Trenches On Hupp’s Hill

These trenches were constructed by Sheridan in the autumn of 1864 while campaigning against Early.

Marker is on Valley Pike (U.S. 11) 0.1 miles south of Signal Knob Drive, on the right when traveling south.

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Hupp’s Hill

Part of a 1,000 acre estate begun by George F. Hupp in the 1750s. Hupp's Hill and buildings further south were used as a headquarters by federal generals Nathaniel Banks and James Shields during Stonewall Jackson's 1862 Valley Campaign. The ...