• Foster a spirit of cooperation between existing organizations, writers, historians, genealogists, collectors, preservationists, and other members of the Shenandoah County community.
• Aid in the collection and creation of materials and publications about the history of Shenandoah County and ensure that they are preserved and made available to the community.
• Support efforts by citizens, organizations and government to preserve historic buildings and sites.
• Share history through programs and exhibits.
The Shenandoah County Historical Society was founded in 1985 and is established as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. It is completely volunteer driven. The Society is sustained by memberships, donations, grants and profits from book sales. All donations are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.
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Life in the Shenandoah Valley - 1863
Elsie Newcomber & Janet Ramsey
Both are Henkel Granddaughters. This book is the 3rd in the series "Life in the Shenandoah Valley." A journal, letters and news articles lead the reader through trying times in New Market and the Valley of Virginia - a time to be born, a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to harvest. See the Henkel, Coiner & Miller families at home as the men march through Chancellorsville & Gettysburg. 2013. 340 pages.
Softcover
Item# 1015
Price: $20
Members: $19
Valley Thunder: The Battle of New Market
Charles R. Knight
This new look at the Battle of New Market, Va. and the Opening of the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of May, 1864, is the first full-length account in more than three decades to reexamine this historic event. The author is a former historical interpreter at New Market Battlefield State Historical Park. 2010. 313 pages.
Hardcover
Item# 1012
Price: $31
Members: $30
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Locomotives Up theTurnpike • David L. Bright • When the Civil War began, the railroads of the Confederate States had the immense job of collecting the men, supplies and equipment needed to create a government and its armed forces. This is the story of Thomas Sharp, the young superintendent who was commissioned to haul the cars and locomotives captured by Stonewall Jackson from the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in Martinsburg, Va. (now WV) to Confederate points to the West and South. Softcover • Item #1028 • Price: $26 Members: $25
Remembering the Civil War Reunion and the Limits of Reconciliation • Caroline E. Janney • The author, who hails from Luray, Va., is a history professor at Purdue U. She examines how the war generation -- men and women, black and white, Unionists and Confederates -- crafted and protected their memories of the nation's greatest conflict. She explores the subtle, yet important differences between reunion and reconciliation. 2013. 451 pages. Hardcover • Item #1020 • Price: $37 Members: $36
Rising Wind [A novel of the Civil War Battle of New Market] • Virginia Moore • The heroine of the novel is Mary Patch, a free-spirited teenager who is born in 1844 in New Market, Va. and dies on the battlefield of the fierce Civil War battle of New Market. Published: 1928. Reprinted: 2014. Size: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches. 282 pages. Softcover • Item #1035 • Price: $14 Members: $13
Peggy’s War • Karl Rhodes • A meticulously-researched novel that adheres closely to a true story of Margaret “Peggy” Rhodes and the young men she protected during the Civil War. 2023. 290 pages. Softcover • Item #38 • Price: $22 Members: $21DOWNLOAD BOOK ORDER FORMS HERE
