On George Collins Parkway (Virginia Route 305) 0.5 miles north of West Old Cross Road (U.S. 211), on the left when traveling north.
2:00 p.m. position of 1st Lieutenant Randolph H. Blain's Jackson Battery, 93 men.
One parrott rifle and three 12 pounder Napoleons
One man wounded — — Map (db m158164) HM WM
Near George Collins Parkway (Virginia Route 305) 0.5 miles north of West Old Cross Road (U.S. 211), on the left when traveling north.
Position of Major Henry Peale's 18th Connecticut Infantry, 350 men, skirmishers from Companies A & B suffered the first casualties in the battle.
1 man killed, 31 wounded and 24 missing. — — Map (db m158166) HM WM
Near George Collins Parkway (Virginia Route 305) 0.5 miles north of West Old Cross Road (U.S. 211), on the left when traveling north.
Position of Captain Chatham T. Ewing's Batter G, 1st West Virginia Light Artillery four 3 inch rifles.
1 man killed, 1 wounded — — Map (db m158168) HM WM
On Old Valley Turnpike (U.S. 11) south of Wissler Road, on the right when traveling south.
Built in 1892 by Franklin Hiser Wissler to provide access to his apple orchards at Strathmore Farms, this is the longest remaining covered bridge in Virginia. a 200-foot single span, located one-half mile northwest, the bridge is a Burr Truss . . . — — Map (db m559) HM
On North Congress Street (U.S. 11) at West Old Cross Road (U.S. 211), on the left when traveling north on North Congress Street.
This stone and brick residence of Miss Abbie Henkel located on the northwest corner of Congress St. and old Cross Roads Street is thought to be one of the oldest homes in New Market. The builder of this house is unknown. It is said that around . . . — — Map (db m234633) HM
On George R. Collins Parkway (Virginia Route 305), on the right when traveling north.
New Market
Battlefield Park
has been registered as a
Virginia
Historic
Landmark
pursuant to the authority vested in the
Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission
Act of 1966
This property has been
placed on the . . . — — Map (db m58953) HM
Near East Lee Street east of John Sevier Road, on the right when traveling east.
Itinerant pastor to pioneer Lutherans in the Virginia counties of Frederick, Shenandoah, Rockingham, Augusta, Botetourt, Montgomery, Wythe, and Washington; Organizer of numerous congregations in the Shenandoah Valley, in southwest Virginia, in the . . . — — Map (db m173535) HM
On Old Valley Pike (U.S. 11) at Monument Lane (Virginia Route 828), on the left when traveling north on Old Valley Pike.
On 22 May 1865, after the Civil War ended.
Capt. George W. Summers, Sgt. I. Newton Koontz,
and two other armed veterans of Co. D,
7th Virginia Cavalry, robbed six Federal
cavalrymen of their horses near Woodstock.
The horses were returned the . . . — — Map (db m15903) HM
On North Congress Street (U.S. 11) at Seminary Lane, on the right when traveling north on North Congress Street.
During the Civil War, New Market's most prominent pro-Union residents, outcasts in this largely Confederate community, lived at this intersection. Jessie Rupert was the principal of the New Market Female Seminary, which stood in front of you, . . . — — Map (db m248637) HM
On George Collins Parkway (Virginia Route 305) 0.9 miles north of West Old Cross Road (Virginia Route 211), on the left when traveling north.
This is a place where men died. This is hallowed ground.
There were 1,372 casualties at the Battle of New Market - 1 out of 8 soldiers who fought here, a casualty rate of 13%, a rate higher than battles such as Fredericksburg, Cold Harbor, . . . — — Map (db m247951) HM
On Lee Highway (U.S. 11) at East Lee Street, on the right when traveling north on Lee Highway.
Replica of a 19th century town pump made in 1987 by Otis Braxton Theis, Jr., and others, using the same tools which his ancestors used making the original pumps. This is the site of the last remaining of perhaps eight or ten public wells and was . . . — — Map (db m158182) HM
On Old Valley Pike (U.S. 11) south of Caverns Road at Exit 269 (Interstate 81), on the right when traveling south.
Stonewall Jackson’s camp ground April 2–16, 1862; his headquarters at the foot of this hill. Colonel John Francis Neff, Commander 33rd Regiment, Stonewall Brigade, born and buried near here. — — Map (db m740) HM
On Old Valley Pike (U.S. 11) south of Caverns Road at Exit 269 (Interstate 81), on the right when traveling south.
The spring of 1864 opened with United States forces pressing Confederate armies defending fronts scattered throughout the Confederacy. Union Gen. Franz Sigel was assigned the task of securing the Shenandoah Valley; always one of the Civil War’s . . . — — Map (db m17327) HM
On Old Valley Pike (U.S. 11) south of Caverns Road at Exit 269 (Interstate 81), on the right when traveling south. Reported damaged.
Rude’s Hill was reached by two divisions of Sheridan’s Union cavalry following the Confederate General Jubal A. Early, on November 22, 1864. Early promptly took position on the hill to oppose them. The cavalry, charging across the flats, were . . . — — Map (db m50317) HM
On Old Valley Pike (U.S. 11) south of Caverns Road at Exit 269 (Interstate 81), on the right when traveling south.
This old house photographed during the early 20th century and still standing about 600 yards north on the west side of the Valley Pike, was occupied
at the beginning of the Civil War by a Lutheran minister, Rev. Anders R. Rude. Gen. Thomas J. . . . — — Map (db m836) HM
On Valley Pike (U.S. 11) south of Shady Lane, on the right.
Near here was born John Sevier, pioneer and soldier, September 23, 1745. He was a leader in the Indian Wars and the Battle of King’s Mountain, 1780. He was the only governor of the short-lived state of Franklin and the first governor of Tennessee. . . . — — Map (db m654) HM
On John Sevier Road just south of East Lee Street, on the right when traveling north.
The first New Market Academy was a log structure built on this lot in 1817 and destroyed by fire in 1838. The second Academy built of brick burned in 1841. The third Academy, brick also, was erected in 1842 and conducted by Professor Joseph Salyards . . . — — Map (db m173533) HM
On George Collins Parkway (Virginia Route 305), on the left when traveling east.
The Virginia Military Institute will be heard from today. General Jackson at Chancellorsville May 3, 1863 [ Lower Marker: ] The 1990 restoration of the Jackson statue was made possible by the descendants of William Bradford Ryland, . . . — — Map (db m58698) HM
On Old Valley Pike (U.S. 11) north of Monument Lane (Virginia Route 828), on the left when traveling north.
(East Side)
Capt. Geo. W. Summers and Sergt. Newton Koontz Company D 7th Virginia Cavalry were here executed on June 27, 1865, by order of Lt. Col. Huzzy 192d, O.V.M.I.
(North Side)
Without the privilege of any kind of . . . — — Map (db m170443) HM WM
Near George Collins Parkway (Virginia Route 305) 0.4 miles north of West Old Cross Road (Virginia Route 211), on the left when traveling north.
Time: Early Afternoon
You are standing on River Road, at the point where it crosses over Manor's Hill. The Confederates paused on this line after pushing the Federals off this ground.
In the new alignment, skirmishers from the 30th . . . — — Map (db m248070) HM
Near George Collins Parkway (Virginia Route 305) 0.9 miles north of West Old Cross Road (Virginia Route 211), on the left when traveling north.
Time: Mid Afternoon
Around 2:30 to 3:00 pm, the area around you was engulfed in battle as the Confederates moved against the Union position on Bushong's Hill, 1/2 mile to your front. At this point, the fire from the Federal defenders was . . . — — Map (db m248005) HM
On George Collins Parkway (Virginia Route 305) 0.4 miles north of West Old Cross Road (Virginia Route 211), on the left when traveling north.
Time: Morning
You are standing on the western portion of the Union line at the beginning of the Battle of New Market. The 123rd Ohio Infantry and the 18th Connecticut Infantry were positioned here. The cannon of the 1st West Virginia . . . — — Map (db m248610) HM
Near George Collins Parkway (Virginia Route 305) 0.9 miles north of West Old Cross Road (Virginia Route 211), on the left when traveling north.
Time: Early Afternoon
You're standing on the short-lived Union defensive line on Rice's Hill, where the 18th Connecticut and 123rd Ohio infantry regiments desperately and vainly tried to hold off advancing Confederates.
When Union . . . — — Map (db m248188) HM
On George R. Collins Parkway (Virginia Route 305), on the left when traveling north.
In the spring of 1864, Union Gen. Franz Sigel marched his 10,000-man army south through the Shenandoah Valley as part of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s strategy to attack the Confederacy on several fronts simultaneously. To counter this threat, Gen. . . . — — Map (db m155959) HM
On George Collin Parkway aka Miller Lane (Virginia Route 305) near Interstate 81, exit 264 west (U.S. 211), in the median.
The Battle of New Market was fought here Sunday morning, May 15, 1864. The Confederates under Gen. J. C. Breckinridge were victorious over the Federals under Gen. Franz Sigel. The decisive incident of the battle was the heroic capture of the Federal . . . — — Map (db m182592) HM
Near Old Valley Pike (U.S. 11), on the right when traveling south. Reported permanently removed.
As the Battle of New Market unfolded on May 15, 1864, Confederate troops under Gen. John C. Breckinridge heavily assaulted the left flank of Union Gen. Franz Sigel's army. Sigel counterattacked with Gen. Julius Stahel's cavalry, which charged down . . . — — Map (db m39856) HM
Near George Collin Parkway (County Route 305), on the right when traveling south.
On June 22, 1791, Henry Bushong patented a 260-acre tract in Shenandoah County that would be home for several generations of his descendants. Henry’s son, Jacob married Sarah Strickler in 1818. They took up residence in a four-room log house and . . . — — Map (db m165232) HM
On North Congress Street (U.S. 11) north of West Old Cross Road (Virginia Route 211), on the left when traveling north.
The original house on this property was constructed c. 1800 and was home to the Clinedinst family at the time of the Civil War. It was in that wartime house that 17-year-old VMI Cadet Thomas Garland Jefferson, a great grandnephew of founding . . . — — Map (db m248572) HM
On George Collins Parkway (Virginia Route 305) 0.4 miles north of West Old Cross Road (Virginia Route 211), on the left when traveling north.
Time: Mid Afternoon
When the Confederates attacked the Federals here on the River Road/Manor's Hill line, shortly after noon, they met little resistance. Seeing his troops were outmanned, Union commander Gen. Franz Sigel had ordered most . . . — — Map (db m248280) HM
On Lee Highway (U.S. 11) south of Old Cross Road (U.S. 211), on the right when traveling south.
The Henkel house is another historic home. The brick part was built by Dr. Solomon Henkel, physician and druggist, in 1802. The wooden front part and two rooms upstairs were added by his son, Dr. Solon P.C. Henkel in 1855. A metal plate nailed on . . . — — Map (db m89113) HM
On South Congress Street (U.S. 11) south of West Old Cross Road (Virginia Route 211), on the left when traveling north.
The building on your left was built in 1802 by Dr. Solomon Henkel, one of the first physicians to reside in New Market. The small building in the rear was originally an apothecary shop, and later the first location of the Henkel Press, a . . . — — Map (db m248454) HM
On North Congress Street (U.S. 11) at East Old Cross Road, on the right when traveling north on North Congress Street.
You're standing at the historic crossroads in the center of downtown New Market. During the Civil War, this was a vital transportation link and strategic intersection. Thousands of Union and Confederate troops marched through this intersection . . . — — Map (db m248627) HM
On George Collins Parkway (Virginia Route 305) 0.4 miles north of West Old Cross Road (Route 211), on the left when traveling north.
You're standing on Manor's Hill, a key position during the May 15, 1864, Battle of New Market - and during fighting on May 14, the day and night before the main battle.
While the main Union and Confederate armies were still marching towards . . . — — Map (db m248211) HM
On Congress Street (U.S. 11) at Breckinridge Lane, on the right when traveling south on Congress Street.
The old home of William F. Rupp who was one of the Valley's most skilled fresco painters. In the Rupp house also lived George M. Neese, the author of “Three Years in the Confederate Horse Artillery.” Descendants still own and occupy the house. — — Map (db m558) HM
On Old Valley Pike (U.S. 11) just north of Monument Lane, on the left when traveling north.
[Sign at the base of the monument:]
The monument in front of you replaced an existing wooden pillar.
The inscriptions on the monument read:
On the side facing you — East
Pt. Geo. W. Summers and Sergt. Newton Koontz . . . — — Map (db m158192) HM
Near George Collin Parkway (Virginia Route 305) at West Old Cross Road (U.S. 211). Reported permanently removed.
In 1875, Confederate veteran Christian Shirley constructed this brick house on the site of his family's former home, which had burned two years earlier. The Shirleys were longtime residents of Shenandoah County who had farmed their 153 ares since . . . — — Map (db m7346) HM
On Old Valley Pike (U.S. 11) at Monument Lane (Virginia Route 828), on the left when traveling north on Old Valley Pike.
On May 22, 1865, former Confederate Captain George W. Summers, Sgt. Isaac Newton Koontz, Pvt. Jacob Daniel Koontz, and Pvt. Andrew Jackson Kite (all from the 7th Virginia Cavalry) set out from their Page County homes to obtain their paroles. Near . . . — — Map (db m104813) HM
Near George Collins Parkway (Virginia Route 305) 0.9 miles north of West Old Cross Road (Virginia Route 211), on the left when traveling north.
Time: Mid to Late Afternoon
In the afternoon, the first Confederate assault on Bushong's Hill had been repulsed with heavy casualties. Parts of the 51st Virginia and 30th Virginia had broken, leaving a gap in the Confederate line. . . . — — Map (db m247998) HM
Near George Collins Parkway (Virginia Route 305) 0.9 miles north of West Old Cross Road (Virginia Route 211), on the left when traveling north.
When the Confederates advanced across this field after overwhelming the Union defenders on Rice's Hill, they came under artillery fire from Union cannon atop Bushong's Hill, 1,000 yards to your left. Among the troops suffering from that fire were . . . — — Map (db m247994) HM
On George Collins Parkway (Virginia Route 305) 0.7 miles north of West Old Cross Road (Virginia Route 211), on the left when traveling north.
(North Side):
Warriors:
Your valour; your devotion to duty;
your fortitude under privations;
teach us how to suffer and grow strong.
• • •
"Lest we forget."
(East Side):
Confederate soldiers
Defenders of the . . . — — Map (db m248041) HM WM
Near George Collins Parkway (Virginia Route 305) 0.9 miles north of West Old Cross Road (Virginia Route 211), on the left when traveling north.
The monument in front of you was originally erected in front of the Albemarle County Court House in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 1909. The monument was paid for by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Albemarle County, and the City of . . . — — Map (db m248127) HM
On North Congress Street (U.S. 11) north of Seminary Lane, on the right when traveling north.
This Wickes House located on Congress Street was built five years prior to the battle of New Market. From the rooftop Southern Soldiers signaled with flags to the soldiers on the rooftop of "Stanley Hall" and "Marva" at various times during the . . . — — Map (db m247908) HM
On South Congress Street (U.S. 11) south of West Old Cross Road (Virginia Route 211), on the left when traveling north.
The building in front of you served as a Freedmen's School for African American children after the Civil War. It was constructed circa 1870 by town resident Jessie Rupert, who operated a day and boarding school here for white children, known as . . . — — Map (db m248516) HM
On Senedo Road (Virginia Route 42) at Orkney Grade Road (Virginia Route 263), on the left when traveling north on Senedo Road.
During the Civil War, Union Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan began “The Burning” of mills and barns in the Shenandoah Valley on 6 Oct. 1864, after defeating Confederate Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early at the Battle of Fisher's Hill. After passing . . . — — Map (db m42645) HM
On Wissler Road (Virginia Route 720) 0.5 miles west of Old Valley Pike (U.S. 11), on the right when traveling west.
The longest remaining covered bridge in Virginia, 200 feet in a single span supported by the Burr Arch, was built by Franklin H. Wissler in 1892-93. It is Virginia's only covered bridge open to vehicular traffic. Placed on the Virginia Landmark . . . — — Map (db m73822) HM
On Copp Road (Virginia Route 757) 0.1 miles north of Mount Hebron Road, on the left when traveling west.
This property
"Snapp House"
has been placed on the
National Register
of
Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
— — Map (db m158534) HM
Near Old Valley Pike (U.S. 11) 0.1 miles west of Signal Knob Drive, on the right when traveling west.
The defensive earthworks in front of you are the only preserved remnants of a mile-long chain of infantry trenches, rifle pits, and artillery emplacements that were built by the Union VI Corps, 2nd Division, following the battle of Cedar Creek . . . — — Map (db m159051) HM
On Valley Pike (U.S. 11), on the right when traveling north.
The breaking of this bridge in the evening of October 19, 1864 permitted Sheridan to retake most of the material captured in the morning by Early. — — Map (db m3461) HM
On Fort Bowman Road at Old Valley Pike (U.S. 11), on the left when traveling east on Fort Bowman Road.
To the east is Fort Bowman, built ca. 1771 for the family of George and Mary (Hite) Bowman. This house exemplifies the merging of German and English architectural styles in the Shenandoah Valley. The Bowmans, with others of German and Scots-Irish . . . — — Map (db m171126) HM
On Valley Pike (U.S. 11) 0.4 miles north of Quarry Road, in the median.
When Gen. U.S. Grant came East to assume command of all Union forces in 1864, he ordered Gen. Franz Sigel to seize control of the Valley. As Sigel moved south along the Valley Turnpike, Confederates on May 9, 1864, burned the bridge here delaying . . . — — Map (db m636) HM
On Valley Pike (U.S. 11) 0.4 miles north of Quarry Road, in the median.
Just west of modern route 11 is the Daniel Stickley Farm. The ruins of the Stickley Mills are located beside the creek just below the house. During the war, the Valley Turnpike ran past the brick Stickley house and turned right onto a covered bridge . . . — — Map (db m644) HM
On East King Street (Virginia Route 55) 0.1 miles east of Acton Place, on the right when traveling east.
The railroad tracks before you follow the route of the Manassas Gap Railroad, which reached Strasburg from Washington, D.C., in 1854. The line was a vital link between the Shenandoah Valley and eastern markets. Strasburg became strategically . . . — — Map (db m2323) HM
Near Old Valley Pike (U.S. 11) 0.1 miles west of Signal Knob Drive, on the right when traveling west. Reported damaged.
You are standing approximately 45 feet above the Crystal Caverns Mine, a chamber that once produced calcite crystals, as well as saltpeter, the chief component, of black gunpowder. Early gunpowder works utilized a low-tech production method that . . . — — Map (db m159039) HM
Near Valley Pike (U.S. 11) 0.1 miles west of Signal Knob Drive, on the right when traveling south.
Those earthworks were built in October 1864 by the 2nd Division, VIth U.S. Corps under the supervision of its adjutant general, Capt. Hazard Stevens. The crescent shaped positions, called "lunettes" because of their resemblance to a new moon, were . . . — — Map (db m3445) HM
On Valley Pike (U.S. 11) 0.4 miles north of Quarry Road, in the median.
The stone house to the south is Fort Bowman, or Harmony Hall, built about 1753 for George Bowman who emigrated from Pennsylvania in 1731-1732. The house is an important example of the Pennsylvania German influence on Shenandoah Valley architecture. . . . — — Map (db m594) HM
On N. Massanutten Street (U.S. 11) at Cold Spring Road, on the right when traveling south on N. Massanutten Street.
This Frontier Fort stands in mute evidence of that early American history that has gone before us. It was built around the year 1755, and it was home of one of the first settlers to the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Built at a time when the early . . . — — Map (db m660) HM
Signal Knob, the northernmost point of Three Top Mountain, overlooks Strasburg and is 2,110 ft. above sea level. During the Civil War, both sides used it as a signal station, but the Confederate signal corps occupied it almost continuously from 1862 . . . — — Map (db m246793) HM
On South Holliday Street at East Queen Street, on the left when traveling south on South Holliday Street.
South Holliday Street did not extend beyond the top of the hill until the river bridge was constructed in 1970. The North Fork of the Shenandoah River has always been a vital part of Strasburg. Today it is the town's main water supply. Early . . . — — Map (db m73936) HM
On East King Street (U.S. 11) just east of South Holliday Street, on the right when traveling east.
The Fire Department building was erected in 1951 in honor of local veterans of all wars. The first firehouse and Town Office stood here from the 1890's in a modest wooden structure known as "the sheep shed." It was the home of Massanutten Hose . . . — — Map (db m158546) HM
On West Washington Street at North Water Street, on the right when traveling east on West Washington Street.
The Town Run is to your right. One source of the stream comes from a spring several blocks north at Hupp's Homestead. Bruce Hupp had his commercial watercress beds there. Often he boarded the train at Strasburg Depot in the morning, delivered his . . . — — Map (db m3458) HM
On West Washington Street at North Fort Street, on the left when traveling west on West Washington Street.
The Strasburg Depot sat one block north on Fort Street (for many years known as Depot St.). Notice where the road veers left then right again and up the hill. A modest passenger station was located there. Longtime residents may remember the 7:35 . . . — — Map (db m74070) HM
On West King Street (U.S. 11) just east of South Fort Street, on the right when traveling east.
To your right, at the corner of King and Holliday Streets, is First Bank (formerly the First National Bank), a three story Neo-classic building built in 1929. When first organized in 1907, sixteen customers deposited $79.50 in savings, and . . . — — Map (db m159497) HM
On West Queen Street west of South Fort Street, on the right when traveling west.
Queen Street was originally the main road through Strasburg, used by wagons, stagecoaches and travelers up and down the Valley. For many years the road was known as the Great Road, but before white settlers, it was a trail through the vast hunting . . . — — Map (db m190834) HM
Near Old Valley Pike (U.S. 11) 0.2 miles west of Signal Knob Drive, on the right when traveling west.
Hupp Cave is one of two (known) wild Caves on Hupp's Hill. Unlike show caves such as Crystal Caverns which are open to the public, wild caves, of which there are thousands in the Shenandoah Valley alone, would often serve as snake . . . — — Map (db m159487) HM
Near Old Valley Pike (U.S. 11), on the right when traveling south.
Part of a 1,000 acre estate begun by George F. Hupp in the 1750s. Hupp's Hill and buildings further south were used as a headquarters by federal generals Nathaniel Banks and James Shields during Stonewall Jackson's 1862 Valley Campaign. The site was . . . — — Map (db m50441) HM
Near Old Valley Pike (U.S. 11) 0.1 miles west of Signal Knob Drive, on the right when traveling west.
Hupp's Hill
Mirroring the story of many Valley settlers, during the mid-1600s a German family surnamed Hupp disembarked in Philadelphia settling first in Pennsylvania's York and Lancaster Counties before migrating south along the Great Wagon . . . — — Map (db m159033) HM
On Old Valley Pike (U.S. 11) at Signal Knob Drive, on the right when traveling south on Old Valley Pike.
During mid-October 1864, Union Gen. Philip Sheridan's army was camped along the north bank of Cedar Creek, confident his Valley campaign had successfully ended following smashing victories at Winchester, Fishers Hill and Toms Brook. But the . . . — — Map (db m3045) HM
Near Old Valley Pike (U.S. 11) 0.2 miles west of Signal Knob Drive, on the right when traveling west.
As Keyhole Cave is situated along the trench line, it is likely that wiry soldiers slithered down into this wild cave, which contains human artifacts of indeterminate age (pictured below).
Bat specialists who surveyed Keyhole Cave in . . . — — Map (db m159493) HM
On Old Valley Pike (U.S. 11) 0.1 miles west of Signal Knob Drive, on the right when traveling west. Reported unreadable.
Crystal Caverns
You are standing approximately 60 feet above Crystal Caverns' Hall of Masonry, so named for calcite-filled fissures that resemble mortar. The fissures resulted from compression of limestone strata that occurred when the north . . . — — Map (db m159043) HM
Near Old Valley Pike (U.S. 11) 0.2 miles west of Signal Knob Drive, on the right when traveling west.
Civil War troops could rapidly construct sophisticated earthworks, especially when they were targeted by vastly superior numbers of enemy forces. A well-designated earthwork could more readily absorb a projectile and was therefore more effective . . . — — Map (db m159489) HM
On West King Street (U.S. 11) just east of South Fort Street, on the right when traveling east.
In this house, George G. Crawford, M.D. (1876-1949) practiced medicine, and with his wife, Anne Preston (1880-1966) reared their family. This house is given to the people of Strasburg in their memory and in memory of Ellen C. Hatmaker . . . — — Map (db m159498) HM
On West Washington Street at North Fort Street, on the right when traveling west on West Washington Street.
Historic valley congregation, strasburg's oldest, organized by German settlers (c.1747) who first worshiped in log building just west of this site. Parish records date from 1769. Strasburg's first school conducted by the congregation and its . . . — — Map (db m3468) HM
Author of History of The Valley of Virginia
1st Edition Printed in Winchester 1833
Born Frederick County now Clarke County
He is buried here in the Bowman Graveyard
Harmony Hall — — Map (db m36723) HM
On Strasburg Road / Front Royal Road (State Highway 55), on the right when traveling west.
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.
Warren County. . . . — — Map (db m4297) HM
On South Holiday Street at Ram Drive (Virginia Route 9746), on the left when traveling south on South Holiday Street. Reported damaged.
Signal Knob, the northernmost point of Three Top Mountain, overlooks Strasburg and is 2110 ft. above sea level. During the Civil War, both sides used it as a signal station, but the Confederate signal corps occupied it almost continuously from 1862 . . . — — Map (db m15176) HM
Signal Knob, the northernmost high point of Massanutten Mountain, sometimes called Three Top, looms above your location along the twisting North Fork of the Shenandoah River. From 1862 to 1864, Confederate signalmen occupied the peak, keeping watch . . . — — Map (db m246774) HM WM
Near Old Valley Pike (U.S. 11) 0.1 miles west of Signal Knob Drive, on the right when traveling west.
Massanutten Mountain
Directly ahead of you is Massanutten Mountain. Its highest point on the northern tip (Signal Knob) served as a strategic observation post and signal station for both sides during the Civil War. A war dispatch from . . . — — Map (db m159050) HM
On West Queen Street just west of South Fort Street, on the right when traveling west.
The back wing of this log house was built in 1757 by Johann Sonner. Shenandoah County's first census lists three souls and a dwelling here. His son John, who was "Judge of the High Court of Appeals", built a two-story log house beside it in 1820 . . . — — Map (db m159499) HM
On East Washington Street at North Holiday Street, on the right when traveling east on East Washington Street.
In the spring of 1862, U.S. Army Capt. Edward Hunt, an engineer, constructed a fortification on the hill where the Strasburg water tower now stands. Hunt selected the hill "because it had an effective command over the roads, the railroad, and the . . . — — Map (db m9546) HM
Near Old Valley Pike (U.S. 11) 0.1 miles west of Signal Knob Drive, on the right when traveling west.
1862
The town of Strasburg is directly ahead, at the bottom of the southern (reverse) slope of Hupp's Hill. The image to the right is a wartime view from 1862. Today's prominent water tower sits atop Fort Hill, the site of Banks' . . . — — Map (db m211938) HM
This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Strasburg Stone &
Earthenware Mfg. Co
has been registered as a
Virginia
Historic . . . — — Map (db m158550) HM
On Sunset Street, 0.1 miles west of Capon Street, on the right when traveling west.
The Queen Street School, one of the first schools in Shenandoah County for African Americans, had opened in Strasburg by 1875. After a fire in 1929, a new school known as Sunset Hill was built here ca. 1930 to serve grades 1-7. Because the county . . . — — Map (db m171234) HM
