Near Berryville in Clarke County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Fight at Golds Farm
Photographed by Craig Swain, July 15, 2007
1. Fight at Gold's Farm Marker
Golds Farm
Sept. 3, 1864
Mosby & 6th N.Y.
Cavalry
Erected by J.E.B. Stuart Camp of the Confederate Veterans.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Sons of Confederate Veterans/United Confederate Veterans series list. A significant historical month for this entry is September 1819.
Location. 39° 8.147′ N, 77° 59.63′ W. Marker is near Berryville, Virginia, in Clarke County. It is on Lord Fairfax Highway (U.S. 340), on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Berryville VA 22611, 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 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Berryville (approx. half a mile away); a different marker also named Josephine City (approx. Ύ mile away); The Schools of Josephine City (approx. 0.9 miles away); Milton Valley Cemetery (approx. 0.9 miles away); Lucy Diggs Slowe (approx. 0.9 miles away); Patsy Cline (approx. 1.2 miles away); Benjamin Berry (approx. 1.2 miles away); Bank of Clarke County (approx. 1.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Berryville.
Another marker is no longer nearby. Josephine City (was approx. Ύ mile away but has
this page online
More about this marker. This is one in a series of granite markers placed by the J.E.B. Stuart Chapter of the Confederate Veterans sometime in the 1890s to commemorate significant Civil War actions around Clarke County.
Additional commentary.
1. Fight at Golds Farm
The action here is best described as an ambush. On the same day the Battle of Berryville opened, Union General Alfred Torbert was patrolling south of the town. A detachment of Mosbys command under Captain Sam Chapman attacked the Federal lead elements, the 6th N.Y. Cavalry, and scattered them. As the main Federal force approached, Chapman withdrew with 40 horses and 30 prisoners.
— Submitted July 22, 2007, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Photographed by Craig Swain, July 15, 2007
2. Fight at Gold's Farm Marker
Photographed by Bradley Owen, October 22, 2016
3. Fields of Golds Farm
Located on the north side of Senseny Road in Berryville just west of Route 340.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, October 22, 2016
4. Avenel
The Gold Family farmhouse, located west of the battlefield, at 930 Senseny Road in Berryville.
Credits. This page was last revised on May 3, 2021. It was originally submitted on July 22, 2007, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. This page has been viewed 3,558 times since then and 406 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 22, 2007, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. 3, 4. submitted on May 1, 2021, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.
