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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Shenandoah County, Virginia
Adjacent to Shenandoah County, Virginia
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GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| 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. |
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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 |
| 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. |
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Right flank of Lieut-Colonel George M. Edgar's 26th Va. Infantry Battalion, 2:00 p.m. 425 men.
3 men killed, 21 wounded. — — Map (db m158170) HM WM |
| On George Collins Parkway (Virginia Route 305) 0.5 miles north of West Old Cross Road (U.S. 311), on the left when traveling north. |
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2:00 p.m. position of Capt. William T. Hart's Engineer Company, 37 men.
10 men wounded — — Map (db m158171) HM WM |
| 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. |
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2:00 p.m. position of the 51st Virginia Infantry commanded by Lieut-Colonel John P. Wolfe, 700 men.
2 killed, 90 wounded — — Map (db m158173) 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 George R. Collins Parkway (Virginia Route 305), on the right when traveling north. |
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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 |
| 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 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 Valley Pike (U.S. 11) south of Shady Lane, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Rockingham County. Area 876 square miles. Formed in 1778 from Augusta, and named for the Marquis of Rockingham, British statesman. John Sevier, of Tennessee, was born in this county. In it took place the battles of Cross Keys and Port Republic, . . . — — Map (db m653) 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. |
| | 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 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 m551) HM |
| On George R. Collins Parkway (Virginia Route 305), on the left when traveling north. |
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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 |
| 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 m13193) 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 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 . . . — — 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). |
| | 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. |
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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 |
| On George Collin Parkway (Virginia Route 305) 0.5 miles north of West Old Cross Road (U.S. 211), on the left when traveling north. |
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This rustic pile
The simple tale will tell:
It marks the spot
Where Woodson’s Heroes fell. — — Map (db m544) HM |
| On North Congress Street (U.S. 11) at Seminary Lane, on the right when traveling south on North Congress Street. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m118581) 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 Ram Drive (Virginia Route 9746) 0.1 miles south of South Holliday Street, on the right when traveling south. |
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In memory of
Our departed Comrades
May they rest in peace
— — Map (db m159057) WM |
| Near Old Valley Pike (U.S. 11) 0.1 miles west of Signal Knob Drive, on the right when traveling west. |
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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 East Washington Street 0.1 miles east of North Holliday Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m158542) WM |
| On N. Massanutten Street (Route 11) 0.1 miles south of Thompson Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The earthworks on the hilltop to the southwest were constructed by General Banks in the campaign of 1862. — — Map (db m662) 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 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 |
| On East Afton Place just east of South Holliday Street, on the left when traveling east. |
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In memory of
Our Fallen Comrades
Numbering 136
— — Map (db m159056) WM |
| Near Old Valley Pike (U.S. 11) 0.1 miles west of Signal Knob Drive, on the right when traveling west. Reported damaged. |
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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 |
| On N Massanutten Street (U.S. 11) at Cold Spring Road on N Massanutten Street. |
| | This house, built about 1755, is the old Hupp Homestead. It was used as a fort in Indian attacks. — — Map (db m661) 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 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 West Queen Street west of South Fort Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Queen Street 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 m73937) 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 East King Street (U.S. 11) just east of South Holliday Street, on the right when traveling east. |
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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 King Street (U.S. 11) just east of South Fort Street, on the right when traveling east. |
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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 |
| Near Old Valley Pike (U.S. 11) 0.2 miles west of Signal Knob Drive, on the right when traveling west. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
| | (East Facing Side): 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. (West . . . — — 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 |
| 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. |
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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 |
| Near Battlefield Road (Virginia Route 601) at Copp Road (Route 757). |
| | Has been designated a
Virginia Historic Landmark
And placed on the
National Register
Of Historic Places — — Map (db m102472) 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 m159049) HM |
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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 |
| Near East King Street east of Acton Place, on the right when traveling west. |
| | This image, entitled Heavy Traffic on the Valley Pike, is the third in a series of paintings by renowned historical artist Mort Künsler, depicting the arrival in Strasburg of disassembled locomotives seized by Confederate forces under Col. . . . — — Map (db m73820) HM |
| On East King Street (Virginia Route 44), on the left when traveling west. |
| | Jackson captured engines from Martinsburg, W.VA. and had them pulled by horse teams across the roads to Strasburg, near here, they were set on rails and sent south for the Confederate cause. — — Map (db m15542) HM |
| Near Old Valley Pike (U.S. 11) 0.1 miles west of Signal Knob Drive, on the right when traveling north. |
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The Shenandoah Valley
Welcome to Virginia's Shenandoah Valley, renowned in story and song. The valley has been home to American Indians and early settlers from Germany, Ireland, and Scotland who followed the Indians' Warrior Path and turned . . . — — Map (db m159054) HM |
| On East King Street (U.S. 11) east of South Holliday Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | This fertile land along the Shenandoah River, in the shadow of the Massanutten Mountain, was settled in the 1730s by courageous Germanic people in search of liberty and prosperity. Known variously in early days as Staufferstadt, Stover Town and . . . — — Map (db m73843) HM |
| Near Old Valley Pike (U.S. 11) 0.1 miles west of Signal Knob Drive, on the right when traveling west. |
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On 13 October 1864, Confederate probing actions triggered a "short but sharp" engagement with Federal troops headquartered at Cedar Creek, two miles north of this position. Six days later, Jubal Early re-engaged enemy forces, directing a . . . — — Map (db m159052) HM |
| On Valley Pike (U.S. 11) 0.1 miles south of Signal Knob Drive, on the right when traveling south. Reported permanently removed. |
| | These trenches were constructed by Sheridan in the autumn of 1864 while campaigning against Early. — — Map (db m645) HM |
| On Old Valley Pike (U.S. 11) 0.1 miles west of Signal Knob Drive, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Hupp's Hill was a strategically significant site occupied at different times by Union and Confederate forces during the Civil War. Union troops under Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan constructed extensive trenches here after defeated Lt. Gen. Jubal A. . . . — — Map (db m159032) HM |
| Near Old Valley Pike 0.2 miles west of Signal Knob Drive, on the right when traveling west. |
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Although the winter camp at Hupp's Hill was less extensive than the one pictured above, the layout was fairly typical. Two brigades of the Federal VI Corps, 2nd Division, began erecting small log huts, stables, quartermaster stores, divisional . . . — — Map (db m159491) HM |
| On Valley Pike (U.S. 11), on the right when traveling south. |
| | Here Early's Cavalry under Rosser and Lomax was driven back by Sheridan's cavalry under Torbert, October 9, 1864. — — Map (db m50315) HM |
| | Sunday, October 9th During the evening of October 8, 1864, Gen. Lunsford L. Lomax reached this position with two brigades of Confederate cavalry commanded by Gen. Bradley T. Johnson and Col. William L. "Mudwall" Jackson. Gen. Wesley Merritt, in . . . — — Map (db m2933) HM |
| On North Main Street (U.S. 11) at Locust Street, on the left when traveling south on North Main Street. |
| | Born on this site, April 6, 1853, the son of John Gatewood, Publisher of the Shenandoah Herald, Charles
received his basic education in Woodstock and Harrisonburg, and was teaching school in Harrisonburg
when he received his appointment to the . . . — — Map (db m89305) HM |
| Near Benchoff Drive 0.1 miles west of South Main Street (U.S. 11), on the right when traveling west. |
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Sons of
Virginia
N. Carolina
Georgia
S. Carolina
Mississippi
Alabama
Louisiana
Could bleed and die, but
not with honor part.
Unknown
This voiceless
stone in deathless
song shall tell. . . . — — Map (db m158488) WM |
| On North Main Street (U.S. 11) at West Court Street, on the left when traveling north on North Main Street. |
| | Formerly Beckford Parrish, Dunmore, Shenando — — Map (db m158509) HM |
| On North Main Street (U.S. 11) north of West Court Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Edinburg Mill escaped the fire of Sheridan's burning campaign due to the bravery of two young women. Camp Roosevelt, the first Civilian Conservation Corps camp in the nation, early nearby in 1933. — — Map (db m158521) HM |
| On North Main Street (U.S. 11) just south of West Locust Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | This stone was originally used to keep carriages and buggy traffic from turning too sharply onto the very narrow street called Effinger's Alley, now known as Locust Street. The stone reportedly received its name because local folks would sit on it . . . — — Map (db m158518) HM |
| On North Main Street (U.S. 11) at East Court Street, on the right when traveling south on North Main Street. |
| | John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg
October 1, 1746 - October 1, 1807
Clergyman, Soldier, Statesman
Major General, VIII Virginia Regiment
"A time to pray...a time to fight"
January 23, 1776 — — Map (db m73764) HM WM |
| On Old Valley Pike (U.S. 11) 0.1 miles north of Narrow Passage Creek Bridge, on the right when traveling north. |
| | A series of conflicts between settlers and Native Americans, including the French and Indian War, the Cherokee War, and Pontiac’s War, occurred along the western frontier of the colonies. The last documented clash in the Shenandoah Valley took place . . . — — Map (db m42869) HM |
| On South Main Street (U.S. 11) just south of West Court Street, on the right when traveling south. |
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Dedicated by the
Woodstock Chamber of Commerce, Inc.
In memory of the men
who made the Supreme Sacrifice
In World War I 1917 - 1918
Paul C. Anderson •
Milford J. Bolner •
Russell A. Brill •
Arthur B. Christian •
Jessie W. . . . — — Map (db m158501) WM |
| On North Main Street (U.S. 11) at Locust Street, on the right when traveling south on North Main Street. |
| | The Mabel Lee Walton House at 225 N. Muhlenberg
Street is the national headquarters of Sigma Sigma
Sigma Sorority, founded in 1898 at the State
Female Normal School at Farmville (now Longwood
University). The Walton family built the house
in . . . — — Map (db m117603) HM |
| On North Main Street (U.S. 11) at West Court Street, on the right when traveling south on North Main Street. |
| | Originally Mt. Pleasant, renamed in 1826 for Andrew Jackson who became president in 1828. 1861 - A Confederate hospital built with 500 beds. Confederate cemetery was established nearby. — — Map (db m158503) HM |
| On North Church Street at E. Locust Street, on the right when traveling north on North Church Street. |
| | Inspired by visits from traveling preachers, African Americans organized what would become Mt. Zion United Methodist Church ca. 1867. The congregation acquired the framework of a former German Reformed Church in 1869, moved it to this site, and used . . . — — Map (db m127778) HM |
| On North Main Street (U.S. 11) just north of West Court Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | 6,000 Yankee troops defeated by 4,000 Confederate troops including 257 VMI cadets in Battle of New Market, 1864. Known for five carriage factories after the Civil War, including Clinedinst's and Cushman's. — — Map (db m158507) HM |
| On East Spring Street at South Main Street (U.S. 11), on the right when traveling west on East Spring Street. |
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Members of the Reformed Church were among the first settlers of the Shenandoah Valley.
The Rev. Michael Schlatter, Superintendent of Missions, visited a Reformed Congregation here on May 11, 1748.
The Classis of Virginia was organized . . . — — Map (db m158492) HM |
| Near North Main Street (U.S. 11) at West Court Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Shenandoah County's native limestone courthouse was built in 1795 with brick additions in 1871 and 1886. In 1927, portico and columns were added giving the Federal Styled building a Greek revival front. It is the oldest courthouse in continuous use . . . — — Map (db m73774) HM |
| Near North Main Street (U.S. 11) at West Court Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | The first Shenandoah County Jail was a log structure. The building shown here was built of native limestone in the 18th century. In 1906, it was demolished to make way for a brick jail, which served the county until it was replaced by the present . . . — — Map (db m73775) HM |
| On North Main Street (U.S. 11) just north of West Court Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Part of Jackson's 1862 Valley Campaign and Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864. 1760 to early 1900s pottery was chief industry - 17 potteries produced earthen and stoneware items. — — Map (db m158505) HM |
| On North Main Street (U.S. 11) when traveling north. |
| | Combining two of Virginia’s oldest weekly newspapers. Shenandoah Valley Est. 1806 – Woodstock Herald Est. 1817. — — Map (db m117602) HM |
| On North Main Street (U.S. 11) at West Court Street, on the right when traveling south on North Main Street. |
| | Is the oldest courthouse now in use west of the Blue Ridge. A few rods southeast from here stood the church in which Peter Muhlenberg preached his martial sermon and made his famous call to arms in 1776. Thomas Marshall Sr. and Thomas Marshall Jr., . . . — — Map (db m4279) HM |
| On North Main Street (U.S. 11) at West Court Street, on the right when traveling south on North Main Street. |
| | Only town in the US by this name. Confederate Gen. Jubal Early took on Sheridan in the Battle of Toms Brook in 1864, part of Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign. — — Map (db m158504) HM |
| On North Main Street (U.S. 11) just north of West Court Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Formerly Shyrock & Edenburg — — Map (db m158514) HM |
| On North Main Street (U.S. 11) just north of West Court Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Formerly Mount Pleasant — — Map (db m158513) HM |
| On North Main Street (U.S. 11) just north of West Court Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | First known as Crossroads — — Map (db m158512) HM |
| On North Main Street (U.S. 11) north of West Court Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Formerly Funkstown, Funk's Mill, Pot Town — — Map (db m158517) HM |
| On North Main Street (U.S. 11) just north of West Court Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Established as Muellerstadt 1761 — — Map (db m158516) HM |
| On South Main Street (U.S. 11) just south of West Hughes Street, on the right when traveling south. |
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Welcome to Woodstock's LOVEwork! This 2018 public art installation is part of our ArtStock program. This installation is made possible through a partnership with Massanutten Academy, Virginia Tourism Corporation, Woodstock . . . — — Map (db m158491) HM |
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