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Tag Archives: New Market Battlefield
Saving History Saturday: 52 Acres To Preserve at New Market
Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation (SVBF) is working to preserve 52 acres at New Market battlefield. Located along the historic Valley Pike, this land is where Confederate artillery—include the Virginia Military Institute Cadet Battery—rolled into position and turned back a Federal … Continue reading
ECW Weekender: New Market Battle Anniversary Tours 2021
I’ve answered the question a few times now on Zoom meetings: “What’s happening for the Battle of New Market anniversary?” Well, good news for events in the town of New Market! Both SVBF and the Virginia Museum of the Civil … Continue reading
Moving Memory: Virginia Military Institute’s Stonewall Jackson Statue
The boy who became the sculptor stood guard over the dead general’s casket. We don’t know if he ever saw him alive, though it is possible their paths may have crossed on a spring day in Richmond when the Civil … Continue reading
ECW Weekender: Virginia Museum of the Civil War’s Art Gallery
I enjoy visiting art museums and galleries, especially if historical art is displayed! The Virginia Civil War Museum at New Market has The Robert Raeburn, VMI 1951, Civil War Art Gallery—a splendid collection of unique Civil War art, including some … Continue reading
Lost Shoes: A Historical Perspective
Missing shoes. Symbols of a hurried movement or a panic. Symbols left behind when the person has vanished suddenly from the scene. In Civil War history, lost shoes are often associated with New Market’s battlefield even though it was not … Continue reading
Posted in Ties to the War
Tagged 9/11, Field of Lost Shoes, New Market Battlefield, Ties to the War
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Modern Photography: Battlefield Cannons
During my battlefield trips, I enjoying taking the “classic” cannon photos. Though serene battlefield markers today, these artillery pieces caused fearsome destruction during the Civil War.
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Emerging Civil War, National Park Service, Photography
Tagged Antietam National Battlefield, battlefields, cannons, Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park, Manassas National Battlefield, modern-photography-17, New Market Battlefield, Stonewall Jackson Headquarters
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“Put the boys in, and may God forgive me for the order.”
They were merely boys, some just old enough to shave for the first time. The youngest was 15, the oldest 24. General John Cabell Breckenridge was adamant: the “boys” from the Virginia Military Institute would only be used as reinforcements … Continue reading
No NPS? No Problem—New Market
Day Ten in a series coinciding with the federal government shutdown Situated about 20 minutes north of Harrisonburg, Virginia is the small town of New Market. Here on May 15, 1864, Confederates under Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge engaged a Union force … Continue reading
