 view gallery W34.4 km
|   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 S34.8 km
| 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: 7/10/2016 |
 view gallery N35.4 km
| Stephenson's Depot Battlefield in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites The battle that was fought here on June 15, 1863. posted by: hhoke location: Virginia date approved: 2/12/2010 last visited: never |
 view galleryN35.4 km | Third Battle of Winchester "One Moving Mass of Glittering Sabers - Stephenson VA in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites On September 19, 1864, Union Gen. Philip H. Sheridan’s Army of the Shenandoah routed Confederate Gen. Jubal A. Early’s Valley Army at the Third Battle of Winchester (also called Opequon) in the bloodiest and largest battle in the Shenandoah Valley. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 7/24/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery SW37.7 km
| 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: 7/25/2020 |
 view gallery SE41 km
| Warrenton-Home of the "Gray Ghost" - Warrenton VA in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Although Warrenton was spared the ravages of major battles during the war, control of the town changed hands 67 times and many homes and churches housed soldiers or were used as hospitals. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 7/20/2020 last visited: never |
 view galleryS41.2 km | Slate Mills in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Slate Mills in Rappahannock County, VA was used by both the Union and Confederate armies for reconnaissance. The road was used by troops retreating from Gettysburg and by Confederate soldiers headed to Bristoe Station. posted by: La de Boheme location: Virginia date approved: 3/27/2013 last visited: never |
 view gallerySE41.5 km | Brentmoor-Spilman-Mosby House - Warrenton VA in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites John Singleton Mosby bought the house from Keith in 1875. Mosby gained fame during the Civil War for his daring exploits behind Union lines. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 7/20/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallerySW42.2 km | Whitehouse in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites The White House Bridge takes its name from the small white building which can be seen today, located immediately west of the present-day bridge on US Hwy 211. posted by: MNSearchers location: Virginia date approved: 9/1/2008 last visited: 5/15/2011 |
 view gallerySW42.5 km | Mt. Jackson General Hospital, CSA Shenandoah at War - Mount Jackson VA in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites In September 1861, the Confederate Medical Department built a large general hospital on this site because Mt. Jackson was the western terminus of the Manassas Gap Railroad, which provided access to northern Virginia battlefields. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 7/20/2020 last visited: 7/24/2020 |
 view gallerySW46.3 km | Rude’s Hill-Knoll of Refuge and Attack - New Market VA in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites The spring of 1864 opened with United States forces pressing Confederate armies defending fronts scattered throughout the Confederacy. Union Gen. Franz Sigel was assigned the task of securing the Shenandoah Valley. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 7/20/2020 last visited: 7/24/2020 |
 view gallerySW46.3 km | Rude's Hill-Jackson at Rude’s Hill - New Market VA in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson’s small Confederate force went into a defensive position here after retiring from the battle at Kernstown. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 7/5/2020 last visited: 7/24/2020 |
 view gallerySW47.2 km | DuPont at Rude’s Hill “I had to depend entirely upon myself ... ” - New Market VA in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Here Capt. Henry DuPont, commanding B Battery, 5th U.S. Artillery, protected Union Gen. Franz Sigel’s defeated army as it retreated after the Battle of New Market on May 15, 1864. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 7/20/2020 last visited: 7/24/2020 |
 view gallerySW47.6 km | New Market Gap in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Gen. Stonewall Jackson announced his Army of the Valley had become the 2nd Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia on his march from the Shenandoah Valley east to Fredericksburg, VA where he joined Gen. R. E. Lee. posted by: La de Boheme location: Virginia date approved: 5/19/2011 last visited: 6/3/2012 |
 view gallery NE48.1 km
| Cameron's Depot Engagement "What news now?" - Charles Town WV in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites On Sunday, August 21, 1864, as Sheridan marched to Halltown, Early attacked Sheridan’s mile-and-a Half long position on the hills here with Gen Robert E. Rodes’s infantry division. The fight lasted from about 9 A.M. until dusk. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 8/17/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallerySW49.6 km | New Market Battlefield State Historical Park and Hall of Valor Museum: The Bloody Cedars in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites The 54th PA Infantry suffered devastating losses when they were cut down by Confederate fire on a cedar-covered hillside during the Battle of New Market. posted by: La de Boheme location: Virginia date approved: 5/20/2011 last visited: 7/24/2020 |
 view gallerySW49.9 km | New Market Battlefield State Historical Park and Hall of Valor Museum: Captain DuPont & Sergeant Burns in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Two Union soldiers were heroes during the Federal retreat at the Battle of New Market. posted by: La de Boheme location: Virginia date approved: 5/21/2011 last visited: 7/17/2011 |
 view gallerySW50.1 km | New Market Battlefield State Historical Park and Hall of Valor Museum: Woodson's Missouri Cavalry in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites The Missouri Cavalry was put under the command of Capt. Woodson at the Battle of New Market. posted by: La de Boheme location: Virginia date approved: 5/21/2011 last visited: 10/12/2011 |
 view gallerySW50.2 km | New Market Battlefield State Historical Park and Hall of Valor Museum: Bushong Farm in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites The Bushong Farm was caught in the crossfire during the Battle of New Market on May 15, 1864. posted by: La de Boheme location: Virginia date approved: 5/20/2011 last visited: 7/17/2011 |
 view gallerySW50.5 km | New Market Battlefield State Historical Park and Hall of Valor Museum: VMI Cadet Casualties in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites The cadets from VMI paid a high price in their first battle -- one in four were killed or wounded on May 15, 1864 at New Market. posted by: La de Boheme location: Virginia date approved: 5/20/2011 last visited: 6/3/2012 |
 view gallerySW50.5 km | New Market Battlefield State Historical Park and Hall of Valor Museum: Gravestones Of VMI Cadets in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites The original tombstones of six VMI cadets who were killed during the Battle of New Market are on display outside the Hall of Valor Civil War Museum at the New Market Battlefield. posted by: La de Boheme location: Virginia date approved: 5/19/2011 last visited: 6/3/2012 |
 view galleryNE50.5 km | Rutherford House-“Go in!” - Charles Town WV in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites This house belonged to Thomas and Mary Rutherford in 1864, when a historic meeting occurred here on September 17 between Union Gens. Ulysses S. Grant and Philip H. Sheridan. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 8/17/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallerySW51 km | New Market Battlefield State Historical Park and Hall of Valor Museum: The Battle Of New Market in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites The Battle of New Market of May 1864 is featured at the New Market Battlefield State Historical Park and Hall of Valor Museum. posted by: La de Boheme location: Virginia date approved: 5/20/2011 last visited: 7/17/2011 |
 view gallery E51.2 km
| Oatlands-Civil War Comes to Oatlands - Leesburg VA in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites As Confederate forces gathered to protect Leesburg, Elizabeth G. Carter, the widowed mistress of Oatlands, wrote in her journal on October 17, “Our troops falling back on Centerville -Mississippi Regt’s encamped at the Mill – Solders here all daY." posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 7/22/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallerySE51.7 km | 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 |
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