Waynesboro Historical Marker
W Main St, Waynesboro, W Main St, Waynesboro, W Main St, Waynesboro,
VA,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
38° 4' 5.628",
-78° 53' 8.2824"
Settlers began to arrive to present day Augusta County in the 1730s and by the Revolutionary War a small hamlet existed here. By 1797, it was known as Waynesborough, for Revolutionary War hero Brig. Gen. Anthony Wayne. It became a town in 1801 and was incorporated in 1834. The last battle fought in the Shenandoah Valley took place in Waynesboro on 2 March 1865, near the end of the Civil War, when Union Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan defeated Confederate Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early. Basic City consolidated with Waynesboro in 1924, and in 1948 the Virginia General Assembly made Waynesboro a city.
W Main St
Waynesboro Schools Fishburne Military SchoolJames Abbott Fishburne, an honor graduate of Washington College inspired by its president, Robert E. Lee, opened in 1879 with 24 students what eventua... [click for more]
Waynesboro General Interest Early’s Last BattleOn the ridge west of Waynesboro occurred the last engagement of Confederate forces commanded by Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early. Portions of Maj. Gen. Philip ... [click for more]
Port Republic Road Historic DistrictThis is Waynesboro's oldest intact neighborhood. It coalesced as a community about 1870, just after the Civil War, when formerly enslaved indivi... [click for more]
Virginia MetalcraftersVirginia Metalcrafters had its first beginnings with the founding of the Waynesboro Stove Company in 1890 by William J. Loth. The company, which made ... [click for more]
Walnut GroveArchibald Stuart--Revolutionary soldier, legislator, and judge--was born here March 19, 1757, at the home of his grandfather and namesake, an early se... [click for more]
Waynesboro City Historical MarkerSettlers began to arrive to present day Augusta County in the 1730s and by the Revolutionary War a small hamlet existed here. By 1797, it was known as... [click for more]
Waynesboro City Historical MarkerSettlers began to arrive to present day Augusta County in the 1730s and by the Revolutionary War a small hamlet existed here. By 1797, it was known as... [click for more]
Waynesboro City Historical MarkerHere, on one of the first roads west of the Blue Ridge, a hamlet stood in colonial times. The Walker exploring expedition started from this vicinity i... [click for more]
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