On Saturday, July 19, 2025, Shenandoah University’s McCormick Civil War Institute will commemorate the 161st anniversary of the Battle of Cool Spring at the University’s River Campus at Cool Spring Battlefield located at 1400 Parker Lane, Bluemont, Virginia. More details about this event are forthcoming.
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For questions, please contact the McCormick Civil War Institute Director, Jonathan Noyalas, at jnoyalas01@su.edu or 540-665-4501.
View Cool Spring Orientation Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69ZyK5M56uc&feature=emb_title
This orientation video was created by students in Prof. Jonathan A. Noyalas’ HIST 309 (Interpreting Civil War Sites) class during the spring 2020 semester. The following students, Ryan Endress, Caitlyn Graulau, Bobby Harvey, Gavin Horning, Kimberley Oliveto, Jay Richardson, Nicole Roland, David Skinner, Steven Stabler, and Corey Williams, assisted with this project. All images used in this production are courtesy of the following: the Library of Congress, Shenandoah University’s McCormick Civil War Institute, Jonathan Noyalas, and Nicholas Picerno.