I Wrote a Guest Post.

My friend Dawn asked me to write a post on Fishers Hill for "On the Streets Where We Live." I've done a number of posts on this blog on Fishers Hill, partly because the village by that name is charming but also because the nearby battlefield is a nice place to walk.

Tuesday Treasures.  Historical preservation groups have preserved 362 acres of this Civil War battlefield. It was farmland before they acquired it but it was in a likely location for development, since Interstate 81 actually crosses part of it, and it is only an hour from the DC Metropolitan Area. The battlefield park is still used for grazing cattle, but it is open to visitors and features interpretive signs.

I first visited Fishers Hill with a history class from Northern Virginia Community College. This was before blogging and I was developing a site called Civil War Field Trips.

If you find yourself in the northern Shenandoah Valley, consider a visit to Fishers Hill. Tumbling Run flows through the battlefield and provides water to a lovely mill in the village. The peacefulness of the area today stands in contrast to the battle that raged here in 1864.