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During the Civil War, the Union and Confederate armies each used the Frederick County Courthouse as a hospital and a prison.
Cornelia McDonald, a local citizen, nursed the wounded here after the First Battle of Kernstown on March 23, 1862. She …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13V_second-battle-of-winchester_Winchester-VA.html
June 13-15, 1863 took place during Gen. Lee's advance to Gettysburg between Confederates under Gen. Ewell and Federals under Gen. Milroy. The Federals occupied positions on the hills north and west of Winchester now called Milroys and Star Forts f…
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Winchester's location at the north end of the Shenandoah Valley made it a place of strategic importance during the Civil War.
From here, roads led north and east threatening Washington, D.C., and the Valley Turnpike led south and west endanger…
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Near here Early, facing east, took his last position on September 19, 1864. About sundown he was attacked and driven from it, retreating south. Presidents Rutherford B. Hayes and William McKinley served in this engagement on the Union side.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13S_site-of-fort-loudoun_Winchester-VA.html
Built by George Washington in 1756Home and Seminary ofKathrine Glass GreeneOrganizing regent ofFort Loudoun Chapter NSDAR - 1921Presented by the chapter on its 75th Anniversary1996
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13R_fort-loudoun_Winchester-VA.html
In 1756, during the French and Indian War, Col. George Washington proposed, designed, and supervised construction of the largest and most formidable fort on Virginia's colonial frontier. Equipped with 24 pieces of artillery, the fort served as Col…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13Q_fort-loudoun_Winchester-VA.html
Here in May 1756, overlooking the frontier town of Winchester, construction began on Fort Loudoun during the period of the French and Indian War (Seven Year's War in Europe). The fort, named for John Campbell, earl of Loudoun, was a square fortifi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13P_sheridans-headquarters_Winchester-VA.html
1861 hdqts. for Gen. R. H. Milroy. 1862 hdqts. for Gen. N.P. Banks who took the town for the first time. Was again used by Gen. Milroy in 1863. In the fall of 1864-1865 Gen. Sheridan used it as hdqts. Sheridan left here to rally his troops at the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13O_daniel-morgan-house_Winchester-VA.html
In 1802 General Morgan died in this home built by George F. Norton in 1786. The house has been carefully nurtured over the centuries by the Boyd, Sherrard, Massie, Smith, Gaunt and Schember families.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13M_braddock-cannon_Winchester-VA.html
(Left Side): This monument marks the trail taken by the army of General Braddock, which left Alexandria April 9, 1755 to defend the western frontier against the French and Indians.
Erected by the Society of Colonial Dames of America in the Stat…