The Women of Congress Street

Hear the stories of the women who lived on Congress Street during the Civil War.   The tour focuses on information about:

• Lydie Crim, Battle of New Market nurse, later known as “Mother of the VMI Cadets”
• Jessie Rupert, abolitionist, educator, and friend of Stonewall Jackson, later known as “The Angel of the Shenandoah”
• Anna Maria Henkel, doctor’s wife and mother of twelve children, who outwitted the Yankees’ invasion of her home
• Lucinda Rice, young mother, doctor’s wife and landowner
• Eliza Branner, enslaved woman who helped save her mistress’ life on the eve of the Battle of New Market