On West Main Street at South 3rd Street, on the right when traveling east on West Main Street.
Birthplace of General Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson. After a brilliant Mexican War record, he joined the Confederacy in 1861, earned his nickname and advancement in rank in first Battle of Bull Run, and was killed at Chancellorsville. — — Map (db m73406) HM
On West Main Street at Court Street, on the right when traveling east on West Main Street.
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Established 1785. Named for Gen. George Rogers Clark. John Simpson camped here in 1764. Early permanent settlements were made by the Davissons, Cottrills, Sotha Hickman, Nicholas Carpenter, and others.
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On April 20, 1863, Confederate Gens. William E. “Grumble” Jones and John D. Imboden began a raid from Virginia through present-day West Virginia against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Taking separate routes, they later reported . . . — — Map (db m58717) HM
Dear friend, beware as you stand by. As you are now, so once was I. As I am now, so you will be. So get prepared to follow me. “To follow you I am not content. Until I know which way you went.”
We are such things as dreams are made of . . . — — Map (db m104605) WM
On South Second Street at West Pike Street (West Virginia Highway 20), on the right when traveling north on South Second Street.
From 1861 through 1865, Clarksburg was temporary home to hundreds of Union soldiers. Although many tents and huts were erected to quarter he men, soldiers occupied every public building at one time or another. You are facing the site of one such . . . — — Map (db m58718) HM
On West Main Street at South 5th Street, on the right when traveling east on West Main Street.
The house in which Thomas J. Jackson was born on January 21, 1824, stood across the street and halfway down the block to your right. (marked with a bronze plaque). His father struggled to make ends meet and poverty marred Jackson’s childhood. Both . . . — — Map (db m58703) HM
"...So build your community that quickened conscience, larger vision, deeper devotion and equality of rights for all will resolve itself into an enthusiastic zeal for personal service in the community. All who give service are torch bearers." . . . — — Map (db m73414) HM
On West Main Street at Court Street, on the right when traveling east on West Main Street.
"Look at Jackson there -- Standing like a stone wall"
Brig. Gen. Bee, at the First Battle of Manassas
Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson, Lt. General, C.S.A. Born in Clarksburg, January 21, 1824. Died May 10, 1863, from wounds . . . — — Map (db m73407) HM WM
On West Main Street at Court Street, on the left when traveling east on West Main Street.
On this site stood the birthplace of
Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson
Lieutenant General C.S.A.
Born January 21, 1824-Died May 10, 1863 — — Map (db m73403) HM
On South 2nd Street at West Pike Street (West Virginia Route 20), on the right when traveling north on South 2nd Street.
Built in 1894 and named in honor of Reverend George Towers, graduate of Oxford, England who was a teacher at Randolph Academy. The Academy, authorized by the Virginia Assembly in 1787, stood just to the east and was the principal regional school . . . — — Map (db m73405) HM
On West Main Street at South 3rd Street, on the right when traveling east on West Main Street.
Harrison County was among the first jurisdictions in western Virginia to support the Union. A pro-Union meeting was called for November 24, 1860, at the Clarksburg Courthouse, just after Abraham Lincoln had been elected president and many Southern . . . — — Map (db m73418) HM
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