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Experience the Civil War dramatically by tracing the five different Civil War Trails throughout the state -- more than 400 sites tell stories never before told, through pictures, battle maps, and clear interpretation. Travelers can spend two days or two weeks following the campaigns fought in Virginia through 79 cities and counties. Each site is car-accessible and describes events specific to ...
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How to Use this Map-Guide. This guide highlights more than 70 South- Central Virginia Civil War sites where you will discover the epic stories of soldiers and civilians who experienced triumph and tragedy during the last days of the war. Follow The Route of Lee’s Retreat, Virginia’s first Civil War Trail, with 26 stops between Petersburg ...
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- More Valley Sites
- Gladeville in The Civil War
- Engagement at Pound Gap
- Battlefield at Cool Spring
- Saltville
- Battle of Cloyd’s Mountain
- Christiansburg
- Floyd
- Covington
- Marion
Battle of Wytheville
A series of five Civil War Trails interpretive signs describes the action on July 18, 1863, as a Federal raiding party marched to the Wytheville area intending to destroy the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad tracks and bridges. In addition, the force planned to destroy telegraph lines and the salt and lead mines nearby. After some skirmishing and confusion on the advance, Union Col. John Toland ordered his men into Wytheville. Hastily organized Confederate resistance succeeded in killing Tolan...
Trails sign at the Wise County Courthouse, 206 E Main St, Wise VA 24293 ROAD MAP Gladeville (modern-day Wise) was the subject of several surprise Union raids during the war. One, June 1, 1862, resulted in the destruction of part of the town. Another, July 1, 1863, led to the capture of more than 100 Confederates.
Trails sign on Route 23 near VA Highway 667 near Pound VA 24279 ROAD MAP This was an important strategic gateway from Kentucky into southwestern Virginia during the war. On March 16, 1862, a Federal force under future president James Garfield defeated Confederate defenders here. They burned some cabins and wagons before returning to Kentucky.
Trails sign just off Route 7 westbound lanes at west end of Shenandoah River Bridge ROAD MAP State historical markers cite the action here as Confederate Gen. Jubal Early was pursued after his July 1864 foray to the suburbs of Washington D.C. Union forces, including those led by future President Rutherford Hayes, were repulsed bloodily.
North of I-81 on Route 107 Salt wells here were crucially important to the Confederate war effort, important enough to be the focus of Union attacks late in 1864. Civil War Trails interpretation at two sites.
Trails sign located in the Cleburne Wayside next to Capt. Christopher Cleburne’s grave at 5304 State Road 790, Dublin VA 24084 ROAD MAP The Confederate rear guard made a stand here following the main action 3 miles west at the Battle of Cloyd’s Mountain, May 9, 1864. Intense fighting here, including hand-to-hand combat, delayed the advance of Gen. ...
A Town in Turmoil: Confederate Christiansburg Trails sign located at 2 E Main St, Christiansburg ROAD MAP The majority of Christiansburg’s citizens supported the Confederacy. The town’s location put it in harm’s way during periodic raids on the nearby Virginia & Tennessee Railroad. The 1864 Battle of Cloyd’s Mountain filled the town with Confederat...
Stoneman’s Raid 217 N Locust St, Floyd VA 24091 ROAD MAP Union Gen. George Stoneman’s cavalry ranged across Floyd County in the last days of the war, encountering only token resistance and a few supporters. The raid accomplished at least some of its goals, damaging the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, a critical Confederate supply route. But by the...
Averell’s Raid Trails sign located at the Alleghany Highlands Visitor Center, at 110 Mall Road, Covington VA 24426 ROAD MAP Near here on Dec. 19, 1863, Union Gen. William Averell’s 2,500 raiders crossed a flooded, icy Jackson River to escape capture following their raid on Salem. The bridge over the Jackson was guarded by Confederate Col. William J...
Civil War Trails sign in a small cemetery on East Main Street tells the story of Col. William Elisha Peters, who enlisted as a private in the Confederate army and quickly rose in the ranks. He was arrested briefly for refusing to join in the burning of Chambersburg, Pa. Wounded three times, he surrendered with his unit at Appomattox. He is buried n...
Oct 1, 2005 · When Union Gen. David Hunter received orders to lead his Army of West Virginia through the Shenandoah Valley and into Lynchburg in 1864, he led a campaign of destruction that leveled farmland, homes, railroads and even the Virginia Military Institute. A Virginia Civil War Trail highlighting Hunter’s Raid and comprising 24 markers along the ...
Civil War Trails across Virginia bring the stories of these battles and those who fought them to life on the very grounds where the action took place. Walk in a soldier's footsteps across the battlefields of Virginia, attend Civil War related events, or don 1800s garb and take part in a battle reenactment. Visit the many historic churches ...
Oct 19, 2022 · October 19, 2022 by Ruby Russell. The Civil War Trails program has installed more than 1,000 interpretive markers at Civil War sites in Virginia, Maryland, Tennessee, West Virginia and North Carolina. Driving tours following major campaigns have been created, and a series of regional brochures is available.
Civil War Trails, Inc. is a non-profit initiative founded in 1994 offering more than 1,550 sites in Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee. More than 750 of their sites are being interpreted for the first time.
