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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ6_fort-collier_Winchester-VA.html
Just to the east, a redoubt known as Fort Collier was built by Joseph E. Johnston in 1861. Early's left rested here during the Third Battle of Winchester, September 19, 1864.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUM_lord-fairfax_Winchester-VA.html
Thomas Fairfax (1693-1781), sixth Baron Fairfax of Cameron, was the proprietor of the Northern Neck Proprietary, a vast landholding that lay between the Rappahannock and the Potomac Rivers, and extended to the Blue Ridge. Born in England, he came …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUK_the-pritchard-house_Winchester-VA.html
The large brick dwelling before you is the Pritchard House, built by Steven C. Pritchard, Jr. and his son Samuel R. Pritchard. During the Civil War, Samuel, his wife Helen, and their two small children occupied the house. Fighting swirled around t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUJ_general-daniel-morgan-winchester_Winchester-VA.html
(North Side): Morgan used this road in traveling from his home, "Saratoga," to Winchester. He was a frontiersman, Indian fighter and the commander of Morgan's famous riflemen in the Revolution. He won glory at Quebec and Saratoga, and defeated Tar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMU5_capture-of-star-fort_Winchester-VA.html
The fort on the hilltop to the southwest, known as Star Fort, was taken by Colonel Schoonmaker of Sheridan's Army in the Battle of September 19, 1864.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMU1_third-battle-of-winchester_Winchester-VA.html
On a hill, approximately one-half mile to the west, Philip H. Sheridan established his final position on September 19, 1864. General Jubal A. Early held the ground one-half mile further to the west. At 4 P.M., Sheridan advanced with massed cavalry…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTZ_third-battle-of-winchester_Winchester-VA.html
Here Confederate forces under General Jubal A. Early, facing east, received the attack of Sheridan's army at noon on September 19, 1864. Early repulsed the attack and countercharged, breaking the Union line. Only prompt action by General Emory Upt…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTY_jost-hite-and-winchester_Winchester-VA.html
German emigrant Jost Hite and about 16 other German and Scots-Irish families from Pennsylvania came to this region in 1732, creating one of the early permanent European settlements. They settled along the Opequon Creek watershed south-west of the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTP_house-of-first-settler_Winchester-VA.html
Springdale, home of Colonel John Hite, son of Joist Hite, leader of the first settlers in this section, was built in 1753. Just to the South are ruins of Hite's Fort, built about 1734.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTI_patsy-cline-country-music-singer_Winchester-VA.html
Patsy Cline (Virginia Patterson Hensley), world-famous singer, lived in this house. She was born in Winchester Memorial Hospital on 8 Sept. 1932. On 21 Jan. 1957 she won Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts national television show's competition singing…