Salem Church/Haw’s Shop

The Union Army Consolidates

After crossing the Pamunkey River, Grant ordered his army to consolidate near this intersection.

While the cavalry fought a ferocious battle west of here at Enon Church on May 28, 1864, Grant’s infantry reconnoitered north toward Hanover Court ...

Salem Church

In small groups known as societies, early settlers held worship services in their homes. Several months before the Tennessee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church was organized, in 1812 the Revs. Thomas King and John Manley established the Salem Church ...

Old Salem Church

Standing on land granted for religious purposes in 1785 by John Harris, this church was erected, 1822. It replaced one built of logs in 1787, the first church structure in present-day Harrisburg.

Marker is on Chestnut Street, on the right ...

Rockville Methodist Episcopal Church - Jerusalem/Mount Pleasant

Rockville was an early center of Methodism in Montgomery County. Methodists first met in private homes with occasional visits from a "circuit rider" minister. In 1835, the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church purchased lot 82 of the Original Town ...

Mount Salem United Methodist Church

The origin of this congregation is traced to the early 19th century when the Brandywine Manufacturer's Sunday School was established to serve the spiritual and educational needs of the families of workers in the industrial community on the Brandywine. This ...

Salem Church

Salem Church was built in 1889 on the Kinnaird Trail -– an Indian pathway that later became a stagecoach relay station. Martin S. Corbett was born here on 5-12-1840 and married cousin, Leonora Wealtha Pafford on 11-26-1867. Their home was ...

Greater New Salem Primitive Baptist Church

New Salem Primitive Baptist Church came into existence from its "mother church," Mt. Moriah Primitive Baptist Church in Tampa. Rev. G.S. Crawford, from east Florida, organized New Salem in 1905, which first held services in a one-room building on ...

The Battle of Salem Church

This ridge top now brimming with traffic and commerce once witnessed the clash of armies. On May 3, 1863, 10,000 Confederate troops took position astride the Orange Plank Road (modern Va. Route 3). That afternoon, 20,000 Union soldiers under General ...

Battle of Salem Church

May 3, 1863

Brooks – Newton

vs

Wilcox – Semmes

Mahone

Marker is at the intersection of Salem Church Road and Plank Road (Virginia Route 3) on Salem Church Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Battle of Salem Church

of May 3, 4, 1863 fought by Lee and Hooker concluded the Chancellorsville Campaign here. The followers of Lee, in imperishable bronze respond to the noble sentiment of the followers of Grant and pay highest tribute to the patriotism of ...