History and Heritage in Martinsburg, WV

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The historic Shepherdstown Museum was founded in 1983 to make preserve artifacts that may otherwise have ...

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The historic home, built in 1853, features several different exhibits detailing American history. Exhibit...

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Founder of Martinsburg, First Sheriff of Berkeley County, Statesman, Soldier, Surgeon National Register of Historic P...

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Also known as Boteler?s Pack Horse and Shepherdstown Ford. Stonewall Jackson?s command crossed here en route from Har...

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On the morning of July 2, 1861, Federal troops under Gen. Robert Patterson crossed the Potomac River from Maryland an...

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Here was home of General Adam Stephen, founder of Martinsburg and county's first sheriff. Was famous as fighter in Fr...

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On 11 June 1775, the Second Continental Congress authorized the raising of ten companies of riflemen in Pennsylvania,...

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Thomas Swearingen began operating in 1755 a ferry where Rumsey Bridge now crosses the Potomac. It was about half a mi...

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Side A Confederate Soldiers in Elmwood Cemetery Over 114 Confederate soldiers who were killed at the Battle of Sharps...

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Civil War Hospital Site R.D. Shepherds Town Hall was used as a hospital during the Maryland Campaign 1862 courtesy of...

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Col. Drake 1st Va. Cavalry Killed

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During the French and Indian War, Fort Neally was captured and its garrison massacred, Sept. 17, 1756. Many settlers ...

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Established in 1872 as a branch of the State normal school system. It was an outgrowth of the old Shepherd College. T...

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In December 1862, Union Gen. Benjamin F. Kelley stationed detachments of the 54th Pennsylvania and 1st West Virginia ...

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Site of JEB Stuart?s capture of Union Soldiers Falling Waters Battlefield Association

Historic Shepherdstown Museum