Great Train Raid

06/29/2011

A crowd of 65 people came out to Eden City Hall this past Saturday to enjoy a day of lectures on Capt. Thomas Robinson Shape and The Great Train Raid of 1861

06/24/2011

Lensdriver's Great Train Raid 2011 set

06/21/2011

06/21/2011

STRASBURG -- The town's

06/20/2011

Learn more about the horsepower that pulled Engine #208.

The Old Dominion Draft Horse and Mule Association was honored to be invited to participate in the reenactment of the Civil War’s Great Train Raid of 1861 on Sunday, May 29, 2011.

06/19/2011

The Story of Thomas Robinson Sharp - Mastermind of the Great Train Raid of 1861. Saturday, June 25, 2011 | Eden, NC
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The Eden Preservation Society is a non-profit, privately funded organization that was formed for the primary purpose of preserving and protecting the rich heritage and history of Eden, North Carolina.

06/16/2011

Turner Ashby Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy commemorates 145th Confederate Memorial Day at Stonewall Cemetery in Mount Hebron.

06/13/2011

The battle, in which Confederate forces attacked a train carrying Union troops, marked the first time in America’s history that a train was used in tactical warfare. A replica of a Civil War train, on loan from Strasburg, Va., takes center stage in the reenactment.

06/11/2011

Visitors from far & wide enjoyed The Great Train Raid. Read more coverage by the Wi******er Star.

06/11/2011

The Fall Of The Jackson Prayer Tree | Images http://ow.ly/5fqDN

06/04/2011

Confederate Memorial Day | Monday, June 6th
Open house and living history with the Stonewall Brigade. Presented by the Wi******er-Frederick County Historical Society. 415 N. Braddock St.

06/03/2011

Video to The Great Train Raid procession nearing Strasburg Museum. CSV unit is singing Dixie, followed by 1st VA Cavalry leading the B&O Railroad dutch wagon locomotive #208 pulled by six draft horses.

Reenactors recreate the "Great Train Raid" of 1861, in Strasburg, Virginia on May 29, 2011The event featured a replica train hauled down the Valley Turnpike ...