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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM139_first-battle-of-kernstown_Winchester-VA.html
Was fought here Sunday, March 23, 1862 Confederates under Gen. T.J. "Stonewall" Jackson attacked Federals under Gen. James Shields. The fighting was chiefly west of the road and continued from early afternoon until nightfall. When Jackson retired …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM138_1790-stone-church_Winchester-VA.html
These native limestone steps are in their original position and mark the main entrance to a 40' x 60' stone church built on this site in 1790. The entrance was in the center of its east wall with the pulpit area against the west wall. This church …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM137_in-memory-of-the-many-soldiers-of-the-revolution_Winchester-VA.html
In Memory ofthe many soldiers of theRevolution interredat Opequon Churchof whom only sevenare knownMajor John GilkesonCaptain William ChipleyCaptain Samuel GilkesonCaptain James SimrallCaptain Samuel VanceCaptain William VancePrivate James Hamilton
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM136_kernstown-battles_Winchester-VA.html
Around this site and a mile to the west occurred two major battles of the Civil War.
First KernstownMarch 23, 1862 Stonewall Jackson attacked what appeared to be a withdrawing federal force led by federal Br. Gen. Shields. Desperate fighting al…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12X_opequon-presbyterian-church_Winchester-VA.html
Early YearsThis historic church was established by Scotch-Irish and German settlers who migrated from eastern Pennsylvania in the early 1730's. William Hoge donated two acres of land for a meeting house, and an additional two acres for a burying g…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12S_abrams-delight_Winchester-VA.html
Abram's Delight is the oldest home in Winchester. 582 acres of land was granted to Abraham Hollingsworth in 1734. The first log house on the site was replaced by the present stone structure built in 1754 by Isaac Hollingsworth, a Quaker, son of Ab…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12K_abrams-delight_Winchester-VA.html
The oldest dwelling in Winchester, Abram's Delight experienced the passage of both Union and Confederate armies during the war. Although the property stood in the path of the First Battle of Winchester on May 25, 1862, it survived and now illustra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12B_second-battle-of-winchester_Winchester-VA.html
On June 14, 1863, Jubal A. Early moved west from this point to attack Federal fortifications west of Winchester.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12A_first-battle-of-winchester_Winchester-VA.html
Here Confederate Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson and his army, early on the morning of 25 May 1862, defeated Union Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Bank's forces during Jackson's Shenandoah Valley campaign. Banks, outnumbered and outflanked, hastily…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM128_first-battle-of-winchester_Winchester-VA.html
May 25, 1862General Stonewall Jackson with 16,000 Confederates defeated General N.P. Banks and 6,000 Federals. On May 24, at Middletown, 12 miles South, Jackson attacked Banks' army withdrawing toward Winchester, cutting off the rear guard and cap…