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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM99P_general-turner-ashby-of-fauquier_Harrisonburg-VA.html
A mile and a half southeastof this spotGeneral Turner Ashby of Fauquier,"Knight of the Valley", was killed in battleJune 6, 1862.To honor himand all of Rockingham's enlisted men,1861-1865this tablet is erected,1926.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7K7_the-big-spring_Harrisonburg-VA.html
"For generations this great spring was the main source of water supply for the town. Before the white man settled around it the Indians and the buffaloes knew it well. It was at the crossing of two old trails—one up and down the Valley, sinc…
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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.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24S_cross-keys-battlefield_Harrisonburg-VA.html
Here, June 8, 1862, Gen. J. C. Fremont—pursuing Gen. T. J. "Stonewall" Jackson—was checked by Gen. R. S. Ewell with part of Jackson's army, which lay towards Port Republic. Federals engaged: 12,750, killed and wounded: 684. Confederate…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19N_end-of-the-campaign_Harrisonburg-VA.html
Here Stonewall Jackson, retreating up the Valley before the converging columns of Fremont and Shields, turned at bay, June 1862. A mile southeast Jackson's cavalry commander, Ashby, was killed, June 6. At Cross Keys, six miles southeast, Ewell of …
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