From Backcountry to Breadbasket to Battlefield and Beyond

A series first published by the National Park Service, in reading order.

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Enslavement in the Shenandoah Valley

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Jedediah Hotchkiss's map of the Shenandoah: Stonewall Jackson's secret weapon

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The Valley Turnpike: A Macadam Road to Market, and Today's I-81

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Beginning of the End

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The Federal victory at Cedar Creek ended Confederate resistance in the Shenandoah Valley. Coming just three weeks before the presidential election, news of the victory boosted morale in the Northern states and helped carry Abraham Lincoln to a landslide reelection.

Devastation of the Valley

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The Coming of War

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Worth Fighting For

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From the arrival of the first American Indians and European settlers, through the coming of the Civil War, the rich natural resources of the Shenandoah Valley shaped both its history and its fate.

Voices from a war-torn valley: the 1864 Shenandoah Valley burning and Cedar Creek

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Visiting the Park

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