"My God, just listen to the musketry! There will be no more fighting these armies after today, for they will all be killed on both sides this evening."Virginia's Shenandoah Valley was known as the "B
When the South fired the first shot of the Civil War in April 1861, hundreds of volunteers flocked to answer President Lincoln’s call to arms, anxious to defend their country and uphold the sanctity o
After four bloody years of Civil War battles in the Shenandoah Valley, the region's inhabitants needed to muster the strength to recover, rebuild and reconcile. Most residents had supported the Confed
