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Jefferson County, Virginiaplaced this stone originallyin a schoolhousenear Shepherdstownas a tribute to? · John Yates · ?The founder of theFree School System in this county
Moved to its present location1937.
[ Lower Marker: ]Jo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRYS_the-stribling-house_Charles-Town-WV.html
Union General Philip Sheridanused this home as his headquartersduring the Civil War. On the 17th ofSeptember, 1862 Sheridan met Gen.U.S. Grant here to plan the 1864Shenandoah Valley Campaign.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRYE_col-drake_Shepherdstown-WV.html
Col. Drake1st Va. CavalryKilled
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRYD_the-spirit-of-1775_Shepherdstown-WV.html
Less than half mile eastward is the famous spring around which, from their rendezvous on lands of Morgan and Bedinger, July 17th, 1775 Captain Hugh Stephenson's Company of Virginia Riflemen, 98 volunteers started on their bee-line march to Boston …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRY1_elmwood-cemetery_Shepherdstown-WV.html
On Wednesday, September 17, 1862, twelve-year-old Mary Bedinger, asleep at her home Poplar Grove outside Shepherdstown, was awakened by the roar of cannons. Confederate and Union forces in position near Sharpsburg, Maryland, just across the Potoma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRXK_zion-episcopal-churchyard_Charles-Town-WV.html
The present church, the fourth on this site, was completed in 1851. Federal troops occupied it during the Civil War and severely damaged it.
The churchyard contains the graves of many Washington family descents. They are buried near the eastern…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRXH_edge-hill-cemetery_Charles-Town-WV.html
Edge Hill Cemetery contains the graves of Fontaine Beckham and John Avis, two participants in the saga of John Brown's Raid in October 1859. Beckham was the mayor of Harpers Ferry then and one of four civilian casualties. Ironically, though John B…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRXG_focus-of-action_Charles-Town-WV.html
Jefferson County's association with significant events in Civil War history began in October 1859, when abolitionist John Brown raided the U.S. Arsenal at Harpers Ferry. Quickly captured, Brown and his followers were brought here to Charles Town a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRX9_rutherford-house_Charles-Town-WV.html
The Federal offensive in the Shenandoah Valley began in May 1864 faltered in the summer with Confederate victories and Gen. Jubal A. Early's Washington Raid in July. Union General Philip H. Sheridan took command in August, defeated Early at Winche…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRWY_john-brown-hanging-site_Charles-Town-WV.html
This is where seven men were hanged in December 1859 and March 1860 for their part in John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry. The scaffold stood here in a large field.
A month after the trial, on December 2, 1859, John Brown was the first to die. H…