 view gallery |   President’s Mansion White House of the Confederacy - Richmond VA
in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites This house was the executive mansion of Confederate President Jefferson Davis from August 1861 until April 2, 1865. A West Point graduate, former Senator from Mississippi, and former U.S. secretary of war, Davis was the Confederacy's only president. posted by:  Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 07/17/2020 last visited: 10/05/2021 |
 view gallery | Hupp's Hill The Battle of Hupp's Hill or Stickley's Farm - Strasburg VA in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Early and his staff reached the crest of Hupp's Hill where they could plainly see the camps of Col. Joseph Thoburn's Division of Gen. George Crook's 8th Federal Corps in the fields to the east across Cedar Creek. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 07/17/2020 last visited: 10/05/2021 |
 view gallery | Court Square & Springhouse Temporary Prison Camp - Harrisonburg VA in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites The courthouse occupied the northern portion while the jail, clerk’s office, and springhouse were in the southern section. Plank fences surrounded both yards. These enclosures occasionally were used as holding pens for prisoners during the conflict. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 07/17/2020 last visited: 10/05/2021 |
 view gallery | Warren-Sipe House Home and Hospital - Harrisonburg VA in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites This was the home of Edward T.H. Warren, a Harrisonburg attorney. As a lieutenant in the Valley Guards, a Rockingham County militia company, Warren attended the trial and execution of John Brown posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 07/17/2020 last visited: 10/05/2021 |
 view gallery | Hardesty-Higgins House Banks's Headquarters - Harrisonburg VA in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites This was the home of Harrisonburg’s first mayor, Isaac Hardesty, an apothecary. Elected in 1849, Hardesty served until 1860. His Unionist sympathies compelled him to leave for Maryland after the Civil War began. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 07/17/2020 last visited: 10/05/2021 |
 view gallery | Valley Pike-Tumbling Run Near Fisher's Hill - Fishers Hill VA in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Here on Tumbling Run are the remains of the "Old Pike" stone bridge. The Valley Turnpike Company was chartered in 1838 as a joint-stock corporation. The turnpike followed the route of the Great Wagon Road from Philadelphia. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 07/15/2020 last visited: 08/16/2022 |
 view gallery | Mountain House Jackson's March - West Augusta, VA in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites The Battle of McDowell began three miles to the southeast (near the intersection of Routes 629 and 716) when Confederates were fired upon by Union cavalry on May 7, 1862. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 07/15/2020 last visited: 10/05/2021 |
 view gallery | Fort Monroe Freedom’s Fortress - Fort Monroe VA in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Fort Monroe is the largest stone fortification ever built in the United States. Construction began in 1819 and continued for 15 years. Second Lt. Robert E. Lee served as an engineer at Fort Monroe from 1831 to 1834. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 07/15/2020 last visited: 10/05/2021 |
 view gallery | Chestnut Ridge Death of Ashby - Harrisonburg VA in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites On June 6, 1862, the vanguard of Union Gen. John C. Frémont’s force, pursuing Confederate Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson’s army south up the Shenandoah Valley, reached this point near Harrisonburg. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 07/15/2020 last visited: 11/01/2022 |
 view gallery | Fisher's Hill Confederate Gibraltar - Fishers Hill VA in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites This is Fisher's Hill, the Shenandoah Valley's "Gibraltar"—a commanding height that offered Confederate forces a superb defensive position. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 07/15/2020 last visited: 08/28/2022 |
 view gallery | The Stover - McGinnis House “Make Me a Map of the Valley” - Edinburg VA in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites March 26, 1862: “In the morning our battalion was ordered back to Narrow Passage, … near the rest of the army. Hd. Qrs. were established at Miss Stover’s, in the stone house, near Narrow Passage Creek. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 07/15/2020 last visited: 08/29/2022 |
 view gallery | Village of Deep Creek-The Dismal Swamp Rangers - Deep Creek North, VA in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites The canal was an important thoroughfare, connecting the North Carolina Sounds with Hampton Roads and the Chesapeake Bay. The Dismal Swamp Canal is the oldest operating artificial waterway in the United States. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 07/15/2020 last visited: 10/05/2021 |
 view gallery | Wilson Warehouse “Fit only for … owls and bats.” - Buchanan VA in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Federals swarmed through Buchanan and the surrounding countryside. They looted homes and farms for food and valuables. A resident wrote that the lower part of town was a ruin “fit only for the habitation of owls and bats.” posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 07/14/2020 last visited: 08/29/2022 |
 view gallery | Buchanan Bridge An Artillery Duel Ensued - Buchanan VA in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites OnJune 14, 1864, after occupying Lexington and burning Virginia Military Institute, Union Gen. David Hunter’s 18,000-man force marched south through Buchanan, a river port located at the western terminus of the James River and Kanawha Canal. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 07/14/2020 last visited: 08/29/2022 |
 view gallery | Mount Joy - Buchanan VA in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites One of Gen. David Hunter’s objectives was to destroy iron furnaces near Buchanan, Eagle Rock, Fincastle, and Cloverdale. These sites produced pig iron and iron bars that were transported down the James River and Kanawha Canal to Richmond. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 07/14/2020 last visited: 08/29/2022 |
 view gallery | Abingdon in the Civil War Wyatt's Revenge - Abington VA in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Stoneman arrived in Abingdon in the early morning hours of December 15. His men left a wake of destruction behind them here, destroying military supplies, tearing up railroad track, burning rolling stock. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 07/14/2020 last visited: 10/05/2021 |
 view gallery | The Anchorage Unexpected Guests - Buchanan VA in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites McCausland burned the bridge over the James River at Buchanan to prevent Averell from following, but the Federals crossed the river at a ford south of The Anchorage on June 13. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 07/14/2020 last visited: 10/05/2021 |
 view gallery | Fighting for Trenton-Raid on the Depot - Trenton TN in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites As Confederate Gen. Nathan B. Forrest’s cavalry brigade approached Trenton in December 1862, Union Col. Jacob Fry prepared to meet the attack. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 07/05/2020 last visited: 10/05/2021 |
 view gallery | Rude's Hill-Jackson at Rude’s Hill - New Market VA in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson’s small Confederate force went into a defensive position here after retiring from the battle at Kernstown. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 07/05/2020 last visited: 10/05/2021 |
 view gallery | Libby Prison-“Hope was all that sustained many.” - Richmond VA in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Near this site, from about 1845 until 1889, stood the building that housed Richmond’s famous Libby Prison. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 07/05/2020 last visited: 10/05/2021 |
 view gallery | “Gallant” Pelham’s Last Days-The Virginia House and Shackelford House - Culpeper VA in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Confederate cavalry chief Gen. J.E.B. Stuart and Maj. John Pelham, the commander of Stuart’s Horse Artillery, frequented the Virginia House Hotel and often visited the Shackelford family across the street. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 07/05/2020 last visited: 10/05/2021 |
 view gallery | Battle of James City-Opening Battle of the Bristoe Station Campaign - Leon VA in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites On October 10, 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, anticipating an offensive that became known as the Bristoe Station Campaign, sent a division of Confederate horsemen led by Gen. J.E.B. Stuart north from Madison on a raid. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 07/05/2020 last visited: 10/05/2021 |
 view gallery | McNeill’s Rangers “Hurah for McNeal” - Harrisonburg VA in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Harrisonburg is associated with the exploits of McNeill’s Rangers, a famous Confederate partisan unit. In 1862, John Hanson McNeill, a native of Hardy County in present-day West Virginia, recruited men for Co. E, 18th Virginia Cavalry. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 07/05/2020 last visited: 10/05/2021 |
 view gallery | Fisher's Hill Battlefield-Veteran's Picnic Grounds - Fishers Hill VA in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Soon after the end of the Civil War, veterans on both sides began holding reunions to walk the familiar battlegrounds and renew friendships with former comrades. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 07/05/2020 last visited: 10/05/2021 |
 view gallery | Yorktown-The Frowning Fortress of York - Yorktown VA in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites The trench line to your right is all that remains of a formidable line of Confederate earthworks that once blocked this historic road and the Union army’s advance westward past Yorktown in 1862. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 07/05/2020 last visited: 10/05/2021 |
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