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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PS_clark-county-frederick-county_Winchester-VA.html
(West Facing Side): Clark CountyArea 171 Square Miles
Formed in 1836 from Frederick and added to from Warren. Named for George Rogers Clark, conqueror of the Northwest. Lord Fairfax and General Daniel Morgan, Revolutionary hero, lived in this c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PR_clark-county-frederick-county_Winchester-VA.html
(North Facing Side): Clark CountyArea 171 Square Miles
Formed in 1836 from Frederick and added to from Warren. Named for George Rogers Clark, conqueror of the Northwest. Lord Fairfax and General Daniel Morgan, Revolutionary hero, lived in this …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM145_colonel-john-singleton-mosby_Winchester-VA.html
This road, along which many of his skirmishes took place, is named for Colonel John Singleton Mosby, commander of the 43rd Battalion of the Confederate Partisan Rangers. Their activities in this area helped keep the Confederate cause alive in Nort…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM143_second-battle-of-winchester_Winchester-VA.html
Here Jubal A. Early, detached to attack the rear of Milroy, holding Winchester, crossed this road and moved eastward in the afternoon of June 15, 1863.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13J_rose-hill_Winchester-VA.html
The First Battle of Kernstown, on March 23, 1862, was also the first major Civil War battle fought in the Shenandoah Valley. Throughout the morning, 16 Union cannons on Pritchard's Hill held off Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's overmatched Con…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM139_first-battle-of-kernstown_Winchester-VA.html
Was fought here Sunday, March 23, 1862 Confederates under Gen. T.J. "Stonewall" Jackson attacked Federals under Gen. James Shields. The fighting was chiefly west of the road and continued from early afternoon until nightfall. When Jackson retired …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM138_1790-stone-church_Winchester-VA.html
These native limestone steps are in their original position and mark the main entrance to a 40' x 60' stone church built on this site in 1790. The entrance was in the center of its east wall with the pulpit area against the west wall. This church …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM137_in-memory-of-the-many-soldiers-of-the-revolution_Winchester-VA.html
In Memory ofthe many soldiers of theRevolution interredat Opequon Churchof whom only sevenare knownMajor John GilkesonCaptain William ChipleyCaptain Samuel GilkesonCaptain James SimrallCaptain Samuel VanceCaptain William VancePrivate James Hamilton
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM136_kernstown-battles_Winchester-VA.html
Around this site and a mile to the west occurred two major battles of the Civil War.
First KernstownMarch 23, 1862 Stonewall Jackson attacked what appeared to be a withdrawing federal force led by federal Br. Gen. Shields. Desperate fighting al…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12X_opequon-presbyterian-church_Winchester-VA.html
Early YearsThis historic church was established by Scotch-Irish and German settlers who migrated from eastern Pennsylvania in the early 1730's. William Hoge donated two acres of land for a meeting house, and an additional two acres for a burying g…