On U.S. 250 at Old Pike Road (County Road 3), on the right when traveling south on U.S. 250.
Highland County. Formed in 1847 from Pendleton and Bath, and given its name because of its mountains. The battle of McDowell, 1862, was fought in this county.
West Virginia. West Virginia was long a part of Virginia. Morgan Morgan . . . — — Map (db m32910) HM
On Potomac River Road (U.S. 220), on the right when traveling north.
Virginia. Highland County. Area 422 Square Miles. Formed in 1847 from Pendleton and Bath, and given its name because of its mountains. The battle of McDowell, 1862, was fought in this county.
West Virginia. West . . . — — Map (db m34538) HM
Near U.S. 250, on the right when traveling east. Reported permanently removed.
The Confederate 12th Georgia Infantry Regiment held this exposed crest overlooking McDowell. Milroy’s Union troops assaulted this hilltop from two directions – on the left and the right. The Confederates held their ground against repeated attacks . . . — — Map (db m16689) HM
Near Laurel Mountain Road (County Route 15), on the right when traveling east.
By July 10, 1861, Federal cannons bombarded the interior of Camp Laurel Hill. Confederates may have sought shelter among the boulders nearby. On July 11, General Garnett learned of defeat at Rich Mountain. Fearful of being trapped, Garnett . . . — — Map (db m155082) HM
On Sam Snead Highway (U.S. 220) north of Mountain Valley Road (Virginia Route 39), on the left.
Bath
Since the 18th Century, the County of Bath has attracted travelers from all over the world. Today that same gracious hospitality is still widely recognized within each village in the County offering its special . . . — — Map (db m307989) HM
On West Main Street (U.S. 250) west of Water Street (County Road T-1003), on the right when traveling west.
George M. Jordan and Philip E. Witts established The Recorder in Monterey in Oct. 1877 during a period of rapid growth for local journalism in the post-Civil War years. By horse and wagon they hauled a Washington printing press, the most . . . — — Map (db m307943) HM
Near Mansion House Road west of Doe Hill Road (Virginia Route 654), on the right when traveling west.
Entering this house, the Mansion House (The George Washing Hull House), on May 9, 1862, the day after the Battle of McDowell, a VMI Cadet witnessed a horrifying scene. "The parlor had been used as a hospital; there was a dead man laid on top of . . . — — Map (db m302500) HM
On Mansfield Drive (U.S. 250) at North Main Street (U.S. 250), on the right when traveling east on Mansfield Drive. Reported permanently removed.
Col. Benjamin F. Kelley
Kelley, a railroad agent in Philadelphia and former resident of Wheeling, was called back to command the First Virginia (Union) Infantry--the first Union regiment raised in the South. He planned and led the attack on . . . — — Map (db m308160) HM
Near South Main Street (State Highway 42) at West Riverside Drive, on the right when traveling south.
After his victory at the Battle of McDowell on May 8, 1862, Gen. Stonewall Jackson made plans to attack another Federal force in the Shenandoah Valley. Earlier he had ordered Col. John D. Imboden to burn the bridges at Mount Crawford and Bridgewater . . . — — Map (db m253488) HM
On Poplar Street, on the right when traveling south.
"They have not given me an adequate force. I can do nothing. They have sent me to my death."
Gen. Robert S. Garnet CSA
"I have made a very clean sweep of it."
Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan USA
On West Main Street (U.S. 250) west of Spruce Street, on the right when traveling west.
In 1850, Adam H. Fleisher purchased one third of town Lot 4 from James Bell. The original house, built in 1850, was a log and frame structure consisting of four rooms and a central staircase.
At some point, the roof was raised, and the . . . — — Map (db m307945) HM
On Gist Settlement Road (County Route 291) at Rollins Lane (County Route 430), on the left when traveling south on Gist Settlement Road.
Through the terms of his will, British absentee landowner Samuel Gist (c.1723-1815) freed his 350 Virginia slaves and provided funds for their relocation, the purchase of land and homes, and the establishment of schools and churches. Gist's . . . — — Map (db m272720) HM
On Wahlsburg East Road (County Route 81) east of South High Street (U.S. 68), on the right when traveling east.
Gist Settlement. Scott Township. Through the terms of his will, absentee British landowner Samuel Gist freed his 350 slaves in Virginia. Gist (c.1723-1815) intended that these freed people would remain on the land and receive . . . — — Map (db m272721) HM
On Five Points-Fincastle Road (County Road 82) 0.2 miles west of James A Rhodes Appalachian Highway (State Route 32), on the right when traveling east.
Gist Settlement
Through the terms of his will. British absentee landowner Samuel Gist (c. 1723-1815) freed his 350 Virginia slaves and provided funds for their relocation. the purchase of land, and the establishment of schools and homes. The . . . — — Map (db m272722) HM
New Market
In 1798, Henry Massie, brother of General Nathaniel Massie, platted a town, the earliest permanent settlement in Highland County, covering 400 acres and named it New Market after a town in his native Virginia. New Market served as . . . — — Map (db m121938) HM
On North Main Street (State Highway 42) north of Oakwood Drive, on the right when traveling north.
In its 82 year history, the Warm Springs Turnpike was used by many noted travelers. Daniel Boone, when an old man, used the road when he visited the sons of his boyhood friend Henry Miller at Mossy Creek Ironworks to the south of Bridgewater. He . . . — — Map (db m254774) HM
On Campbellsville Bypass (Kentucky Route 210) north of Plantation Drive, on the left when traveling north.
Great Raid
July 4, 1863
Araminta Hiestand Chandler and her husband, Joseph Harrison Chandler, were living in this house, located a mile from Campbellsville on the Old Greensburg Road, during the Civil War.
Joseph H. Chandler was . . . — — Map (db m99301) HM
On Highland Turnpike (U.S. 250) 1.5 miles east of Water Tank Road (Virginia Route 656), on the right when traveling east.
The parking lot you are standing in was built upon land donated by Lt. Col. Leonard Harris, U.S. Army (Ret.), and his cousin John Howard "Duffy" Smith. Their family was deeded property here shortly before the Civil War. Allegedly, Robert . . . — — Map (db m235927) HM
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