Biographical sketches and genealogical profiles continue to be an important aspect of this series. This volume is arranged in chronological sections: Pre-Colonial, Early Colonial and the Revolution (sixteen articles); Early and Antebellum Page County (sixteen articles); American Civil War (twenty-nine articles); World War I (ten articles); Post World War I Military (three articles); Surnames and Genealogical Research Tools (twenty-eight articles); and Miscellaneous (three articles).The first two sections discuss Native American raids, European immigration, travel, slavery and life in early Page County.The Civil War section tells about Confederate women spies, various battles, Loyalist claims, postwar pensions, and Confederate veterans. The World War I section describes the wartime and postwar experiences of some of Page County's veterans.The Surnames and Genealogical Research Tools section gives lots of good advice and includes articles on the following Page County families: Booton/Booten, Finter, Forrer, Gibbons, Ham, Harris, Huffman, Jordan, Keyser, Kite, Pence, Richards, and Stoneberger. The final section covers historic sites and tourism in Page County. The comprehensive index includes names, places, events and military units.

Short Historical Sketches of Page County, Virginia And Its People, Volume 2: A Collection of Articles from the “Heritage and Heraldry” Column of the Page News & Courier, October 2001-October 2004

History

Robert H. Moore II

Americas

Heritage Books, Inc.

The Danville Artillery served from the West Virginia Campaign, through the 1862 Shenandoah Valley Campaign and Chancellorsville, and from Gettysburg to Appomattox. The Eighth Star New Market and Dixie (from Page County, Virginia) Artillery, however, had a shorter lifespan. After service of a year and a half, both were disbanded in the fall of 1862, the men of the Eighth Star Battery were reassigned to the Danville Artillery, while the men of the Dixie Artillery were mostly redistributed to Cayce's Purcell Artillery. Others, such as the former Dixie battery commander, William H. Chapman, found service with John S. Mosby's 43rd Battalion Virginia Cavalry.              

The Danville: Eighth Star New Market and Dixie Artillery

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

H.E. Howard

three of the batteries which made up the 38th Battalion Virginia Light Artillery were the Richmond Fayette, Hampden and Blount's Lynchburg Artillery. Another battery, the Thomas Artillery, served with distinction at First Manassas, but was consolidated with the Hampden Artillery after having sustained heavy losses throughout its brief but exciting term of service. The Fayette, Hampden and Lynchburg batteries each had different areas of operation before joining together in James Dearing's Battalion. Among the early battle honors were included First Manassas, Jackson's Shenandoah Valley Campaign, the Peninsula, Richmond, and Second Manassas. Following reorganization as a battalion, in November 1862, the batteries saw service at Fredericksburg, and later under George Pickett's Division during the Suffolk Campaign. Under the incredible leadership of Major Dearing, the battalion became a formidable arm of Lee's Long Arm. From Suffolk, the organization, how designated the 38th Battalion, followed Pickett to Gettysburg and into North Carolina at the Second Battle of New Bern. Later attached to Hoke's Division, the battalion fought at Plymouth, Drewry's Bluff, Bermuda Hundred, Cold Harbor, and in the nine months of trench warfare at Petersburg. After participating in the offensive against Fort Stedman, the battalion joined Lee's retreating columns and was cut off from the army near Appomattox. Though some of the men of the battalion surrendered with Lee, the majority of the 38th continued on to Lynchburg, where they were disbanded.

The Richmond Fayette, Hampden, Thomas, and Blount’s Lynchburg Artillery

and Lurty's Roanoke Horse Artillery. 140 pp., photos, maps, cloth.

Graham's Petersburg, Jackson's Kanawha, and Lurty's Roanoke Horse Artillery

The 1st and 2nd Stuart Horse Artillery

The history of Luray and Page County in the Civil War is extensive and while the intent of this book is not be be the definitive work on the subject, it is an "abridged" version of activities that took place in the area and facilitates an "eyes-on-history" experience where readers will have not only the opportunity to read about various events, but also to see the sites where these events/incidents took place. Avenue of Armies consists of nearly 300 miles worth of tours, including 94 stops at 70 different sites and buildings throughout Luray and Page County. Broken-up into thirteen chapters/tours, the reader has the opportunity to pick and choose which one or more they would like to take at a particular time. Therefore, the option exists to follow the tours as written, or create personalized tours using the numbering system of the individual sites.

Avenue of Armies: Civil War Sites and Stories of Luray and Page County, Virginia

Donning Co Pub

For over three years during the American Civil War, Staunton, Waynsboro, and Augusta County, Virginia, stood symbolically as the "Gibraltar of the Shenandoah" in the face of Federal forces determined to occupy the critical hub for Confederate activities in the Shenandoah Valley. Though finally occupied by Federal forces for the first time, in June, 1864, the area continued to be a focal point until the last major action in the Valley occurred here, in March 1865.Today, as part of the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District, and as a partner with both, the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation and the Virginia Civil War Trails program, the area serves as an important starting point in understanding the role of the Shenandoah Valley in the Civil War.  Through its eleven chapters, Gibraltar of the Shenandoah gives the reader an opportunity to visit nearly one hundred different historic sites, buildings, and roadways; all of which have been woven together in a system of tours that offers a unique visual and interpretive experience. 

Gibraltar of the Shenandoah: Civil War Sites of Staunton, Waynesboro, and Augusta County, Virginia

Schiffer

Try to meet me in Heaven where I hope to go.
These poignant words were written in the summer of 1865 by twenty-year-old Confederate Sergeant Isaac Newton Koontz, in a letter he penned for his fiancée just hours before his death at the hands of Union firing squad in the heart of Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. The execution of Koontz and Captain George Summers came after the surrender at Appomattox Court House, and remains one of the most tragic yet little-known events of the Civil War. 
 One month prior to kneeling on the hard ground to face their deaths, Koontz and Summers, along with four other Confederate soldiers, stole horses from a Union troop stationed near their home. Soon after the theft, the young men―remorseful and goaded by their fathers to uphold their honor―returned the horses and were offered a pardon by Union Colonel Francis Butterfield. The rebs returned home, free of mind and clean of conscious. All had been forgiven. Or so they thought. 
As the sun crept over the horizon on June 27, 1865, Union soldiers―under new command―swarmed the family homes of Summers and Koontz in a swift raid and arrested the two bewildered men. They were told that their pardons were no longer valid, and later that same day they were tied to a stake and shot with Union muskets―no trial, no judge, no jury. 
Before their deaths, Summers and Koontz were allowed to write farewell letters to their loved ones, and these heartrending documents serve as the basis for Robert Moore’s insightful recounting of the Summers-Koontz execution. An experienced Civil War writer and a direct descendent of Koontz’s fiancée, Moore brings this shocking story to life with a clarity that will appeal to Civil War experts and enthusiasts alike. Exhaustively researched and well written, Tragedy in the Shenandoah Valley tells one of the great and largely untold stories of the Civil War.

Tragedy in the Shenandoah Valley: The Story of the Summers-Koontz Execution (Civil War Series)

The History Press

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