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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26E_the-battle-of-fishers-hill_Strasburg-VA.html
Was fought on these bluffs- September 22, 1864 - Gen. Philip H. Sheridan's 60,000 Federalsattacked Gen. Jubal A. Early's 18,000Confederates. Through the advantage ofoverwhelming numbers, the Federalswon the victory.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PE_saint-pauls-lutheran-church_Strasburg-VA.html
Historic valley congregation, strasburg'soldest, organized by German settlers (c.1747)who first worshiped in log building just westof this site. Parish records date from 1769.Strasburg's first school conducted by thecongregation and its schoolmast…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P8_battle-of-cedar-creek_Strasburg-VA.html
The breaking of this bridge in the evening of October 19, 1864 permitted Sheridan to retake most of the material captured in the morning by Early.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P4_historic-strasburg_Strasburg-VA.html
The Town Run is to your right. One source of the stream comes from a spring several blocks north at Hupp's Homestead. Bruce Hupp had his commercial watercress beds there. Often he boarded the train at Strasburg Depot in the morning, delivered his …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OT_field-fortifications_Strasburg-VA.html
Those earthworks were built in October 1864 by the 2nd Division, VIth U.S. Corps under the supervision of its adjutant general, Capt. Hazard Stevens. The crescent shaped positions, called "lunettes" because of their resemblance to a new moon, were…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G2_when-pig-iron-was-king_Fort-Valley-VA.html
The Elizabeth Furnace CabinThis cabin is one of the few wooden structures remaining from the early 1800s when Elizabeth Furnace was active and pig iron was king. In its heyday, Elizabeth Furnace pig iron supported an entire community. The Elizabet…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EJ_hupps-hill_Strasburg-VA.html
During mid-October 1864, Union Gen. Philip Sheridan's army was camped along the north bank of Cedar Creek, confident his Valley campaign had successfully ended following smashing victories at Winchester, Fishers Hill and Toms Brook.
But the Con…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BH_toms-brook_Maurertown-VA.html
Sunday, October 9th
During the evening of October 8, 1864, Gen. Lunsford L. Lomax reached this position with two brigades of Confederate cavalry commanded by Gen. Bradley T. Johnson and Col. William L. "Mudwall" Jackson. Gen. Wesley Merritt, in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV5_civil-war-strasburg_Strasburg-VA.html
The railroad tracks before you follow the route of the Manassas Gap Railroad, which reached Strasburg from Washington, D.C., in 1854. The line was a vital link between the Shenandoah Valley and eastern markets. Strasburg became strategically impor…