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Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park became the 388th unit of the United States National Park Service when it was authorized on December 19, 2002. The National Historical Park was created to protect several historically significant locations in the Shenandoah Valley of Northern Virginia, notably the site of the American Civil War Battle of Cedar Creek and the Belle Grove ...
Virginia Museum of the Civil War. New Market Battlefield State Historical Park is a historic American Civil War battlefield and national historic district located near New Market, Shenandoah County, Virginia. The district encompasses the site of the Battle of New Market, a battle fought on May 15, 1864, during Valley Campaigns of 1864. In the ...
The Shenanandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District is a National Heritage Area in VirginiaThe district comprises eight counties in the Shenandoah Valley, including the scene of Jackson's Valley Campaign of 1862, Lee's Gettysburg Campaign of 1863 and Sheridan's Shenandoah Campaign of 1864.
The Civil War Trust (a division of the American Battlefield Trust) and its partners have acquired and preserved 1,226 acres (4.96 km 2) of the battlefield. Since 2013, Shenandoah University has helped protect the preserved land. One hundred ninety-five acres of the battlefield are known as the Shenandoah River Campus at Cool Spring Battlefield ...
Pages in category "Shenandoah County, Virginia, in the American Civil War" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The property includes a series of caves that have long been a tourist attraction, including visits by soldiers of both sides during the American Civil War. It also includes a c. 1859 Greek Revival farmhouse, and numerous agricultural outbuildings, one of which is a log-structure summer kitchen that may be as old as 1820. [2]
New construction is taking place at VanStory History Village, which is part of The NC History Center on the Civil War, Emancipation & Reconstruction, on Tuesday, July 2, 2024.
An illustration of the Confederate militia mustering in Winchester, Virginia, from Harper's Weekly in 1861. The city of Winchester, Virginia, and the surrounding area, were the site of numerous battles during the American Civil War, as contending armies strove to control the lower Shenandoah Valley.