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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5WA_frederick-county-shenandoah-county_Strasburg-VA.html
Frederick County. Area 485 Square Miles. Formed in 1738 from Orange, and named for Frederick, Prince of Wales, Father of King George III. Several battles were fought in the vicinity of Winchester, 1862-1864.
Shenandoah County. Area 510 Square…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3Z4_banks-fort_Strasburg-VA.html
The earthworks on the hilltop to the southwest were constructed by General Banks in the campaign of 1862.
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This house, built about 1755, is the old Hupp Homestead. It was used as a fort in Indian attacks.
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This Frontier Fort stands in mute evidence of that early American history that has gone before us. It was built around the year 1755, and it was home of one of the first settlers to the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Built at a time when the early…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3UD_trenches-on-hupps-hill_Strasburg-VA.html
These trenches were constructed by Sheridan in the autumn of 1864 while campaigning against Early.
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Just west of modern route 11 is the Daniel Stickley Farm. The ruins of the Stickley Mills are located beside the creek just below the house. During the war, the Valley Turnpike ran past the brick Stickley house and turned right onto a covered brid…
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When Gen. U.S. Grant came East to assume command of all Union forces in 1864, he ordered Gen. Franz Sigel to seize control of the Valley. As Sigel moved south along the Valley Turnpike, Confederates on May 9, 1864, burned the bridge here delaying …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3GI_fort-bowman_Strasburg-VA.html
The stone house to the south is Fort Bowman, or Harmony Hall, built about 1753 for George Bowman who emigrated from Pennsylvania in 1731-1732. The house is an important example of the Pennsylvania German influence on Shenandoah Valley architecture…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A4_shenandoah-county-warren-county_Strasburg-VA.html
(East Facing Side): Shenandoah CountyArea 510 Square Miles
Formed in 1772 from Frederick, and first named Dunmore for Lord Dunmore, Governor of Virginia, 1771-1775. In 1778 the county was renamed for the Shenandoah River.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM278_valley-pike_Strasburg-VA.html
1864 Valley CampaignHere on Tumbling Run are the remains of the "Old Pike" stone bridge. The Valley Turnpike Company was chartered in 1838 as a joint-stock corporation. The turnpike followed the route of the Great Wagon Road from Philadelphia to t…