New Market & Harrissonburg, Virginia
I think the most interesting thing about New Market, Virginia is the history here. It’s a small town, not far from Harrisonburg, Virginia. We visited a local museum in New Market, which was also a battlefield site during the civil war.
The house below was a family farm that had the battle came into their fields. The home immediately became a hospital for the many wounded.
Another interesting story was that the military academy that was about 30 miles away was called into active duty to assist in the war between the North and the South. The military students ages ranged from 15 to 25 years. 257 students were called to join the war. When running through the mud many lost their shoes, thus the name field of the lost shoes came to be. They also made a movie called the field of lost shoes. The link below has more interesting information.
The Bushnell Farmhouse & Site of a Civil War Battle
Hospital set up in multiple rooms at the farmhouse, which is now part of the museum.
Two buildings dedicated to the tools of the Day
Storage building for food. Below is dried meat hanging up high in cloth bags.
Bedroom upstairs in slave quarters
Slave quarters on the Bushnell Farm
Views from the Bushnell Farm and Museum
Victory barking at the Memorial Statue, once she realized it was a man up there … Lol 😆
There was a shortage of guns for the soldiers, so many brought guns from home - “ Off to war with Grandpa’s Shotgun
Old Civil War Guns
Oregon Flag Out Front
SoldiersTent
Downtown Historic Harrisonburg
Right across from the Cool Art Work
Our Skyline Road Trip. Suppose to be Extraordinary in the Fall
Our stop after the first day at the museum. Isn’t it cute… only serves ice cream 🍦
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