Churchville in Augusta County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

James Edward Hanger

Photographed by Robert H. Moore, II, circa 2003

1. James Edward Hanger Marker

Inscription. Born near Churchville on 25 Feb. 1843, Hanger joined the Churchville Cavalry at Phillipi, W.Va., on 2 June 1861, where the next morning he was wounded. The resulting amputation of his leg was probably the first of the Civil War. He convalesced at his parents' house, which stood nearby. Within three months he had invented the first artificial limb modeled on the human leg and hinged at the knee. Hanger constructed factories in Staunton and Richmond, and after WWI he built others in France and England. On 15 June 1919 he died and was buried in Washington, D.C., his home since 1906.

Erected 1956 by Virginia Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number W-156.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Science & Medicine • War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) series list. A significant historical date for this entry is June 2, 1861.

Location. 38° 13.558′ N, 79° 9.812′ W. Marker is in Churchville, Virginia, in Augusta County. It is on Churchville Avenue (U.S. 250) just west of Buffalo Gap Highway (State Route 42), on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Churchville VA 24421, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

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 7 miles

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of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Last Indian Clash (approx. 2 miles away); West View (approx. 4.1 miles away); Mount Pleasant (approx. 4.4 miles away); Colonel George Moffett (approx. 4.4 miles away); Augusta County Training School (approx. 5.7 miles away); Project Dogwood: Staunton's Tradition Reborn (approx. 6.2 miles away); Lt. Col. Jacob Earl "Shorty" Manch (approx. 6.3 miles away); 116th Infantry Regiment Memorial (approx. 6.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Churchville.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, May 2, 2010

2. James Edward Hanger Marker

James Edward Hanger image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Robert H. Moore, II

3. James Edward Hanger

Credits. This page was last revised on August 24, 2024. It was originally submitted on February 6, 2009, by Robert H. Moore, II of Winchester, Virginia. This page has been viewed 2,871 times since then and 59 times this year. Last updated on August 24, 2024, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1. submitted on February 6, 2009, by Robert H. Moore, II of Winchester, Virginia. 2. submitted on May 8, 2010, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. 3. submitted on February 6, 2009, by Robert H. Moore, II of Winchester, Virginia. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.