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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YJK_newtown-cemetery_Harrisonburg-VA.html
African Americans established the community of Newtown in this area after the Civil War, In 1869 five trustees purchased land here for a cemetery open to "all persons of color." By 1920 the cemetery had expanded three times to accommodate Harrison…
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Edgar Amos Love, son of a Methodist minister, was born in Harrisonburg in 189l. On 17 Nov. 19ll, while a student at Howard University, he co-founded Omega Psi Phi, the first fraternity established at a historically black college. The organiza…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQAU_breneman-turner-mill_Harrisonburg-VA.html
On October 6, 1864, Union soldiers approached this mill on their march from Harrisonburg to Broadway during "The Burning." This was U.S. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan's two-week campaign to end the Valley's role as the "Breadbasket of the Confederacy." …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP18_longs-chapel-and-zenda_Harrisonburg-VA.html
Long's Chapel was built in 1870, a year after William and Hannah Carpenter and the Church of the United Brethren in Christ deeded land here "to colored people? for ? a church, burial ground, and a school house." Henry Carter, Milton Grant, William…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF74_lacey-spring_Harrisonburg-VA.html
On the early morning hours of December 21, 1864, part of Union Gen. George A. Custer's cavalry division was eating breakfast here and preparing to advance when it suddenly came under attack. Custer had bivouacked the night before not expecting any…
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Here Thomas Harrison and wife deeded land for the Rockingham County public buildings, August 5, 1779. The same act established both Louisville, Ky., and Harrisonburg, May, 1780. Named for its founder, the town was also known as Rocktown. It was in…
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During the Civil War, a road (Market Street) ran east and west through the courthouse square, dividing it roughly in half. The courthouse occupied the northern portion while the jail, clerk's office, and springhouse were in the southern section. P…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3XG_abraham-lincolns-father_Harrisonburg-VA.html
Four miles west, Thomas Lincoln, father of the President, was born about 1778. He was taken to Kentucky by his father about 1781. Beside the road here was Lincoln Inn, long kept by a member of the family.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3VH_cavalry-engagement_Harrisonburg-VA.html
Here, at Lacey's Springs, Rosser's Confederate cavalry attacked Custer's camp, December 20, 1864. Rosser and Custer (of Indian Fame) had been roommates at West Point.
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