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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Highland County, Virginia
Adjacent to Highland County, Virginia
▶ Augusta County (52) ▶ Bath County (23) ▶ Pendleton County, West Virginia (41) ▶ Pocahontas County, West Virginia (54)
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| On County Route 678 at County Route 612, on the left when traveling south on County Route 678. |
| | 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 U.S. 220, on the right when traveling north. |
| | (North Facing Side):Virginia Highland County Area 422 Square MilesFormed in 1847 from Pendleton and Bath, and given its name because of its mountains. The battle of McDowell, 1862, was fought in this county. (South Facing . . . — — Map (db m34538) HM |
| On 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. |
| | (Virginia Side):Highland CountyFormed 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 Side):West VirginiaWest Virginia was . . . — — Map (db m32910) HM |
| On U.S. 250, on the left when traveling west. |
| | 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 |
| On Highland Turnpike (U.S. 250) at 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 |
| On U.S. 250, on the left when traveling west. |
| | 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 U.S. 250, on the left when traveling west. |
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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 Highland Turnpike (U.S. 250) at Bullpasture River Road (Virginia Route 678), on the right when traveling west on Highland Turnpike. |
| | In this area are buried Confederate and Union soldiers who died at McDowell VA - May 8, 1862 — — Map (db m43655) HM |
| Near U.S. 250, on the right when traveling east. |
| | 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 m16680) HM |
| Near U.S. 250, on the right when traveling east. |
| | 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 |
| Near U.S. 250, on the right when traveling east. |
| | 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 |
| On U.S. 250, on the left when traveling west. |
| | “God blessed our arms with victory at McDowell yesterday...” The McDowell Battlefield Trail is a 1.5 -mile hike that will take you to the battleline on top of Sitlington’s Hill—the scene of heavy fighting on May 8, 1862. . . . — — Map (db m62903) HM |
| Near U.S. 250, on the right when traveling east. |
| | “… (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 . . . — — Map (db m155080) 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 High Street (U.S. 250), on the left when traveling west. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m16663) HM |
| On High Street (U.S. 250), on the left when traveling west. |
| | 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 be exposed to . . . — — Map (db m86203) HM |
| Near U.S. 250, on the right when traveling west. |
| | As “Stonewall” Jackson’s Army passed through the gap on their way down to McDowell, Virginia one soldier wrote: Tuesday 13th May 1862 I have been struck with the wild & mountain scenery. The Shenandoah Mt. Pass is grand indeed, you . . . — — Map (db m16771) HM |
| Near Route 250, on the right when traveling west. |
| | 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 the . . . — — Map (db m16772) HM |
| Near U.S. 250, on the right when traveling west. |
| | 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 |
| Near U.S. 250, on the right when traveling west. |
| | 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 |
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