Hanging Rock Battlefield Trail
When Miss Massie Garst died in 1960, she bequested the Hanging Rock and Buzzard's Roost to the Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy. She will that this site be preserved as memorial to the brave soldiers who fought and died in the Battle of Hanging Rock on June 21, 1864. Miss Garst's home was situated near the gap where Confederate Brig. General John McCausland fired on the artillery and supply wagons of Major General David Hunter's U.S. Army.| HM Number | HM9ST |
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| Series | This marker is part of the United Daughters of the Confederacy series |
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| Year Placed | 1999 |
| Placed By | County of Roanoke, the City of Salem, and the Hanging Rock Battlefield and Railway Preservation Foundation |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Thursday, September 4th, 2014 at 2:26am PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 17S E 585021 N 4131685 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 37.32795000, -80.04031667 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 37° 19.677', W 80° 2.419' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 37° 19' 40.62" N, 80° 2' 25.14" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 540 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 2324-2422 Hanging Rock Battlefield Trail, Roanoke VA 24019, US |
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