February 1, 2009

Up on Chestnut Ridge

Yesterday I posted a photo of Chestnut Ridge in Harrisonburg. Here are a couple of pictures I took in September on the ridge. I was checking out the new access road to the Turner Ashby Monument. The old road had to be blocked to make way for construction for a new university facility. A new (and much nicer) road has been built off Neff Avenue.
road
ashby monument
General Ashby's Monument has stood on the ridge for many years. It says:
Gen. Turner Ashby
C.S.A.
was killed on this spot
June 6, 1862
gallantly leading a charge.


This event was part of the Battle of Harrisonburg, one of a series of struggles for control of the Shenandoah Valley during the American Civil War.

(GPS Coordinates: N 38.423, W 78.865)
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