Hupp’s Hill

Part of a 1,000 acre estate begun by George F. Hupp in the 1750s, Hupp’s Hill and buildings farther south served as headquarters for federal generals Nathaniel Banks and James Shields during Stonewall Jackson’s 1862 Valley Campaign. The site was first fortified by Confederate forces in 1863. On the night of 21-22 September 1864, the Federal VIIIth Corps used the hill to conceal its movement before the federal victory at Fisher’s Hill. Later in 1864, elements of Kershaw’s Confederate division fought a sharp skirmish just north of the hill with part of the VIIIth Corps on 13 October. The hill then sheltered Wharton’s Division of Early’s army just before the Confederate attack on Cedar Creek on 19 October. Later that morning, Early’s artillery opened fire from the hill on withdrawing federal forces, and these positions became the point of the last organized resistance on the night of 19 October. The hill was then fortified by the 2nd Division VI U.S. Corps, which remained there from 20 October to 9 November 1864.

Strasburg, Virginia · United States