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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2Z2_andrew-zirkle-mill_Quicksburg-VA.html
Built in the 1750s by the Zirkel brothers and owned by the Revolutionary War patriot Andrew Zirkle, the mill operated for 180 years. Flour milled here went to Boston when the harbor was blockaded after the Boston Tea Party and to the Continental A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A4_shenandoah-county-warren-county_Strasburg-VA.html
(East Facing Side): Shenandoah CountyArea 510 Square Miles Formed in 1772 from Frederick, and first named Dunmore for Lord Dunmore, Governor of Virginia, 1771-1775. In 1778 the county was renamed for the Shenandoah River. (West Facing Side):…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29R_this-building-of_Woodstock-VA.html
Is the oldest courthouse now in usewest of the Blue Ridge.A few rods southeast from herestood the churchin which Peter Muhlenburg preachedhis martial sermon and made his famouscall to arms in 1776.Thomas Marshall Sr. and Thomas Marshall Jr.,father…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29Q_woodstock_Woodstock-VA.html
County seat of ShenandoahScene of Peter Muhlenburg's Famouscall to arms 1776Oldest Court House west of theBlue Ridge 1795First Clerk was Thomas Marshall,Father of Chief Justice John Marshall———Turn at Court House square and visit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM278_valley-pike_Strasburg-VA.html
1864 Valley CampaignHere on Tumbling Run are the remains of the "Old Pike" stone bridge. The Valley Turnpike Company was chartered in 1838 as a joint-stock corporation. The turnpike followed the route of the Great Wagon Road from Philadelphia to t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM277_fishers-hill_Strasburg-VA.html
1864 Valley CampaignYou are standing behind the extreme left flank of Confederate Gen. Jubal A. Early's thinly stretched infantry line. At 4 p.m. on September 22, 1864, the soldiers here found themselves wrapped in a deadly pocket of Federal fire.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM275_fishers-hill_Strasburg-VA.html
1864 Valley CampaignThis is Fisher's Hill, the Shenandoah Valley's "Gibraltar" - a commanding height that offered Confederate forces a superb defensive position. Confederate Gen. Jubal A. Early's beaten and bloodied army filed into position her…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26M_fishers-hill-battlefield_Strasburg-VA.html
Soon after the end of the Civil War, veterans on both sides began holding reunions to walk the familiar battlegrounds and renew friendships with former comrades. Here at Fisher's Hill, veterans of the battle fought on September 22, 1864, started g…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26J_battle-of-fishers-hill_Strasburg-VA.html
Here Early's Adjutant-General, A.S. Pendleton, while attempting to check Sheridan's advance, was mortally wounded, September 22, 1864.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26F_battle-of-fishers-hill_Strasburg-VA.html
September 22, 1864General Philip Sheridan with 30,000 Federals defeated General Jubal Early with 11,000 Confederates. Driven in route from Winchester September 19, by Sheridan's overpowering numbers, Early formed his line of battle across the brow…
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