{"nrhp_refnum":"04000854","name":"Milford Battlefield","other_names":["DHR File No. 93-5023"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"VA 340 and VA 665","address_restricted":false,"city":"Overall","county":"Page County","state":"VA","lat":38.80742033850004,"lon":-78.34253905551367,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-08-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A roughly 700-acre Civil War battlefield district in Page and Warren Counties, Virginia, near Overall, bounded by the South Fork of the Shenandoah River and the Blue Ridge foothills. It includes entrenchments, rifle pits, the Luray and Front Royal Turnpike and scattered later dwellings.","why_significant":"The nomination ties the property to Civil War cavalry engagements at Milford in 1862 and 1864, especially the September 22, 1864 fight after Sheridan's victory at Third Winchester. Confederate cavalry under Wickham held fortified ground here to guard the Page Valley against a Union flanking move. The terrain and surviving earthworks still allow the course of the fighting to be understood.","narrative":"Milford Battlefield covers about 700 acres of hilly ground in Page and Warren Counties, Virginia, between the South Fork of the Shenandoah River and the Blue Ridge. The Page Valley narrows here, and Overall Run's deep ravine made the spot the most easily defended position in the valley. The district contains 16 contributing resources, including the Overall House ruin, a historic cemetery, a turnpike bridge abutment, the old Luray and Front Royal Turnpike, and Confederate earthworks and rifle pits. Many later houses, sheds and barns are noncontributing but do not hide how the fighting unfolded. Troops skirmished here in June 1862 and in 1864. The most important engagement came on September 22, 1864, after Sheridan defeated Early at Winchester. Confederate cavalry under Wickham entrenched south of Milford to block Union cavalry led by Merritt, Wilson and Custer. The site was listed for its association with these Civil War events.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Mostly wooded land with scattered, mostly noncontributing 20th-century houses and outbuildings; the Overall House is a ruin; a highway and railroad cross the site.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.98199-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/58/6788/41678858/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/04000854.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000854/503db16137-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000854/503db16137-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"self","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bridge_abutments,_site_of_the_Battle_of_Milford.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">self</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bridge_abutments,_site_of_the_Battle_of_Milford.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41678858","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milford_Battlefield","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6851713"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/page-county/milford-battlefield-04000854/"}