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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXYJ_battle-of-fishers-hill_Strasburg-VA.html
After his defeat on 19 Sept. 1864 at the Third Battle of Winchester by Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early led his 9,500-man army here to Fisher's Hill, a favorite Confederate stronghold. Sheridan pursued, and on 22 Sept. attacke…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSRN_last-indian-settler-conflict_Edinburg-VA.html
A series of conflicts between settlers and Native Americans, including the French and Indian War, the Cherokee War, and Pontiac's War, occurred along the western frontier of the colonies. The last documented clash in the Shenandoah Valley took pla…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSLW_action-at-mill-creek_Mt-Jackson-VA.html
During the Civil War, Union Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan began "The Burning" of mills and barns in the Shenandoah Valley on 6 Oct. 1864, after defeating Confederate Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early at the Battle of Fisher's Hill. After passing through Fore…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSH6_54th-pennsylvania-monument_New-Market-VA.html
Erected to the memory of the heroic dead of the 54th Regiment, Pennsylvania Veterans Volunteer Infantry, who gave their lives in defence of their country. 1861-1865.
(brass tablet at base) At ceremonies conducted 16 September 1984, title to thi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQNK_the-bloody-cedars_New-Market-VA.html
As the Battle of New Market unfolded on May 15, 1864, Confederate troops under Gen. John C. Breckinridge heavily assaulted the left flank of Union Gen. Franz Sigel's army. Sigel counterattacked with Gen. Julius Stahel's cavalry, which charged down…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQNJ_died-on-the-field-of-honor_New-Market-VA.html
Of the 257 cadets from Virginia Military Institute who fought in the Battle of New Market, ten were either killed outright or later died of their wounds. Their legacy of service and sacrifice has inspired each successive generation of cadets. Sinc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOJI_samuel-kercheval_Strasburg-VA.html
Author of History of The Valley of Virginia1st Edition Printed in Winchester 1833Born Frederick County now Clarke CountyHe is buried here in the Bowman GraveyardHarmony Hall
This Plaque erected to his memory by the Shenandoah County Bicentennia…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGVC_the-battle-of-new-market_New-Market-VA.html
In the spring of 1864, Union Gen. Franz Sigel marched his 10,000-man army south through the Shenandoah Valley as part of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's strategy to attack the Confederacy on several fronts simultaneously. To counter this threat, Gen. John…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGUW_edinburg-mill_Edinburg-VA.html
In 1850, George P. Grandstaff announced the opening of the large water-powered grist mill here nearly two years after construction began. This large facility competed with the Whissen Mill also on Stony Creek nearer the center of Edinburg. These t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGUQ_the-stony-creek-line_Edinburg-VA.html
On March 28, 1862, just 2 days after his appointment to serve as cartographer on the staff of Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, Jedediah Hotchkiss reported the Valley Army's position at Narrow Passage Creek (four miles north of here) to be "unfa…