Defenses of Winchester

The fort on the hilltop to the north is one of a chain of defenses commanding the crossings of the Qpequon. It was constructed by Milroy in 1863.

Marker is on Front Royal Pike (U.S. 522), on the right when traveling ...

Second Battle of Winchester

Here Jubal A. Early, detached to attack the rear of Milroy, holding Winchester, crossed this road and moved eastward in the afternoon of June 15, 1863.

Marker is on Northwestern Pike (U.S. 50), on the right when traveling east.

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Second Battle of Winchester

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 from ...

Winchester

The Valley Campaigns

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 ...

Third Battle of Winchester

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.

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Second Battle of Winchester

Louisiana Tigers Capture West Fort

In June 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee marched his infantry from Culpeper County to the Shenandoah Valley to launch his second invasion of the North. First, however, he had to capture Winchester, the largest town ...

Second Battle of Winchester

Here Jubal A. Early, detached to attack the rear of Milroy, holding Winchester, crossed this road and moved eastward in the afternoon of June 15, 1863.

Marker is on Northwestern Pike (U.S. 50), on the right when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

First Battle of Winchester

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 retreated north through ...

First Battle of Winchester

May 25, 1862

General 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 capturing or destroying a ...

First Battle of Winchester

May 25, 1862 between Confederates under Brig. Gen. T.J. “Stonewall” Jackson and the Federals under Maj. Gen. N.P. Banks began just south of this site. The Federals were driven in retreat through Winchester’s streets with loss of stores and many ...