Rude's Hill Marker Dedication
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Title
Rude's Hill Marker Dedication
Subject
Historic sites - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Monuments & memorials - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Crim, Elizabeth "Eliza" Clinedinst (1838-1931)
Description
Photograph of the group of mostly unidentified people gathered for the dedication ceremony of the commemorative highway marker at Rude's Hill, south of Mount Jackson on Route 11.
The plaque reads in part, "Rude's Hill", with the text below it: "Stonewall Jackson's Campground - April 2-16, 1862". Additional historical information follows.
The marker was erected in 1927 by the Shenandoah Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
It is one of 59 commemorating Virginia Civil War battlefields created during the 1920’s by the Battlefield Markers Association.
Mother Crim has been identified and is standing in the center of the image just left of the marker.
She is locally remembered for her actions following the Civil War Battle of New Market caring for wounded cadets from the Virginia Military Institute.
The plaque reads in part, "Rude's Hill", with the text below it: "Stonewall Jackson's Campground - April 2-16, 1862". Additional historical information follows.
The marker was erected in 1927 by the Shenandoah Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
It is one of 59 commemorating Virginia Civil War battlefields created during the 1920’s by the Battlefield Markers Association.
Mother Crim has been identified and is standing in the center of the image just left of the marker.
She is locally remembered for her actions following the Civil War Battle of New Market caring for wounded cadets from the Virginia Military Institute.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
1927 based on the date of the marker.
Contributor
Identified in 2013 by staff at the Shenandoah County Historical Society (SCHS).
Eliza (Clinedinst) Crim (Mother Crim) was identified in 2025 by Zach Hottel.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Eliza (Clinedinst) Crim appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 002800, 004907, 006622, 017464, 022729, 026754, 026755, and 040174.
Identifier
040174
Original Format
Film Negative
Physical Dimensions
8x10 Film
Collection
Citationzork
Morrison Studio, “Rude's Hill Marker Dedication,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 5, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/74490.
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