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The district includes the terrain and hydrography over which the Battle of Cool Spring, July 16–20, 1864, was fought and which served to shape the tactical progress of the engagement in time and space. The district also includes the archaeological and architectural remnants of plantations, farmsteads, transportation, mining, and industrial ...
The Cool Spring Battlefield was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. [3] The Civil War Trust (a division of the American Battlefield Trust) and its federal, state and local partners have helped save 1,226 acres (4.96 km 2) of the battlefield, preserved by easement agreements with Holy Cross Abbey and Shenandoah University. [4]
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Bluemont: 3: Berryville Historic District ... Cool Spring Battlefield: Cool Spring Battlefield. June 6, 1997
The Bluemont Historic District comprises the historic core of Bluemont, Virginia. The town is located on the eastern side of Snickers Gap, with the majority of the district fronting on the Snickersville Turnpike, also designated Virginia State Route 734. The district includes 43 buildings, of which 36 are houses, five are commercial structure ...
The gap was the scene of many small American Civil War skirmishes, and part of the Battle of Cool Spring (sometimes referred to as the "Battle of Snicker's Gap") took place there. Portion of the 1944 Berryville, Virginia topographic map showing route 7 crossing Snickers Gap on Blue Ridge Mountain west of Bluemont.
Located just 35 miles (56 km) west-northwest of Washington, D.C., on the south bank of the Potomac River and at the foot of the Blue Ridge, Loudoun served as a connection between northeastern Virginia and the lower Shenandoah Valley as well as between northern Virginia and central Maryland. [2]
Bluemont Historic District; Bogota (Port Republic, Virginia) Bon Air, Virginia; ... Cool Spring Battlefield; Court House Hill–Downtown Historic District;
Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1987. ISBN 0-8094-4784-3. Patchan, Scott C. The Last Battle of Winchester: Phil Sheridan, Jubal Early, and the Shenandoah Valley Campaign, August 7–September 19, 1864. El Dorado Hills, CA: Savas Beatie, 2013. ISBN 978-1-932714-98-2