Shenandoah County Library Archives

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Postcard showing a view of the New Market battlefield.

Photograph of Elizabeth “Eliza” Clinedinst Crim reading a book.

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

This picture…

Reproduction photograph of Elizabeth "Eliza" Clinedinst Crim. The original image was probably taken in about 1870.

Significant emulsion damage to the glass plate is visible.

Eliza was also known as “Mother Crim” due to her actions following the…

Five unidentified people are posed together outdoors. An older man and woman are seated together with a child standing between them.

Two unidentified men are standing behind them.

Probably, this was a family group.

The older man appears to…

Unidentified older man and woman, both wearing round glasses, are seated together outdoors with two unidentified people, a man and a woman, standing behind them.

The older man appears to be wearing Confederate Veteran medals.

A wood fence and…

Postcard showing the monument to the Fifty Fourth Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment on the New Market Battlefield.

Postcard showing the 54th PA Infantry Monument located on the New Market Battlefield.

Postcard showing the "Federal Positions" on the site of the New Market Battlefield.

Color postcard showing a view of the area around Fishers Hill in northern Shenandoah County. The view is facing west. The Shenandoah River can be seen in the foreground and Fishers Hill is in the mid-ground.

The small unincorporated community of…

Portrait photograph of George Alva Boyer and his wife, Mary Susan (Saum) Boyer.

George Alva Boyer is most remembered as a Confederate Veteran of the Civil War.

He enlisted on Christmas Day, 1862 and served until May 1865. He was a member of…

Portrait photograph of George Alva Boyer in his later years. He became the oldest living Confederate Veteran in Woodstock before he died.

He enlisted on Christmas Day, 1862 and served until May 1865. He was a member of the 35th Battalion Virginia…

Photograph of George Alva Boyer on the left. The other man and the child are also members of the Boyer family (but unidentified).

George Alva Boyer is most remembered as a Confederate Veteran of the Civil War. He was a native of Fort Valley, and…

Photograph of George Alva Boyer (left) seated with an unidentified man and young child.

The other man and child are probably members of the Boyer family.

George Alva Boyer is most remembered as a Confederate Veteran of the Civil War. He was a…

Photograph of a large group of people who attended the 50th wedding anniversary celebration in December 1916 for John Henry Grabill and Mary Lytle (Hollingsworth) Grabill.

The couple married on 27 December 1866. John Henry Grabill was a…

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.

Photo of a photograph of Harrison Holt Riddleberger, who owned a local newspaper and became a prominent political player in Shenandoah County.

Born in Edinburg, he was the son of Madison J. Riddleberger, a gunsmith by trade and stagecoach…

Photo of an oval-framed portrait photograph of Harrison Holt Riddleberger wearing an army uniform from the Confederate States of America.

Born in Edinburg, he was the son of Madison J. Riddleberger, a gunsmith by trade and stagecoach driver, and…

Portrait photograph of James Knox Polk Hoover with a mustache and beard in his later years.

His parents were Abraham and Rebecca (Marshall) Hoover.

He was a veteran of the U.S. Civil War having fought with the Confederate side. One record…

Photo of an older photograph of Jeremiah Evans and his wife, Sarah Jane (Gochenour) Evans.

Jeremiah was a shoemaker who enlisted as a Private in the Confederate Army in April 1861. His parents were Jeremiah S. Evans and Mary (Biedleman)…

Photo of an oval-framed portrait photograph of John Augustine Washington, III.

He was the great grandnephew of George Washington and the last Washington to own Mount Vernon.

During the US Civil War, he was a Lt. Colonel in the Confederate…

Portrait photograph of John H. Grabill in his later years wearing a Southern Cross medal on his chest indicating he was a Confederate veteran.

Grabill was the first Superintendent of Shenandoah County Public Schools. He was also the publisher of…

Studio photograph of John H. Grabill wearing a Confederate uniform.

Grabill was a Confederate veteran and the first Superintendent of Shenandoah County Public Schools. He was also the publisher of the Shenandoah Herald Newspaper in Woodstock for…

Portrait photograph of John H. Grabill with a mustache and wearing a suit and bow tie.

Grabill was a Confederate veteran and the first Superintendent of Shenandoah County Public Schools. He was also the publisher of the Shenandoah Herald Newspaper…

John H. Grabill, later in his life, is standing with one hand in his jacket pocket. A U.D.C. Cross of Honor medal is pinned to his jacket.

Grabill was a Confederate veteran and the first Superintendent of Shenandoah County Public Schools. He was…

Portrait photograph of John H. Grabill wearing glasses and a suit and tie with a starched collar.

Grabill was a Confederate veteran and the first Superintendent of Shenandoah County Public Schools. He was also the publisher of the Shenandoah…
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