• 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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Stonewall Jackson's 1862 Valley Campaign: War Comes to The Home Front
Jonathan A. Noyalas
This is a new addition to the series of books by Civil War scholars to honor the 150th anniversary of the War Between the States. Noyalas examines Jackson's Valley Campaign and how those victories brought hope to an infant Confederate nation, transformed the lives of the Valley's civilians and emerged as Jackson's defining moment. 2010. 157 pages.
Softcover
Item# 1010
Price: $21
Members: $20
Touring Virginia's & West Virginia's Civil War Sites
Clint Johnson
This new edition includes new sites, new photographs and updated directions to the significant civil war sites in both Virginia and West Virginia. The 18 tours visit cemeteries, battlefields, historic houses and buildings, monuments and statues, rivers and mountains, sharing the history behind each location. Some stops are surprising. 2011. 280 pages. 2nd edition.
Softcover
Item# 1011
Price: $21
Members: $20
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The Women of the Confederacy • Rev. J.L. Underwood • Learn how the women of the Confederacy handled the deprivations and hardships of war as they experienced what it was like to have war, not across an ocean, but in their own back yard. This book, first published in 1906, is an up-close and personal look at the brave women of the Confederacy. 1906. 313 pages. 2004 Reprint. Softcover • Item #1021 • Price: $31 Members: $30
Slavery and Freedom in the Shenandoah Valley during the Civil War Era • Jonathan Noyalas • In this book, Jonathan Noyalas examnines the complexities of life for African Amnericans in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley from the antebellum period through Reconstruction. Though this period has been extensively studied, scholars have largely ignored the Black expertience in the region until now.
Publication: April 2021
250 Pages
Hardcover • Item #1040 • Price: $50.00 Members: $50.00
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
My Own Dear Maggie - A True Shenandoah Love Story • Elsie Newcomber & Janet Ramsey • Both are Henkel Granddaughters. A fascinating love story which uniquely reveals the rebuilding and growth of the Shenandoah Valley after "The War Between The States." Letters between Willie Renalds and Maggie Henkel and other family members, pictures and newspaper articles paint a vivid picture of what the people of the Valley endured during and after its rebuilding. 2015. 398 pages. Softcover • Item #1024 • Price: $26 Members: $25DOWNLOAD BOOK ORDER FORMS HERE
