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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9TM_site-where-lt-john-rodgers-meigs-was-killed_Harrisonburg-VA.html
This is the approximate site where Union Lt. John Rodgers Meigs was killed in a fight with three Confederate scouts on October 3, 1864. In retaliation, General Philip H. Sheridan ordered that buildings over a large area, including the town of Dayt…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9TB_death-of-lt-meigs_Harrisonburg-VA.html
The death of Union Lt. John R. Meigs, near the granite marker on the hill in front of you, unleashed a firestorm of retaliation. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, erroneously told that civilian "bushwhackers" had killed Meigs, reported to Gen. U.S. Grant f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9T9_death-of-lt-meigs_Harrisonburg-VA.html
Here on the old Swift Run Gap Road on the evening of October 3, 1864, Union Lt. John Rodgers Meigs was killed in a fight with three Confederate scouts guided by local resident Pvt. Benjamin F. "Frank" Shaver, 1st Virginia Cavalry. Meigs, of Gen. P…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM99P_general-turner-ashby-of-fauquier_Harrisonburg-VA.html
A mile and a half southeastof this spotGeneral Turner Ashby of Fauquier,"Knight of the Valley", was killed in battleJune 6, 1862.To honor himand all of Rockingham's enlisted men,1861-1865this tablet is erected,1926.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7K7_the-big-spring_Harrisonburg-VA.html
"For generations this great spring was the main source of water supply for the town. Before the white man settled around it the Indians and the buffaloes knew it well. It was at the crossing of two old trails—one up and down the Valley, sinc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24S_cross-keys-battlefield_Harrisonburg-VA.html
Here, June 8, 1862, Gen. J. C. Fremont—pursuing Gen. T. J. "Stonewall" Jackson—was checked by Gen. R. S. Ewell with part of Jackson's army, which lay towards Port Republic. Federals engaged: 12,750, killed and wounded: 684. Confederate…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19N_end-of-the-campaign_Harrisonburg-VA.html
Here Stonewall Jackson, retreating up the Valley before the converging columns of Fremont and Shields, turned at bay, June 1862. A mile southeast Jackson's cavalry commander, Ashby, was killed, June 6. At Cross Keys, six miles southeast, Ewell of …