 view gallery |   Middleburg Baptist Church - Middleburg, Virginia
in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Located between the church and cemetery along East Federal Street. posted by:  flyingmoose location: Virginia date approved: 6/16/2021 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Civil War in Jackson County - Divided Loyalties - Gainesboro, TN in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites A Civil War Trail sign describing Gainesboro's role in the Civil War. posted by:  ggmorton location: Tennessee date approved: 6/13/2021 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Partisan Warfare - Smith County, TN in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites An informational Civil War Trail map is located at the Smith County I-40 rest area. posted by: ggmorton location: Tennessee date approved: 6/1/2021 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Richfield - Frederick, Maryland in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Located on the northbound side of Route 15. posted by: flyingmoose location: Maryland date approved: 5/27/2021 last visited: 5/30/2021 |
 view gallery | Harry Gilmor's Raid - Jerusalem, MD in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites A civil wars trail historical marker in Jerusalem, Maryland. posted by: bluesnote location: Maryland date approved: 5/24/2021 last visited: 5/24/2021 |
 view gallery | Cookeville (Railroad Depot) - Cookeville, TN in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites A Civil War Trail sign near the Cookeville Railroad Museum & Depot in Cookeville, TN. posted by: ggmorton location: Tennessee date approved: 12/2/2020 last visited: 11/21/2020 |
 view gallery | Chapman House-Confederate Father and Son - Union WV in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites This is the Chapman House, built in 1803 and the home of one of Union’s most prominent families. Augustus A. Chapman and his son, George Beirne Chapman, both served the Confederacy in the Civil War. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 9/1/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Union College "Hurrah for the Southern Confederacy" - Union WV in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites The white building in front of you and the red brick house behind you are the former Union College, a Presbyterian school founded in 1820 as Union Academy and the earliest private school still standing in West Virginia. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 9/1/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Union, Western Virginia History All Around - Union WV in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites The Confederate Monument, dedicated in 1901 to honor the local men who served the South, is up the walkway to your left. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 9/1/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Fountain Rock "Crows… will have to carry their provender with them" - Shepherdstown WV in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites In 1864, the conduct of the Civil War in the Shenandoah Valley, the “Breadbasket of the Confederacy” and an avenue of invasion, underwent significant change. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 9/1/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum-No Asylum from War - Weston WV in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites When the Civil War began in 1861, the one-story wing on the far left of the building in front of you was all that stood here at the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 9/1/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | A.P. Hill’s March “Not a moment too soon” - Bakerton WV in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites About two o’clock in the afternoon of September 17, 1862, Confederate Gen. A.P. Hill’s 3,000-man division began crossing the Potomac River at Boteler’s Ford posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 9/1/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Henderson Hall-Holding Firm for the Union - Williamstown WV in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites This was the home of George Washington Henderson, a prominent Wood County resident, slaveholder, and participant in the West Virginia statehood movement during the Civil War. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 9/1/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Captain George W. Stump "Stump's Battery" - Romney WV in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites This is Hickory Grove, the home of Adam and Mary Stump and their son Capt. George W. Stump, who led a company of the 18th Virginia Cavalry during the war. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 8/31/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Engagement at Romney-Lew Wallace Storms the Bridge - Romney WV in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites On the night of June 12, 1861, Col. Lewis Wallace led his 11th Indiana (Zouaves) Regiment from Cumberland, Maryland, by train across the Potomac River and into present-day West Virginia. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 8/31/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | The Casto Hole-Serving Opposite Sides - Ripley WV in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Although western Virginia eventually separated from the original state to form West Virginia and join the Union, many residents of the new state supported the Confederacy. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 8/31/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Ripley-McGrew / Hood Grist Mill - Ripley WV in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites In 1824 Jacob Sturdier built the first grist mill in Ripley along Mill Creek. In 1853, Jacob Sayre sold the mill to John McGrew who came to Jackson County in 1844. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 8/31/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Ripley-Jackson County Courthouse - Ripley WV in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Jackson County was created by an act of the Virginia Assembly on March 1, 1831, and named in honor of President Andrew Jackson.
The first courthouse on this site was a brick structure. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 8/31/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Partisan Raid-Ripley Post Office - Ripley WV in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites During the Civil War, both Union and Confederate supporters formed guerrilla bands. Each government denounced the other side’s partisans as bushwhackers or common thieves but gave those on their own side an official military designation as cover. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 8/31/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | McNutt House-Sole Survivor - Princeton WV in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites This house, the home of physician Robert B. McNutt, is the only antebellum dwelling in Princeton. It survived the fire that Col. Walter H. Jenifer of the 8th Virginia Cavalry ignited on May 1, 1862. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 8/31/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Battle of Philippi-Talbott's Hill - Philippi WV in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites You are standing where Union guns opened up on Philippi on June 3, 1861, in the first land battle of the Civil War. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 8/30/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Philippi-The Confederate Retreat - Philippi WV in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Col. George A. Porterfield moved his newly recruited Confederates from Grafton on May 28, 1861, after receiving word of a Federal advance on the B&O Railroad. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 8/30/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Philippi-The Federal Attack - Philippi WV in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites On June 2, 1861, Federal troops advanced on Philippi from the Baltimore & Ohio rail hub at Grafton in two columns of about 1500 men each. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 8/30/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | War in Grant County-Engagement at Johnson Run - Petersburg WV in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites During the Civil War, loyal Unionist Home Guard companies patrolled Hardy County (now Grant County) to defend it against Confederate incursions. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 8/29/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Fort Boreman-Protecting the B&O Railroad - Parkersburg WV in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites The men of Co. A, 11th West Virginia Infantry (US), constructed Fort Boreman in 1863 to protect the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad here. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 8/28/2020 last visited: never |
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