On Elleber Sods Road (U.S. 250), on the right when traveling south.
Two miles west on the former Staunton-to-Parkersburg Turnpike is Camp Allegheny, the highest Civil War fortification east of the Mississippi. Its rolling meadows and spectacular views belie a punishing winter climate. The turnpike was completed in . . . — — Map (db m32880) HM
On U.S. 250 at Forest Service Road, 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 Highland Turnpike (U.S. 250) at Bullpasture River Road (Virginia Route 678), on the left when traveling west on Highland Turnpike.
May 8, 1862, one mile southeast, Jackson and Edward Johnson, C.S.A. defeated Milroy and Schenck, U.S.A. This church served both Blue and Gray as a hospital. — — Map (db m62929) HM
Beyond the ridge you are facing is Sitlington’s Hill. On the afternoon of May 8, 1862, Gen. Edward “Allegheny” Johnson directed two brigades of Confederate infantry to take position on the hill facing the Federals across Bull Pasture . . . — — Map (db m155083) HM
Near Highland Turnpike (U.S. 250) 1.5 miles east of Virginia Route 656, on the right when traveling east.
You are standing at the center of the McDowell battlefield. Throughout the afternoon of May 8, 1862, hundreds or Union soldiers advanced doggedly uphill toward your position, loading and firing as they came. On either side of you, Confederate . . . — — Map (db m165773) HM
On Highland Turnpike (U.S. 250) 1.5 miles east of Bullpasture River Road (Virginia Route 678), on the left when traveling west.
Elements of three Union armies moved through the Shenandoah Valley in the spring of 1862, while a fourth army marched up the Virginia Peninsula toward Richmond. Together, these two wings comprised a pincer movement against the Confederate . . . — — Map (db m172827) HM
On Virginia Route 645 just north of Highland Turnpike (U.S. 250), on the right when traveling north. Reported missing.
Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's unsuccessful attack on Union forces at Kernstown on March 23, 1862, alarmed Federal officials, who assigned additional troops to the Shenandoah Valley to guard against a Confederate assault on . . . — — Map (db m172829) HM
Near Bullpasture River Road (Virginia Route 678) 0.2 miles west of Highland Turnpike (U.S. 250), on the right when traveling west.
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Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackon's unsuccessful attack on Union forces at Kernstown on March 23, 1862, alarmed Federal officials, who assigned additional troops to the Shenandoah Valley to guard against a Confederate assault on . . . — — Map (db m194722) HM
Stonewall Jackson, to prevent a junction of Fremont and Banks, took position on the hills just to the south and beat off the attacks of Fremont’s advance under Milroy, May 8, 1862. Milroy retreated that night. — — Map (db m4232) HM
Federals in action 4000, killed and wounded 256.
Confederates in action 2500, killed and wounded 498.
Confederate Officers Killed
Captains Lieutentants
Samuel Dawson John K. Goldwire
William L. Furlow . . . — — Map (db m4283) HM
On Highland Turnpike (U.S. 250) at Mansion House Road (Virginia Route 645), on the right when traveling west on Highland Turnpike.
This stately brick house was built about 1855 for Felix Hull (ca. 1823-1861) in the Greek Revival style popular in the late antebellum period. During the Civil War, his widow, Eliza Mathews Hull, was living here on 7-8 May 1862 when the house was . . . — — Map (db m155460) HM
On Bullpasture River Road (County Route 678) at County Route 612, on the left when traveling south on Bullpasture River Road.
Fort George was built in the spring of 1757 by Captain William Preston, acting on orders of Major Andrew Lewis. Local residents assisted in construction of the 80-foot-square log fort located on the land of Wallace Estill. It was never attacked . . . — — Map (db m30465) HM
On Virginia Route 645 just north of Highland Turnpike (U.S. 250), on the left when traveling north. Reported missing.
During the Civil War, Virginia's roads were of vital importance to both Union and Confederate armies for the transport of soldiers, artillery, supply wagons, and livestock herds to feed the troops. The roads ranged from narrow dirt paths to wide, . . . — — Map (db m172828) HM
Major General Edward Johnson commanded the Confederates on the crest overlooking the town of McDowell. Johnson spread his line along the hilltop, anchoring his right flank on the knoll to your right. Stonewall Jackson remained in the valley below, . . . — — Map (db m16685) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m16689) HM
In the spring of 1862 Confederate fortunes seemed to have gone from bad to worse. Union forces had won several key battles in the West, while the U.S. Navy was establishing its coastal blockade and Major General George B. McClellan’s Army of the . . . — — Map (db m165817) HM
On Highland Turnpike (U.S. 250) 1.5 miles east of Bullpasture River Road (Virginia Route 678), on the left when traveling north.
You are standing on one of the pivotal battlefields of the Shenandoah Valley campaign. Here, on May 8, 1862, Confederate Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson and his 6,000 men defeated Union Gens. Robert C. Schenck's and Robert H. Milroy's . . . — — Map (db m172816) HM
“… [The 31st Virginia] came close to the 3rd and saluted them, and called them by name, and proceeded with the slaughter.” Andrew Price, 3rd Virginia Most of Stonewall Jackson’s Confederates climbed Sitlington’s Hill through a ravine off to . . . — — Map (db m194639) HM
On Bullpasture River Road (County Route 678) at Highland Turnpike (U.S. 250), on the right when traveling west on Bullpasture River Road.
Union troops camped in the fields south of here between April 17, 1862, and the Battle of McDowell on May 8. They deployed artillery, including “two twelve pounders [that] were planted on the plateau in the read of [the church] so as to cover . . . — — Map (db m155462) 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
On West Main Street (U.S. 250) 0.1 miles west of Potomac River Road (U.S. 220), on the right when traveling west.
This property
Highland Inn
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m172831) HM
On West Main Street (U.S. 250) just east of Spruce Street, on the right when traveling east.
Monterey, the seat of Highland County government, also served as the headquarters for Confederate and Union forces at different times during the Civil War. Confederate Gen. Henry R. Jackson, who led a brigade under Gen. Robert E. Lee during the . . . — — Map (db m172834) HM
On West Main Street (U.S. 250) 0.1 miles west of Water Street, on the right when traveling west.
The
Charles Pinckney Jones
House
has been placed in the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
2013
— — Map (db m172832) HM
On West Main Street (U.S. 250) just east of Spruce Street, on the right when traveling west.
The
Charles Pinckney Jones
Law Office
has been placed in the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
2013 — — Map (db m172835) HM
On High Street (U.S. 250), on the left when traveling west. Reported permanently removed.
Monterey was headquarters for Confederates during much of the 1861 Mountain Campaign and headquarters for Federals prior to the fighting at McDowell. In the winter of 1861-1862, skirmishing occurred across the county as the frontier between the . . . — — Map (db m155465) HM
My Dear Penelope
Wee are now tolerable well fortified; got 12 pieces of cannon and places all fixed for the men to shoot from; that is, fortifications for cannon with openings to shoot through so the men can man the cannon and not . . . — — Map (db m86203) HM
You are standing in the middle of what was once Fort Edward Johnson. Confederate soldiers built this fort in 1862 under the command of Brigadier general Edward Johnson, a career officer from Virginia.
Look to your right, and then left across . . . — — Map (db m208803) HM
On April 19, 1862, General Johnson, with General Lee’s approval, moved our regiment from Allegheny Mountain to Shenandoah Mountain. To protect ourselves from Yankee bullets, we dug about a mile of trench in this rocky ground. We then opened our . . . — — Map (db m16775) HM
My name is Shepherd Green Pryor, but my friends and family call me “Shep.” I was elected First Lieutenant of the Muckalee Guards, Company A, 12th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry. We’ve just survived a cold Virginia winter on the top . . . — — Map (db m16773) HM
