On June 28, 1999, a ceremony was held near the Page County High School to dedicate a roadside marker.  The dedication marked the end of a fund-raising campaign which began the previous July.  The Virginia Historic Marker detailed the execution of two Page County men, Captain George Summers and Sgt. Isaac N. Koontz.  Captain Summers and Sgt. Koontz were members of a party of Confederate soldiers who were on their way to Winchester, Virginia in June, 1861.  The party soon overtook a group of Federal troopers.  Words were exchanged, guns drawn and the Page County men rode off with the Federal troopers' horses.  No one was injured or killed.

Returning home, the men realized they had done something wrong.  The horses were returned, and the men were promised that was the end of the affair and no punishment would be forthcoming.  Time passed.  Then suddenly on June 28, 1861, the men were arrested at their breakfast table.  Other members of the group managed to escape, but Captain Summers and Sergeant Koontz were taken into custody.  They were marched to Rude's Hill near Mt. Jackson, Virginia and told they were to be executed without benefit of a trial.  The men were given a few minutes to write some letters.  The next day Captain Summers' father rode to the camp with the intention of producing the pardon to free the men.  He found the two  laying beside the road, shot to death.
 

Flanked by the Virginia state flag and the Confederate Battle flag, members of the Luray Chapter and author Robert H. Moore, II stand in front of the roadside marker honoring Captain George Summers and Sergeant Isaac Koontz.  Shown above are from left to right:  Mrs. Allen (Beth) Foltz, Mrs. Bill (Frances) Menefee, Mrs. Charles (Jo Ann) Burner, Mrs. Carl (Merle) Hilscher, and Mr. Robert H. Moore II.

Robert H. Moore II and members of the Col. Waller Tazwell Patton Camp #1661, Sons of Confederate Veterans, along with members of the 58th Virginia Infantry and 7th Virginia Infantry pose beside the Summers/Koontz marker.  Left to right:  Robert H. Moore II, Greg Caton, Jeremiah Baugher, Greg Shanks, Floyd Campbell, Brian Bosley, Aaron Good, Charles Burner, and Harry Daniel.

Immediately following the marker dedication, members of Luray Chapter #436, Col. Waller Tazwell Patton Camp #1661, the 58th Va. Infantry, and the 7th Va. Infantry travelled to the graveside of Page County Confederate Andrew Jackson Campbell.

Luray Chapter member Jo Ann Burner discovered her great great uncle's grave site the previous year.  Andrew J. Campbell served in the 7th Virginia Cavalry, Co. E.  He was wounded at the Battle of Tom's Brook when he was shot through the neck and clubbed over the head with a revolver by a Federal trooper.

After a brief ceremony by Chapter President Mrs. Merle Hilscher and Mrs. Burner, the stone was unveiled.  Mrs. Burner's brother, Floyd Campbell, along with members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans and the reenactor companies fired a salute.  The ceremony concluded with Commander Aaron Good performing "Taps".

Members of the Col. Waller Tazwell Patton Camp #1661, Sons of Confederate Veterans, along with members of the 58th Virginia Infantry and 7th Virginia Infantry flank the grave marker of Andrew J. Campbell.  Left to right: Greg Caton, Jeremiah Baugher, Harry Daniel, Greg Shanks, Charles Burner, Floyd Campbell, Robert H. Moore II, Aaron Good, Ethan Hilliard, and Brian Bosley.

Members of the Luray Chapter #436 pose beside the newly dedicated marker.  Left to right:  Mrs. Allen (Beth) Foltz, Mrs. Carl (Merle) Hilscher, Mrs. Charles (Jo Ann Burner), Mrs. Reuben (Elizabeth) Shirley, and Mrs. Bill (Frances) Menefee.

Commander Aaron Good of the Col. Waller Tazwell Patton, Camp #1661, Sons of Confederate Veterans closes the ceremony by performing "Taps".