The Bushong Farm and Homestead
A Part of the Virginia Civil War Museum
We spotted the Bushong Farm, off of the freeway, and decided to pull over to see what we might see. It was late in the afternoon, and time did allow for us to tour the Virginal Civil War Museum, which like the Bushong Farm is part of the Virginal Military Institute Museum family, and the site for the Battle for New Market, is in the Shenandoah Valley, off of I-81.
For a small entrance fee, we drove over to the farm and walked around the original as well as reconstructed buildings, which portray life during the Civil War, for Jacob and Sarah Bushong, and their six children.
It was in their wheat field that the battle was waged, and there home would become a hospital, treating the injured from both the North and the South, while they lived in their basement, for the duration.
I love stopping to see historical homes, especially ones which are fitted with period or original pieces, as they help to paint a clearer picture of a bygone era, while showing us that clichés are almost always true: the more things the more they stay the same.
The 1825 House
The Daughter’s Bedroom
The Parent’s Bedroom
The Parlor of the 1825 House, serving as a hospital room
The way the Parlor looked when war was not raging
The Spinning Wheel and Loom became both a necessity and a source of pride, once the war began, and women returned to making their own fabric.
The 1818 House (white) along with the Bake House (oven) in the foreground and the Outdoor Kitchen
The Blacksmith Shop
The Interior of the Blacksmith Shop
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The Interior of the Ice House
Kate having walked pass the Ice House, on the left, toward the Hen House
The Interior of the Hen House
Me at the Outdoor Kitchen
The Interior of the Outdoor Kitchen
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Storage Area for Meat, on one side, and the Loom on the other
Merry was feeling a bit tired
