From the June 4th Virginia Pilot.
An ancient white oak tree at Wyers Cave, Virginia has been toppled by strong winds. General Stonewall Jackson and his troops reportedly gathered under it for prayers in June 1862.
The disease-weakened tree is known as "Jackson's Prayer Tree" fell June 3rd.
It was southeast of Harrisonburg between Wyers Cave and Grottoes.
After Jackson's successful Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862, Jackson and his 15,000 soldiers encamped between the Middle and South rivers. His mapmaker, Jedediah Hotchkiss, Jackson and the Rev. R.L. Dabney and others joined for prayers under the tree.
Goodbye Old Tree. --Old B-R'er
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