Loading the buses at Mill Creek Church of the Brethren.
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Murphy Wood explains Stonewall Jackson's
Shenandoah Valley Campaign to members
of the tour in the restored Widow Pence
Barn.
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Nancy Hess tells stories about Widow
Sarah Pence's house, which she and husband,
Dr. Irvin Hess, were instrumental in
preserving.
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Wood outlines the battle that took place on Victory Hill near Cross Keys.
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Linda Waggy of Bridgewater tells the Joseph Berry story to the 85-member bus tour.
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Church of the Brethren member,
Linda Waggy, tells how Mathias
Diehl hid young men, who out of
religious conviction could not
join the army and kill their fellow
human beings. |
The tour group overlooks one of the Port Republic battlefields from the marker on Memorial Hill.
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Dan Longenecker walks meditatively from the Prayer Tree where Stonewall Jackson prayed daily while camped in the area.
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