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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WL8_second-battle-of-winchester-historical_Winchester-VA.html
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After Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's stunning victory at Chancellorsville in May 1863, he led the Army of Northern Virginia west to the Shenandoah Valley, then north through central Maryland and across the Mason-Dixon Line into Pennsy…
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Union Gen. Robert H. Milroy and his division entered Winchester on January 1, 1863. The abolitionist general, who vowed to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation aggressively, soon set to work strengthening the town's defenses. His soldiers rotated…
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During the Civil War, armies of both sides built earthwork fortifications of varying sizes and shapes. The star fort was one of the most difficult types to construct. Although the design afforded the defenders the potential to fire into an attacki…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WL5_second-battle-of-winchester-historical_Winchester-VA.html
While Union artillery from Star Fort dueled with Confederate gunners in West Fort on June 14, 1863, Winchester's civilians fretted for their safety. Some wondered if Union Gen. Robert H. Milroy would destroy Winchester by either burning or bombard…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WL4_third-battle-of-winchester-historical_Winchester-VA.html
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The fertile Shenandoah Valley was the "Breadbasket of the Confederacy" as well as an avenue of invasion. Confederate Gen. Jubal A. Early's march north and his raid on Washington, D.C., in June-July 1864 alerted Union Gen. Ulysses S. Gra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16NC_the-third-battle-of-winchester_Winchester-VA.html
You are standing on Hackwood Lane. Running east to west, it was part of a network of country lanes connecting the Berryville Pike and the Valley Pike in the mid-19th century. The trees on either side were not present during the battle.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRX8_third-battle-of-winchester_Winchester-VA.html
On September 19, 1864, Union Gen. Philip H. Sheridan's Army of the Shenandoah routed Confederate Gen. Jubal A. Early's Valley Army at the Third Battle of Winchester (also called Opequon) in the bloodiest and largest battle in the Shenandoah Valley…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRX7_stephenson-depot_Winchester-VA.html
In the spring of 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia began a march that culminated at the Battle of Gettysburg. Lee chose the Shenandoah Valley for his invasion route. Ninety-six hundred Federals under Gen. Rober…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM93Y_john-rutherfords-farm_Winchester-VA.html
John H. Rutherford was born about 1820. He acquired approximately 275 acres here between 1843 and 1848 from the heirs of John Carter. About May 24, 1849, Rutherford married Camilla C. Baker. At first, the couple lived with Mrs. Susan Pitman Carter…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM93W_rutherfords-farm_Winchester-VA.html
In addition to the action of July 20, 1864, known as the Battle of Rutherford's Farm, two other significant events occurred on or near John Rutherford's property here.
The first took place on June 14-15, 1863, during the Gettysburg Campaign, as…