On Lee Highway (U.S. 211) just east of Crisman Hollow Road, on the right when traveling east.
Page County. Area 322 square miles. Formed in 1831 from Shenandoah and Rockingham, and named for John Page, Governor of Virginia, 1802–1805. Luray cave is here.
Shenandoah County. Area 510 square miles. . . . — — Map (db m791) 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 . . . — — Map (db m653) HM
Near George Collin Parkway (County Route 305), on the right when traveling south.
In front of you is one of only two monuments erected by veterans of the battle. This one was placed by members of Woodson’s Company of Missouri Cavalry. The unit followed perhaps the strangest path to this field of conflict.
Captured in . . . — — Map (db m13197) HM
On Old Valley Turnpike (U.S. 11) north of New Market.
Erected to the memory of the heroic dead of the 54th Regiment, Pennsylvania Veterans Volunteer Infantry, who gave their lives in defence of their country. 1861–1865.
(brass tablet at base) At ceremonies conducted 16 September . . . — — Map (db m42449) WM
On Congress Street (U.S. 11) at Breckinridge Lane, on the right when traveling south on Congress Street.
This very post was struck by a 3 inch rifle shell fired by Snow’s Maryland Battery in the Battle of New Market fought between General John C. Breckinridge and General Franz Sigel on the 15th of May 1864. When the shell struck, General Breckinridge . . . — — Map (db m223940) HM
Near George Collin Parkway (County Route 305), on the right when traveling south.
While the cadets of the Virginia Military Institute comprised one of the smallest Confederate units engaged in the Battle of New Market, they paid a disproportionately high price in their baptism of fire. Nearly one in four of the cadets were . . . — — Map (db m13186) HM
On Old Valley Pike (U.S. 11) 0.1 miles south of Battlefield Road, on the right when traveling south.
As the Battle of New Market unfolded on May 15, 1864, Confederate Gen. John C. Breckinridge's men heavily assaulted the left flank of Union Gen. Franz Sigel's army. Sigel counterattacked, sending Gen. Julius Stahel's cavalry charging down the . . . — — Map (db m158184) HM
On Old Valley Turnpike (U.S. 11) north of New Market, on the right when traveling south.
General U.S. Grant's plan to defeat the Confederacy in 1864, called for a raid by General G. Crook into southwestern Virginia. General F. Sigel, to keep the Confederates from concentrating against Crook, was to advance down Shenandoah Valley from . . . — — Map (db m201543) HM
On Old Valley Pike (U.S. 11) north of New Market, on the right when traveling south.
On the hills to the north took place the Battle of New Market, May 15, 1864. The Union army, under General Franz Sigel, faced southwest. John C. Breckinridge, once Vice-President of the United States, commanded the Confederates. Colonel Scott Shipp . . . — — Map (db m554) HM
On Old Valley Pike (U.S. 11) near Caverns Road at Exit 269 (Interstate 81), on the right when traveling south.
On 15 Nov. 1863, Col. William H. Boyd reconnoitered with a Federal cavalry and artillery detachment south from Charlestown (in present-day W.Va.) toward New Market. The next day, the force encountered Maj. Robert White’s cavalry command just north . . . — — Map (db m157057) HM
Near George R. Collins Parkway (State Road 305), on the right when traveling north.
Of the 257 cadets from Virginia Military Institute who fought in the Battle of New Market, ten were either killed outright or later died of their wounds. Their legacy of service and sacrifice has inspired each successive generation of cadets. . . . — — Map (db m173249) HM
On Old Valley Pike (U.S. 11) south of Smith Creek Road (Local Route 620), on the right when traveling south.
Here Capt. Henry DuPont, commanding B Battery, 5th U.S. Artillery, protected Union Gen. Franz Sigel’s defeated army as it retreated after the Battle of New Market on May 15, 1864. Confederate Gen. John C. Breckinridge had routed Sigel’s force . . . — — Map (db m838) HM
On Valley Pike (U.S. 11) south of Shady Lane, on the right when traveling south. Reported missing.
Here ran the southwestern boundary of Lord Fairfax’s vast land grant, The Northern Neck. It was surveyed by Peter Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson’s father, and others in 1746. — — Map (db m652) HM
On North Valley Pike (U.S. 11) 0.1 miles south of Shady Lane, on the left when traveling north.
Here ran the Fairfax Line, surveyed in 1746 to mark the southwestern boundary of the Northern Neck Proprietary, a 5.2-million-acre land grant inherited by Thomas, 6th Lord Fairfax. The grant encompassed all the land between the Rappahannock and . . . — — Map (db m165410) HM
On South Congress Street (U.S. 11) at Old Cross Road (also called Lee Highway) (Virginia Route 211), on the right when traveling south on South Congress Street.
Frontiersman - famed Indian fighter - Revolutionary patriot - Co-Commander Battle of King's Mountain - first Governor of Tennessee and six times Governor - first Congressman west of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Founder of New Market, Va in 1765. His . . . — — Map (db m11698) HM
Near George Collin Parkway (County Route 305), on the right when traveling south.
The main Union line of battle extended from here for one-half mile to the Valley Turnpike, now U.S. 11. Throughout the morning and into the afternoon, the Union force exchanged musket and cannon fire with the Confederates, who had advanced over a . . . — — Map (db m13203) HM
On South Congress Street (U.S. 11) near East Old Cross Street, on the right when traveling north.
In memory of General Robert E. Lee and in commemoration of General "Stonewall" Jackson's march with his 17,000 famous foot cavalry across Massannutten Mountain to the Battles of Front Royal and Winchester, May 21, 1862.
This tablet erected May . . . — — Map (db m118638) HM
On Old Valley Pike (U.S. 11) at Smith Creek Road (Virginia Route 620), on the right when traveling south on Old Valley Pike.
Noah enlisted May 18th 1861 with Company G 33rd Virginia Infantry Confederate States of America. On September 28th 1862 he transferred to Company K 12th Virginia Cavalry with whom he remained throughout the war.
He helped make the first . . . — — Map (db m158196) HM
On South Congress Street (U.S. 11) at East Old Cross Street, on the left when traveling south on South Congress Street.
(preface)
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 m118879) HM
Near George Collins Parkway (Virginia Route 305) 0.8 miles north of West Old Cross Road (U.S. 211), on the left when traveling north.
What is a Watershed?
The land area from which surface runoff drains into stream channels, lakes, reservoirs, or other body of water, also called a drainage basin.
Shenandoah River History:
The Shenandoah River has . . . — — Map (db m158181) HM
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.
The Battle of New Market began here at 2:00 p.m. when 4,500 Confederates, under the command of Generals John C. Breckinridge and Gabriel C. Wharton, attacked 6,000 Federal troops who had established this hill as their first defensie position. Fully . . . — — Map (db m158157) 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.
2:00 p.m. position of 1st Lieutenant Randolph H. Blain's Jackson Battery, 93 men.
One parrott rifle and three 12 pounder Napoleons
One man wounded — — Map (db m158164) 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.
Position of Major Henry Peale's 18th Connecticut Infantry, 350 men, skirmishers from Companies A & B suffered the first casualties in the battle.
1 man killed, 31 wounded and 24 missing. — — Map (db m158166) 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.
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
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 North Congress Street (U.S. 11) at West Old Cross Road (U.S. 211), on the left when traveling north on North Congress Street.
This stone and brick residence of Miss Abbie Henkel located on the northwest corner of Congress St. and old Cross Roads Street is thought to be one of the oldest homes in New Market. The builder of this house is unknown. It is said that around . . . — — Map (db m234633) HM
On George R. Collins Parkway (Virginia Route 305), on the right when traveling north.
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
Near East Lee Street east of John Sevier Road, on the right when traveling east.
Itinerant pastor to pioneer Lutherans in the Virginia counties of Frederick, Shenandoah, Rockingham, Augusta, Botetourt, Montgomery, Wythe, and Washington; Organizer of numerous congregations in the Shenandoah Valley, in southwest Virginia, in the . . . — — Map (db m173535) 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 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. Reported damaged.
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 John Sevier Road just south of East Lee Street, on the right when traveling north.
The first New Market Academy was a log structure built on this lot in 1817 and destroyed by fire in 1838. The second Academy built of brick burned in 1841. The third Academy, brick also, was erected in 1842 and conducted by Professor Joseph Salyards . . . — — Map (db m173533) HM
On George Collins Parkway (Virginia Route 305), on the left when traveling east.
The Virginia Military Institute will be heard from today. General Jackson at Chancellorsville May 3, 1863 [ Lower Marker: ] The 1990 restoration of the Jackson statue was made possible by the descendants of William Bradford Ryland, . . . — — Map (db m58698) HM
On Old Valley Pike (U.S. 11) north of Monument Lane (Virginia Route 828), on the left when traveling north.
(East Side)
Capt. Geo. W. Summers and Sergt. Newton Koontz Company D 7th Virginia Cavalry were here executed on June 27, 1865, by order of Lt. Col. Huzzy 192d, O.V.M.I.
(North Side)
Without the privilege of any kind of . . . — — Map (db m170443) HM WM
On George R. Collins Parkway (Virginia Route 305), on the left when traveling north.
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
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 m182592) 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 m165232) 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.
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
