view gallery |  The Battle of Front Royal: Richardson's Hill
in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Union Col. Kenly made a last stand to hold Front Royal against Confederate Gen. Jackson's advancing troops. posted by: La de Boheme location: Virginia date approved: 5/1/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery |  The Battle of Front Royal: Bel Air
in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Bel Air was the home of Lucy Buck who kept a diary of the action she witnessed during the Battle of Front Royal. posted by: La de Boheme location: Virginia date approved: 4/30/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery |  The Battle of Front Royal: Warren County Courthouse
in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Fighting grew hot in the streets, building to building, and the 1st MD CSA took control of the courthouse from the 1st MD USA. posted by: La de Boheme location: Virginia date approved: 4/30/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery |  The Battle of Front Royal: Prospect Hill Cemetery
in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Prospect Hill provided a good view of the town for the Confederates as the Battle of Front Royal commenced. posted by: La de Boheme location: Virginia date approved: 4/30/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery |  The Battle of Front Royal: Belle Boyd
in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites As the Confederate army advanced on Front Royal, Belle Boyd, a Confederate spy, informed them that the Union force in Front Royal was very small. posted by: La de Boheme location: Virginia date approved: 4/30/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery |  The Battle of Front Royal
in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites The Front Royal Visitors Center is the starting point for the Battle of Front Royal Driving Tour that follows Gen. Stonewall Jackson and his Confederate troops through town as they defeated Union forces. posted by: La de Boheme location: Virginia date approved: 4/30/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery |  The Battle of Front Royal: Asbury Chapel
in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites The Battle of Front Royal started at this chapel where Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson stopped to assess his plan of attack and ordered the 1st MD to the front. posted by: La de Boheme location: Virginia date approved: 4/30/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery |  The Battle of Front Royal: Rose Hill
in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites The advancing Confederate army was brought to a halt when fired upon by Union artillery from a nearby hill. Rose Hill was a home caught in the middle. posted by: La de Boheme location: Virginia date approved: 4/30/2012 last visited: 4/10/2013 |
view gallery |  Old Cahawba Archaelogical Park
in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Once the site of the first capital of Alabama, Cahawba became deserted in the years after the Civil War. The Alabama Historical Commission has been buying property to allow people to learn about this once prosperous community. posted by: xptwo location: Alabama date approved: 4/18/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Graffiti House at Brandy Station
in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites The Graffiti House is named for the signatures, messages, and drawings that soldiers scrawled on the walls during the Civil War. posted by: La de Boheme location: Virginia date approved: 4/11/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Edinburg Mill - Edinburg, VA
in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites This flour mill was saved from "The Burning" during the US Civil War. The nearby Stony Creek was also used as a defensive measure in a separate battle. posted by: vhasler location: Virginia date approved: 4/6/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Jackson's Headquarters, Elkton
in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites This house served as headquarters of General "Stonewall" Jackson during the early park of the Shenandoah Valley Campaign during the US Civil War. posted by: vhasler location: Virginia date approved: 4/2/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Spotsylvania Court House Historic District
in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Spotsylvania Court House is also known as the Crossroads of the Civil War. posted by: La de Boheme location: Virginia date approved: 3/29/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Riverview at Hobson Grove
in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Riverview at Hobson Grove is an Italianate home which became a munitions magazine during the Civil War. It is now a museum. It is on a hilltop near the Barren River. posted by: OHail location: Kentucky date approved: 3/13/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Brierfield Ironworks Historical State Park
in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Site of the principal iron producer for the Confederate foundry at Selma where naval guns and ironclads were made. Just the base of a furnace remains. It is under cover and fenced off from the public but within view of informational signs. posted by: OHail location: Alabama date approved: 3/13/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Fort Smith - Smithland, Kentucky
in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Fort Smith, also referred to as Fort Star, was a Civil War fortification located atop Smithland Cemetery Hill Road in Smithland, Kentucky. posted by: trailhound1 location: Kentucky date approved: 3/4/2012 last visited: 3/9/2012 |
view gallery |  Mosby and Sneden
in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Artist and mapmaker Union Pvt. Sneden was captured by Mosby's Rangers at Brandy Station and marched through Woodville, VA as a POW. posted by: La de Boheme location: Virginia date approved: 2/28/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Sister Caroline
in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Caroline Terry was born a slave and witnessed Union and Confederate encampments in Sperryville, VA during the Civil War. After her emancipation, she remained in the area and helped establish a church. posted by: La de Boheme location: Virginia date approved: 2/21/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Old Depot Museum - Selma, Alabama
in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Museum is in a former depot and site of the Greater Confederate Naval Ordinance Works. Many artifacts from the Civil War can be found here. posted by: OHail location: Alabama date approved: 12/29/2011 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Brandy Station Battlefield - Buford's Knoll
in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites The largest cavalry battle of the Civil War was fought at Brandy Station, VA. posted by: La de Boheme location: Virginia date approved: 12/17/2011 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Willow Grove Mill
in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Willow Grove Mill was a victim of the Union's infamous 'Burning' during the Valley Campaign of 1864. posted by: La de Boheme location: Virginia date approved: 11/23/2011 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Glorietta Pass Battlefield, Santa Fe County, New Mexico
in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Many Americans do not realize that part of the American Civil War was held in New Mexico. posted by: Queens Blessing location: New Mexico date approved: 10/13/2011 last visited: 9/30/2012 |
view gallery |  Central Maryland Heritage League - Middletown. MD
in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites The Maryland Civil War program has identified this structure as an official Trails site, marking it with interpretives, and making it as the second site on the Trails tour of this town. posted by: Math Teacher location: Maryland date approved: 8/19/2011 last visited: 7/15/2011 |
view gallery |  Washington Monument State Park - Boonsboro, MD
in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites On the Appalachian Trail, deep in the woods of South Mountain lies the first memorial dedicated to George Washington in the United States and an important Maryland Civil War Trails historic site. posted by: Math Teacher location: Maryland date approved: 8/12/2011 last visited: 7/15/2011 |
view gallery |  Turner's Gap - Boonsboro, MD
in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Civil War Trails and other markers located at and near the South Mountain Inn dot the hillside in this Civil War town. Also home to the Washington Monument...the original one. posted by: Math Teacher location: Maryland date approved: 8/12/2011 last visited: 7/15/2011 |
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