Historical Markers and War Memorials in Longwood, Virginia
Berryville is the county seat for Clarke County
Longwood is in Clarke County
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On Harry Byrd Highway (Virginia Route 7), on the right when traveling east.
This 2,100-mile-long hiking path passes through 14 states from Mount Katahdin, Me., to Springer Mountain, Ga., along the ridges of the Appalachian Mountains. Conceived in 1921 by Benton MacKaye, the trail was completed in 1937. It was designated a . . . — — Map (db m1207) HM
On Parker Lane, on the right when traveling north.
To draw Union troops from Petersburg to Washington, Confederate Gen. Jubal A. Early attacked the capital’s defenses on July 11, 1864. He then withdrew to the Shenandoah Valley, where he had left Gen. John C. Breckinridge’s division to hold the . . . — — Map (db m76626) HM
Near Parker Lane, on the left when traveling north. Reported missing.
(Preface): In June 1864, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee sent Gen. Jubal A. Early's corps from the Richmond battlefields to the Shenandoah Valley to counter Union Gen. David Hunter's army. After driving Hunter into West Virginia, Early . . . — — Map (db m133228) HM
On Harry Byrd Highway (Route 7) at Blueridge Mountain Road (Virginia Route 601), on the right when traveling west on Harry Byrd Highway. Reported missing.
Clark County. Area 171 Square Miles. Formed in 1836 from Frederick, and added to from Warren. Named for George Rogers Clark, Conqueror of the Northwest. Lord Fairfax and General Daniel Morgan, Revolutionary hero, lived in this . . . — — Map (db m1394) HM
Near Parker Lane south of Alder Lane, on the right when traveling south.
(Preface)
In June 1864, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee detached Gen. Jubal A. Early's corps from the Richmond battlefields and dispatched it to the Shenandoah Valley to counter Union Gen. David Hunter's army. After driving Hunter into . . . — — Map (db m201506) HM
Near Parker Lane at Alder Lane, on the right when traveling south.
In June 1864, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee detached Gen. Jubal A. Early's corps from the Richmond battlefields and dispatched it to the Shenandoah Valley to counter Union Gen. David Hunter's army. After driving Hunter into West Virginia, . . . — — Map (db m244552) HM
On Harry Byrd Highway (Virginia Route 7) at Blueridge Mountain Road (Virginia Route 601), on the right when traveling west on Harry Byrd Highway. Reported missing.
Early, while passing through this gap on his return from his Washington raid, was attacked by Crook’s cavalry, July 16, 1864. Crook destroyed a few wagons, Early captured a cannon. — — Map (db m1204) HM
On Harry Byrd Highway (Virginia Route 7) at Blueridge Mountain Road (Virginia Route 601), on the right when traveling west on Harry Byrd Highway. Reported missing.
From nearby Bear's Den Mountain to the Catoctin Ridge, a distance of fourteen miles, Dr. Mahlon Loomis, dentist, sent the first arial wireless signals, 1866-73, using kites flown by copper wires. Loomis received a patent in 1872 and his company was . . . — — Map (db m1205) HM
On Parker Lane at Harry Byrd Highway (Virginia Route 7), on the right when traveling west on Parker Lane.
One and a half miles north is The Retreat, home to three distinguished generations of the Parker family. Thomas Parker, a general in the War of 1812, constructed this imposing Federal-style house in 1799. Richard Parker, his nephew, was a U.S. . . . — — Map (db m75497) HM
Near Parker Lane at Alder Lane, on the left when traveling north.
We “fired ninety rounds at the enemy… across the river.”
—Lt. Jacob H. Lamb, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery.
Across the Shenandoah River from where you stand, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Rodes's division . . . — — Map (db m133310) HM