Cheap Things To Do in Middletown, Virginia

Cedar Creek Battlefield and the Lower Shenandoah Valley that encompasses it have rich histories that span many themes and generations, from the Native Americans, through the Civil War and to the pr... More on Heritage

Belle Grove National Historic Park located in Middletown preserves significant Civil War areas. The park is sp ... More on PlanetWare

Cedar Creek Battlefield Fndn. in Middletown, VA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find ... More on MuseumsUSA.org

Inscription. Probably built around 1800, this clapboard-covered log house was once the center of a prosperous 600 acre farm owned by Solomon and Caroline Wunder Heater. Although two of her sons die... More on HMDB

Inscription. The 2nd (Vermont) Brigade of the 2nd Division, VI U. S. Corps, briefly deployed around the Heater House as skirmishers in the first federal effort to stop the 19 October 1864 Confedera... More on HMDB

Inscription. Genl. Stephen Thomas Commanding Brigade Advanced across the Pike The morning of Oct. 19, 1864. Engaged the enemy near and beyond this point, and before sunrise lost in killed and wounded 110 men. Three color bearers were ... More on HMDB

Inscription. (South Facing Side): Frederick County: Area 485 Square Miles, Formed in 1738 from Orange, and named for Frederick, Prince of Wales, Father of King George III. Several battles were fought in the vicinity of Winchester, ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Esse Quam Videri: Northwest of this tablet, 800 yards, is the Belle Grove House in which died, October 20, 1864, of wounds received at Cedar Creek October 19, 1864, Maj.-Gen. Stephen Dodson Ramseur, C. S. A. A native ... More on HMDB

Inscription. From this position (Belle Grove Mansion is west of here) most of the VI and XIX U. S. Corps camps were visible on 19 October 1864. The XIX Corps camped close to their earthworks along the ridge to the south. VI Corps ... More on HMDB

Inscription. The Virginia General Assembly established Middletown in 1794. Dr. Peter Senseney laid out the original lots for the village. Surrounded by farms and plantations, including historic Belle Grove, the community grew along ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Elements of Brigadier General James W. MacMillan's 1st Division, XIX U. S. Corps, left their part of the earthworks to fight C. S. Major General John B. Gordon's men closer to the Vall... More on HMDB

Inscription. The main portion of the XIX U. S. Corps earthworks began here and extended one mile westward. Colonel Daniel Macaulay's 3rd Brigade, a part of Brigadier General Cuvier Grover's 2nd Div... More on HMDB