Shenandoah County Library Archives

Shenandoah County Library Digital Archives

Browse Items (106 total)

http://10.10.10.10/zach/Morrison03000jpg/03140.jpg
Copy of an older tin-type image of Ephriam Mowery, son of John Mowery. Ephriam served in the Confederate Army in Company G of the 2nd Virginia Infantry. He died on April 14, 1865, in Elmira, N.Y. He is buried in Woodlawn National Cemetery in Elmira…

http://10.10.10.10/zach/Morrison09000jpg/09662.jpg
Unidentified Confederate Veteran standing beside his unidentified wife.

The man is wearing a Southern Cross of Honor, a commemorative medal established in 1899 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy to honor Confederate Veterans.

http://10.10.10.10/zach/Morrison04000jpg/04397.jpg
Portrait of George Alva Boyer in his later years. He became the oldest living Confederate Veteran in Woodstock before he died.

During the Civil War, Mr. Boyer served with Company E of the 35th Battalion (also known as White's Battalion) of the…

http://10.10.10.10/zach/Morrison04000jpg/04740.jpg
Omar Funk Pirkey was from Strasburg, Virginia, where he was a member of the Strasburg Christian Church.

Mr. Pirkey was a Confederate Veteran. A photograph published in the Free Press on September 26, 2002, showed him standing with a group of…

http://10.10.10.10/zach/Morrison04000jpg/04750.jpg
Photo of a photograph of Omar Funk Pirkey standing on the left side of a group photograph. The photographer has applied white marker as if in preparation of making another print of just him.

The group photograph was taken at an event honoring…

http://10.10.10.10/zach/Morrison05000jpg/05326.jpg
Portrait of William Harvey Riffey, Confederate Veteran and farmer, from the Woodstock area of the county. His parents were George and Polly (Book) Riffey. He married Sarah (Hollar) Riffey and had many children.

During the Civil War, William H.…

http://10.10.10.10/zach/Morrison06000jpg/06594.jpg
Photograph of Samuel Jefferson Artz astride his horse, "Mike".

Samuel Artz was born at the family farm near Edinburg. The beginning of the Civil War found the 24 year old farmer, orphaned and unmarried, ready and willing to enlist with a local…

http://10.10.10.10/zach/Morrison06000jpg/06622.jpg
Reproduction photograph of Elizabeth "Eliza" Clinedinst Crim. The original image was probably taken in about 1870.

Eliza was also known as “Mother Crim” due to her actions following the Civil War Battle of New Market caring for cadets from the…

http://10.10.10.10/zach/Morrison06000jpg/06686.jpg
Heavily damaged image of the stone monument honoring the 1864 Battle of New Market, a significant event of the Civil War.

Cannons on temporary stands and flags flanking the monument may indicate this photograph was taken at the dedication…

http://classic.countylib.org/hp/herbparkerpostcard733.jpg
Postcard showing an aerial view of the Bushong house located on the New Market Battlefield.

http://classic.countylib.org/hp/herbparkerpostcard192.jpg
Postcard bearing an image of the Presbyterian Church in Strasburg Virginia.

The postcard is dated July 10, 1909.

http://classic.countylib.org/hp/herbparkerpostcard127.jpg
Photographic postcard showing "Battlefield Crystal Caverns" in Strasburg Virginia.

In the image Crystal Caverns and several other structures that surrounded it during the first half of the 20th century are visible. These include a museum,…

http://classic.countylib.org/hp/herbparkerpostcard943.jpg
Postcard showing the memorial stone that marks the spot of Turner Ashby's death during the Civil War. Includes description of Ashby and local battles.

http://classic.countylib.org/hp/herbparkerpostcard162.jpg
Postcard with a picture of Bank's Fort in Strasburg Virginia. It includes a brief description of the site which was developed by Federal forces under General Nathaniel P. Banks when he occupied the town in 1862.

http://classic.countylib.org/hp/herbparkerpostcard721.jpg
Postcard showing Shirley's Hill on the New Market Battlefield. Includes a description of the battle.

http://classic.countylib.org/hp/herbparkerpostcard742.jpg
Postcard showing the Pennsylvania Monument on the New Market Battlefield. The monument is located just north of New Market Virginia and commemorated the 54 Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment. The card includes and description of their actions.

http://classic.countylib.org/hp/herbparkerpostcard749.jpg
Postcard showing a reenactment of the Battle of New Market by US Marines and Virginia Military Institute Cadets on September 20 1923. Includes a description of the battle and note that the re-enactment attracted 150,000 spectators. .

http://classic.countylib.org/hp/herbparkerpostcard789.jpg
Postcard showing the Shell Struck Post near what is now Reformation Lutheran Church in New Market Virginia

http://classic.countylib.org/hp/herbparkerpostcard739.jpg
Postcard showing the 54th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Monument located on the New Market Battlefield just north of the town of New Market.

http://classic.countylib.org/hp/herbparkerpostcard095.jpg
Postcard with a picture of the New York Monument located on the Cedar Creek Battlefield between Strasburg and Middleton Virginia.

http://classic.countylib.org/hp/herbparkerpostcard746.jpg
Postcard showing the Hall of Valor located at the New Market Battlefield. The site is operated by the Virginia Military Institute and is currently known as the Virginia Museum of the Civil War.

http://classic.countylib.org/hp/herbparkerpostcard724.jpg
Postcard showing the the New Market Battlefield, part of the town of New Market Virginia, and the surrounding landscape.

http://classic.countylib.org/hp/herbparkerpostcard729.jpg
Postcard showing "Shirley's Hill" near the town of New Market Virginia.

The card's printed descriptor indicates that hill was the site of the noted charge by Virginia Military Institute Cades during the 1864 battle of New Market.

The card is…

http://classic.countylib.org/hp/herbparkerpostcard731.jpg
Postcard showing the Bushong house located on the New Market Battlefield.

http://10.10.10.10/zach/hg075.jpg
Photograph taken by William Hoyle Garber showing an aerial view of the New Market Battlefield's Hall of Valor building under construction.
Output Formats

atom, dcmes-xml, json, omeka-xml, rss2