Round Hill in Loudoun County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Lt. Col. Roger Preston Chew (1843-1921)

Photographed by Craig Swain, July 12, 2020

1. Lt. Col. Roger Preston Chew (1843-1921) Marker

Inscription. R. Preston Chew, Confederate artillery officer, was born here at Locust Grove. He moved to what is now West Virginia as a child and graduated from the Virginia Military Institute. In Nov. 1861 he helped organize, and became captain of, the Confederacy's first horse artillery company. The unit, known as Chew's Battery, participated in Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's Shenandoah Valley Campaign in 1862 and later joined the Stuart Horse Artillery Battalion, part of Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's cavalry command. Chew became commander of the Stuart Horse Artillery early in 1865. A prominent businessman after the war, he served in the West Virginia House of Delegates from 1885 to 1890.

Erected 2019 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number T-29.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) series list. A significant historical month for this entry is October 1861.

Location. 39° 7.11′ N, 77° 49.338′ W. Marker is in Round Hill, Virginia, in Loudoun County. It is at the intersection of Harry Bird

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Highway (State Highway 7) and Williams Gap Road (State Road 711) on Harry Bird Highway. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Round Hill VA 20141, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Washington Metropolitan Area

and in Northern Virginia.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Snickersville Turnpike (approx. ¾ mile away); a different marker also named Snickersville Turnpike (approx. 0.8 miles away); Bluemont (approx. 0.8 miles away); Bluemont Historic District (approx. 0.8 miles away); The Snickersville Academy (approx. 0.8 miles away); The Lives And Times Of The Snickersville Academy (approx. 0.9 miles away);

Photographed by Craig Swain

2. Lt. Col. Roger Preston Chew (1843-1921) Marker

Mt. Airy Fight (approx. 1.3 miles away); Appalachian Trail and Bears Den (approx. 1.6 miles away).

Other markers no longer nearby. Crook and Early (was approx. 1.3 miles away but has been confirmed missing); Forerunner of Wireless Telegraphy (was approx. 1.3 miles away but has been confirmed missing); Clark County / Loudoun County (was approx. 1.3 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Roger P. Chew image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Swain

3. Roger P. Chew

From the Virginia Military Institute digital collection.

Credits. This page was last revised on September 19, 2021. It was originally submitted on July 12, 2020, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,003 times since then and 85 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 12, 2020, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.