Edinburg in Shenandoah County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Civil War Action in Edinburg
Photographed By Bradley Owen, October 17, 2017
1. Civil War Action in Edinburg Marker
Inscription.
Civil War Action in Edinburg. . During Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's 1862 Valley campaign, Confederate Col. Turner Ashby's cavalry and Chew's Battery halted Union Maj Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks's steady advance southward. Ashby engaged Union forces 28 times in April along Stony Creek and the Valley Pike. Confederate guns located on Cemetery Hill to the southwest, dueled with Union batteries on Academy Hill directly across the center of Edinburg. In early October 1864, during their burning of the Shenandoah Valley, Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan's troopers set the Edinburg Mill afire but extinguished it after two local girls protested.
During Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's 1862 Valley campaign, Confederate Col. Turner Ashby's cavalry and Chew's Battery halted Union Maj Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks's steady advance southward. Ashby engaged Union forces 28 times in April along Stony Creek and the Valley Pike. Confederate guns located on Cemetery Hill to the southwest, dueled with Union batteries on Academy Hill directly across the center of Edinburg. In early October 1864, during their burning of the Shenandoah Valley, Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan's troopers set the Edinburg Mill afire but extinguished it after two local girls protested.
Erected 1995 by Dept. of Historic Resources. (Marker Number AB-2.)
Location. 38° 49.292′ N, 78° 33.98′ W. Marker is in Edinburg, Virginia, in Shenandoah County. Marker is at the intersection of Stony Creek Boulevard (Virginia Route 185/675) and Piccadilly Street, on the right when traveling north on Stony Creek Boulevard. Marker is one block north of South Main Street (US-11). Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Edinburg VA 22824, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Photographed By Linda Walcroft, September 23, 2009
2. Civil War Action in Edinburg Marker and Nearby Marker for Turner Ashby's Command
Photographed By Linda Walcroft, September 23, 2009
3. Edinburg Mill
214 South Main Street (Route 11), Edinburg, Virginia
Credits. This page was last revised on April 26, 2021. It was originally submitted on October 5, 2009, by Linda Walcroft of Woodstock, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,891 times since then and 62 times this year. Last updated on April 3, 2021, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. Photos:1. submitted on April 2, 2021, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. 2, 3. submitted on October 5, 2009, by Linda Walcroft of Woodstock, Virginia. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
