Cedar Creek • Tour the Battlefield • Battle Maps • The Armies
Long Meadow Farm is Stop 4 on the Cedar Creek battlefield auto tour. The property is privately owned and is not open to the public.
Long Meadow Farm on the Cedar Creek battlefield.
The first building here was a log cabin built in 1737 by Jost Hite and his son Isaac. It was replaced in the 1840s by the brick house you see today.
Confederate Major General John B. Gordon used Bowman’s Ford to move his division across the North Fork of the Shenandoah River, then marched past Long Meadow Farm about a mile up Long Meadow Road before forming line of battle to attack the flank of Thoburn’s Union division.
From this point the driving tour follows Gordon’s attack route back to the Valley Pike.
Map and directions to Long Meadow Farm
From the bridge at Stop Three, turn atound and backtrack .016 mile on Bowman’s Mill Road to the intersection with Long Meadow Road. Turn right on Long Meadow Road and proceed 1.6 miles. After 1.4 miles you will begin to drive along the North Fork of the Shenandoah River and the ford where Gordon’s Confederates crossed.
From this point you will proceed north on Long Meadow Road just less than a mile to Water Plant Road, turn left and return one mile to the Valley Pike and Stop Five.