Shenandoah County Library Archives

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Postcard showing the New Market Battlefield and Massanutten Mountain in the background.

Postcard showing view of the town of New Market and the New Market Battlefield.

Photo of a portrait photograph of an unidentified man with a beard. He is wearing the uniform of a Union officer from the American Civil War.

Photo of a portrait photograph of an unidentified bearded man in a Union army officer uniform from the American Civil War.

This glass plate negative was stored in a box labeled "Strasburg".

Postcard showing the monument to the 54th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment located on the New Market Battlefield just north of town.

Unidentified older man, seated next to unidentified older woman. The man is wearing a Southern Cross medal on his lapel indicating he was a Confederate veteran.

Probably a husband and wife.

Postcard showing the monument erected to the sport where G.W. Summers and Newton Koontz were shot immediately following the Civil War.

Photograph of the monument commemorating the unjust execution of Captain George W. Summers and Sergeant Newton Koontz Company D 7th Virginia Cavalry on June 27, 1865, by order of Union Lt. Col. Huzzy.

The execution took place after the South had…

Photograph of the words inscribed on the monument commemorating the unjust execution of Captain George W. Summers and Sergeant Newton Koontz Company D 7th Virginia Cavalry on June 27, 1865, by order of Union Lt. Col. Huzzy.

The execution took…

Postcard showing Shirley's Hill on the New Market Battlefield. Includes a description of the battle.

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…

Postcard showing Shirley's Hill at the New Market Battlefield. It was from this location that cadets from the Virginia Military Institute charged.

Postcard showing the Shell Struck Post near what is now Reformation Lutheran Church in New Market Virginia

Postcard showing the post struck by a shell during the Battle of New Market,

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…

Postcard showing individuals conducting a reenactment of the Battle of New Market.

The postcard was produced by the Asheville Post Card Company and is undated.

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. .

Postcard bearing an image of the Presbyterian Church in Strasburg Virginia.

The postcard is dated July 10, 1909.

Postcard showing the historic "Post Struck by Shell" near which General Breckinridge and staff were reconnoitering during the Battle of New Market.

Postcard showing Shirley Hill on the New Market Battlefield.

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.

Postcard showing the Pennsylvania Monument at the New Market Battlefield. The marker commemorates the 54th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment.

Postcard showing a post struck by a shell during the Battle of New Market,

Postcard with a picture of the New York Monument located on the Cedar Creek Battlefield between Strasburg and Middleton Virginia.

Postcard showing the New Market Battlefield, the town of New Market Virginia, and the Massanutten Mountain
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