integrity of Principle”
Robert E. Lee North Panel:
Weight . . . — Map (db m16788) |
| Virginia (Page County), Luray — C-30 — White House |
| | The old building just north of the road was built for a fort in 1760. It has long been a landmark in this valley. — Map (db m572) |
| Virginia (Rockingham County), Burketown — Z-171 — Rockingham County / Augusta County |
| | Rockingham County. Area 876 square miles. Formed in 1778 from Augusta, and named for the Marquis of Rockingham, British statesman. John Seiver, of Tennessee, was born in this county. In it took place the battles of Cross Keys and Port Republic, 1862.
Augusta County. Area 1006 square miles. Formed in 1738 from Orange and named for Augusta, Princess of Wales and mother of George III. Originally it included a large part of the Middle West. President Woodrow Wilson was born in Staunton. — Map (db m12369) |
| Virginia (Rockingham County), Elkton — Jennings House — Confederate Hospital |
| | 1862 & 1864 Valley Campaigns.
This eight-room brick dwelling was built in 1840 for Dr. Simeon B. Jennings, a former resident of Port Republic. At the time of the Civil War, it was one of only half a dozen houses located in the Conrad’s Store (present-day Elkton) community.
On the evening of April 19, 1862, Confederate Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson’s 6,000-man army marched by here and into a bivouac that stretched to Swift Run. After Jackson’s men departed on April 30, . . . — Map (db m2916) |
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| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 73rd Pennsylvania Infantry — 1st Brigade, 2nd Division — 11th Corps |
| | (Front):73rd Penna Infantry July 2nd in the morning took position in the cemetery. At dusk moved hastily to this position and in a severe contest assisted in repulsing a desperate assault on these batteries. (Left):11th Corps. Present at Gettysburg 14 officers 318 men Killed 7 men Wounded 27 men Organized at Philadelphia Mustered in Sept. 19 1861 Re enlisted Jan. 1 1864 Mustered out July 14 1865 Total enrollment 1260 Killed and died of wounds 5 officers 96 men Died of disease . . . — Map (db m17254) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 82nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment |
| | (Front): The 82d Ohio Infantry Arriving from Emmittsburg at Noon July 1, 1863. Moved rapidly to the support of Dilger's Battery near the Carlisle Road. At 3 p.m. changed front to the right and advanced to a position 125 yards in front of this monument where exposed both front and flank to a severe fire. It engaged the enemy then approaching from York. After an obstinate struggle the regiment being outflanked on both sides, withdrew to Cemetery Hill where it remained until the close . . . — Map (db m11171) |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — First Pennsylvania Cavalry — First Brigade, 2nd Division — Cavalry Corps |
| | (Front):First Pennsylvania Cavalry 1 Brigade 2 Division Cavalry Corps Army of the Potomac (Right): Recruited in Montgomery, Berks, Blair, Cumberland, Juniata, Mifflin, Centre, Clinton, Greene, Fayette, Washington and Allegheny Counties Participated in 66 engagements among which are the following: Dranesville, Strasburg, Harrisonburg, Cross Keys, Cedar Mountain, Thoroughfare Gap, Gainesville, 2 Bull Run, Fredericksburg, Brandy Station, Aldie, Middleburg, Gettysburg, Shepherdstown, . . . — Map (db m16133) |
| Virginia, Harrisonburg — Court Square & Springhouse — Temporary Prison Camp |
| | During the Civil War, a road (Market Street) ran east and west through the courthouse square, dividing it roughly in half. The courthouse occupied the northern portion while the jail, clerk’s office, and springhouse were in the southern section. Plank fences surrounded both yards. These enclosures occasionally were used as holding pens for prisoners during the conflict. After the First Battle of Winchester on May 25, 1862, Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson confined about 2,000 . . . — Map (db m16482) |
| Virginia (Page County), Verbena — Shield's Advance & Retreat — Jackson Divides and Conquers — 1862 Valley Campaign |
| | Having successfully driven Gen. Nathaniel Bank's Union army from the Shenadoah Valley in late May 1862, Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's "foot cavalry" had little time to reset. While one Union army under Gen. John C. Frémont was bearing down from the north, another under Gen. James Shields was passing toward the Page Valley. If Shields could move quickly enough to overtake Jackson's force in the main valley, he and Frémont could unite and attack with a superior force. Accordingly, Jackson . . . — Map (db m12079) |
| Virginia (Rockingham County), Cross Keys — Mill Creek Church — War Strikes Peaceful Homes and Fields |
| | This church, Mill Creek Church of the Brethren, stands on the site of an antebellum house of worship that, during the Battle of Cross Keys on June 8, 1862, was used as a hospital. Amputated arms and legs were dropped outside from a window and piled up until they finally reached the sill. Confederate Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson came here and asked a wounded staff officer about the progress of the battle.
On September 30, 1864, this became the center of a wide area in which . . . — Map (db m16268) |
| Virginia (Rockingham County), Lynnwood — Port Republic |
| | Port Republic Battlefield Civil War Site—Trail Stop 1. Last Battle of Jackson’s 1862 Valley Campaign.
You are standing on the “Coaling.” By the Civil War this area was nearly devoid of trees, the timber having been used for the production of charcoal. This was the key Federal artillery position during the Battle of Port Republic.
Federal commander Brigadier General Erastus Tyler stretched his 3,000 infantry and 3 batteries of artillery in a line from a . . . — Map (db m2929) |
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| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 45th New York Infantry — 1st Brigade, 3rd Division — 11th Corps |
| | (Front):45th N.Y. Infantry 1st Brig. 3rd Div. 11th Corps. July 1, 1863 (Left):The regiment went into action about 11.30 a.m. July 1st, 1863, by deploying four companies as skirmishers under Captain Irsch about one hundred yards to the rear of this monument. They advanced supported by the other six companies under Lt. Col. Dobke about five hundred and forty yards under a terrific artillery and sharpshooter's fire to a point indicated by marker in front. The regiment also assisted . . . — Map (db m11113) |
| Virginia (Page County), Luray — White House Bridge — Critical Crossing — 1862 Valley Campaign |
| | On May 21, 1862. Confederate Gen. Thomas J.
“Stonewall” Jackson’s Valley Army plodded north
along this road to threaten Front Royal and out
flank Union Gen. Nathaniel Bank’s position at Strasburg. With the addition of Gen. Richard S.
Ewell’s division, Jackson’s command numbered
nearly 17,000 men and 50 guns. Philip Kauffman,
a young man at the time, remembered the Confederates as they crossed the Shenandoah River
on the White House Bridge and: “...Stonewall
himself . . . — Map (db m799) |
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| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — Maryland State Monument |
| | Baltimore Light Artillery, C.S.A.
Organized at Richmond, Va. August 17, 1861 Battles engaged in: Harpers Ferry; Winchester; Front Royal; Cross Keys; Port Republic; Woodstock; Gaines' Mills; Malvern Hill; Bristoe Station; Cunningham's Ford; Groveton; Rappahannock; Second Mannassas; Antietam; Yellow Tavern; Carlisle; Gettysburg; Culpepper C.H.; Mine Run; Brandy Station; Chambersburg; Leestown; Frederick; OldTown; Waynesboro; Maurytown. Officers Captain John B. Brockenbrough Captain William . . . — Map (db m6402) |
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