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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTY5_old-hall-at-belle-grove_Middletown-VA.html
In 1783, Isaac Hite, Jr. married Nelly Madison Hite of Montpelier, and acquired by grant from his father the 483 acre tract that was to become the center of Belle Grove Plantation. Until the elegant manor house was built between 1794 and 1797, the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRX6_newtown_Stephens-City-VA.html
As the Federal army attempted to conquer and hold the Valley in 1864, its lines of supply and communication were extended and became susceptible to attack by bands of Confederate partisans.
On May 24, 1864, under orders from Union Gen. David Hu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOK8_the-cauldron_Middletown-VA.html
The defense of the high ground around Middletown Cemetery by the 2nd Division, U. S. VI Corps, stopped the Confederate momentum. Confederate forces from the divisions of Generals Stephen D. Ramseur and Gabriel Wharton regrouped in the area between…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG5X_cedar-creek-the-8th-vermont-vols_Middletown-VA.html
Genl. Stephen ThomasCommanding BrigadeAdvanced across the PikeThe morning of Oct. 19, 1864.Engaged the enemy near and beyond this point,and before sunrise lost in killed and wounded 110 men.Three color bearers were shot downand 13 out of 16 commis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC9E_ramseur-monument_Middletown-VA.html
Esse Quam VideriNorthwest of this tablet, 800 yards, is the Belle Grove House in which died, October 20, 1864, of wounds received at Cedar Creek October 19, 1864, Maj.-Gen. Stephen Dodson Ramseur, C.S.A. A native of North Carolina, he resigned fro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA6N_heater-fields_Middletown-VA.html
The 2nd (Vermont) Brigade of the 2nd Division, VI U.S. Corps, briefly deployed around the Heater House as skirmishers in the first federal effort to stop the 19 October 1864 Confederate morning attack. When this proved unfeasible, the entire divis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9UD_battle-of-cedar-creek_Middletown-VA.html
The Battle of Cedar Creek19 October 1864 (a.m.)
Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan's Union forces established themselves on both sides of the Valley Pike, north of Cedar Creek, centered on Belle Grove.
Confederate Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early decided to s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3EC_tomb-of-an-unknown-soldier_Middletown-VA.html
On the highest mountain top to the southeast is the grave of an unknown soldier. The mountain top was used as a signal station by both armies, 1861-1865.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3D6_battle-of-cedar-creek_Middletown-VA.html
October 19, 1864. General Philip Sheridan defeated General Jubal Early here for the third time in 30 days. Sheridan's pursuit of Confederates from Fisher's Hill halted at Mount Crawford. On his return he encamped his three corps in this immediate …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3CV_stephens-city_Stephens-City-VA.html
General David Hunter ordered the burning of this town on May 30, 1864; but Major Joseph Streans of the First New York Cavalry prevented it.