Tag: 2015 Virginia-Georgia-Quebec

The log cabin (as seen in yesterday’s post) was used as a work shed where wagon wheels were made.  The tools of the trade are hung on the walls.  

It was in the basement of the main house, on the right behind the log cabin, where the residents spent the battle.  The front line was just 100 meters or so past the house.

Among our group was a Historian specializing in American History and more specifically the Civil War.  As a result we visited a number of historical sites and were informed of more details and context one might normally expect.  The Shenandoah Valley was the site of several battles during the American Civil War; the city of…