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	Battle of McDowell
		The town of McDowell is in the background.
		The ridge to the left was the main position of Union artillery.
		topo map The large panoramic photo was taken from Route 678 south of McDowell.
	www.angelfire.com /wv/wasec9/mcdowell.html (579 words)

	Battle of McDowell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of McDowell, also known as Sitlington's Hill, was fought May 8–9, 1862, in Highland County, Virginia, as part of Confederate Army General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's Campaign through the Shenandoah Valley during the American Civil War.
		The battle of McDowell is studied today by military historians for several reasons.
		At the strategic level, the battle of McDowell and the resultant withdrawal of the Union army was an important victory for the South.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_McDowell (1196 words)

	Shenandoah at War - Civil War Battlefields of Virginia,- McDowell Battlefield (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Housed inside the Highland Museum & Heritage Center in McDowell, the orientation center tells the story of the Battle of McDowell (8 May 1862), one of the opening salvos of Stonewall Jackson’s Valley Campaign, and provides information about visiting the area and the region.
		Presbyterian Church – Constructed in 1856, the McDowell Presbyterian Church was still a new addition to the community when it housed the wounded and dying Federal soldiers after the Battle of McDowell.
		McDowell Cemetery – This cemetery, located in the heart of the village of McDowell directly across from the Presbyterian Church, contains a monument and the graves of some of the soldiers who fought in the Battle of McDowell.
	www.shenandoahatwar.com /cluster_mcdowell.html (781 words)

	Irvin McDowell
		McDowell's men, who had been on their feet since two o'clock in the morning, who had marched twelve miles to the field and been engaged in heavy fighting since ten o'clock, were now exhausted by fatigue and want of food and water.
		According to General Sherman, "it was one of the best-planned battles, but one of the worst fought." Heavy losses of artillery and other war-supplies were experienced as the soldiers fell back on the capital.
		General McDowell had great fondness for landscape gardening, and during the last years of his life was one of the park commissioners of San Francisco, in which capacity he constructed a park out of the neglected Presidio reservation and laid out drives that command fine views of the Golden Gate.
	www.famousamericans.net /irvinmcdowell (1258 words)

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		This was undertaken for the purpose of leaving to comrades who still live, to the families of those who are dead, to our own families and to posterity some record, from our view-point, of the most stirring events and enactments of our lives.
	www.b17.com /bookgallery/samples/wood_jacksoncampaigns.htm (2153 words)

	Battle of McDowell
		The Battle of McDowell, the first Confederate victory of the Shenandoah Valley Campaign, was fought in Highland County on May 8, 1862.
		McDowell was a hard won victory, the Confederates suffering 498 casualties as compared to the Federals’ 256.
		Today visitors to the McDowell Battlefield can receive an orientation to the battle at the Highland Museum and Heritage Center in McDowell and can get a glimpse of the Confederate view of the village on May 8, 1862, by hiking a steep 1.8-mile trail to the top of Sitlington Hill.
	www.highlandhistoricalsociety.com /battle.htm (1090 words)

	Manassas I (First Bull Run) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		McDowell was heading for Manassas Junction, where railroads from Washington, Richmond, and the Shenandoah met.
		McDowell tried to look at matters from the Confederate view: a weak force couldn’t cover all the fords, and the Union forces would be eager to avenge their little check at Blackburn’s Ford.
		McDowell was not acting as an army commander, but plunging into the thick of the battle and leading from the front.
	ehistory.osu.edu /world/BattleView.cfm?BID=19 (2393 words)

	Battle of Kings Mountain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		At the Battle of Brandywine (September 11, 1777), Ferguson was wounded in the arm and his rifle corps was later disbanded.
		McDowell and his soldiers thought so highly of Daniel Morgan that they persuaded residents of Burke County to name the county seat Morganton.
		Historians agree that the battle of Kings Mountain was the beginning of the end of British rule in its former colonies.
	www.co.cleveland.nc.us /battle_of_kings_mountain.htm (3390 words)

	Vista Valley - Fishing, Hunting & Battlefield Tours in McDowell VA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		McDowell remains the last undeveloped, unspoiled battlefield area from the Valley Campaign, allowing a unique chance to understand and experience what took place on May 8, 1862.
		The historic Presbyterian Church stands today as it did then and still bears the scars of a cannonball hit and the names and dates which were carved into the bricks on the front of the church by the soldiers.
		Vista Valley is just half a mile down the road from the historic brick church in McDowell that still bears the scars of a cannonball hit from the battle.
	www.vista-valley.com /tours.htm (516 words)

	mcdowell
		Although McDowell possessed “undoubted military talents,” “on this important line [the Richmond-Washington front] it is needful that the lead be confided to one having the prestige of victory” in addition to knowledge of military strategy and tactics.
		McDowell was given command of the hastily-gathered Federal force in Washington because he had devised a campaign strategy more acceptable to President Abraham Lincoln and the Northern politicians and press than the more ponderous “Anaconda Plan” espoused by the equally ponderous General-in-Chief Winfield Scott.
		At any rate, McDowell was able to retain or regain the trust of private soldiers during and after the war, and it may be argued that their opinion should serve as the final verdict, as they were not involved in the heavy politicking for promotion that plagued the officer corps.
	www.princeton.edu /~jmatsui/mcdowell.html (8509 words)

	Battle of Port Republic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Port Republic was fought on June 9, 1862, in Rockingham County, Virginia, as part of Confederate States Army Major General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's Campaign through the Shenandoah Valley during the American Civil War.
		Port Republic was a fierce contest between two equally determined foes and was the most costly battle fought by Jackson's Army of the Valley during its campaign.
		When the main Confederate battle line advanced, it came under heavy fire from the Union artillery and was soon pinned down.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Port_Republic (836 words)

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		Mcdowell's plan was to take his army to Centreville about four miles northeast of Manassas.
		Mcdowell decides to disrupt the railroad at Gainesville and starts to move his army at 2 A.M. on July 20th.
		Mcdowell sends two of his artillery batteries up near Henry Hill in the front of the line.
	www.battleoffirstbullrun.com (663 words)

	Battle of Harper's Ferry
		They had done their duty in more than one battle, they had been long absent from their farms, their equipment was worn out, the enemy had been driven from Virginia, and they considered that they were fully entitled to some short repose.
		The intrenched camp still held out, for the sound of McLaws’ battle on the Maryland Heights was distinctly heard during the afternoon, and a resolute advance would have either compelled the Confederates to raise the siege, or have placed the Federal army between their widely separated wings.
		To recross the Potomac would be to slight the favours of fortune, to abandon the initiative, and to submit, in face of the vast numbers of fresh troops which the North was already raising, to a defensive warfare, a warfare which might protract the struggle, but which must end in the exhaustion of the Confederacy.
	www.sonofthesouth.net /leefoundation/jackson/battle-harpers-ferry.html (12321 words)

	The Battle of McDowell - General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Learning from Johnson, as he was taken, badly wounded, to the rear, the condition of things on the field of battle, he quickly ordered Taliaferro, now left in command, through a staff officer, to hold his position at all hazards, and he would soon be there with the Stonewall brigade to help him, if necessary.
		The Federal artillery placed on the terrace to the south of McDowell was quite active, but uselessly so, prior to the advance of its infantry, because of the elevation of the position held by the Confederates.
		Milroy's force that took part in the battle was, parts of four Ohio and two West Virginia regiments, and parts of two Ohio batteries, in all about 2,500 men, who, considering the disparity of forces, made a most determined and brave fight.
	stonewall.hut.ru /campaign/mcdowell.htm (1011 words)

	First Battle of Manassas
		Irvin McDowell's Army, 35,000 strong, marched out to begin the long-awaited campaign to capture Richmond and end the war.
		McDowell's lumbering columns were headed for the vital railroad junction at Manassas.
		Jefferson Davis on the field just as the battle was ending, were too exhausted and disorganized to pursue the Union army back into Washington.
	nps-vip.net /history/battle-1.htm (842 words)

	Battle of Bull Run or Manassas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The arrival changed the course of the battle and soon the Union soldiers were fleeing back to Washington.
		The battle proved that this was not going to be a one sided war for either side, as was predicted.
		The battle spurred a sense of victory in the South, pushing them on, and in the North a feeling for revenge.
	library.thinkquest.org /3055/netscape/battles/bullrun.html (234 words)

	First Battle of Bull Run (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Lincoln dispatched General Irvin McDowell with an inexperienced army of 30,000 men to move directly on Richmond, the Confederate capital.
		McDowell delayed theFirst battle of Bull Run 1861 At the First Battle of Bull Run, near Manassas, Virginia, Union forces under General Irvin McDowell were defeated by the Confederates.
		McDowell delayed theFirst Battle of Bull Run, near Manassas, Virginia, Union forces under General Irvin McDowell were defeated by the Confederates.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h114.html (560 words)

	The Battle of Bull Run (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		McDowell would need luck for his plan because he did not have the element of surprise.14 The attack was set for July 21st.
		The crowed roads were the fault of spectators who came to watch the battle, not knowing of the dangers.31 As the blue solders retreated, they realized that they had lost more men than they had thought.
		Eight-hundred sixty-eight soldiers were killed in battle, 1229 were missing, and 2593 were wounded.37 The battle of Bull Run was very important in the Civil War because the Union was not as strong as it thought it was, and it proved that the Confederacy had a chance to win the war.38 Endnotes 1.
	www.concentric.net /~batch3/bull.shtml (1136 words)

	Battle Cry: A Command & Colors Game: Official Scenarios
		The battle was fought on March 26th to 28th, 1862 in New Mexico.
		Kernstown The battle was fought on March 23rd, 1862, in Virginia, one of the many battles in the Shenandoah Valley Campaign.
		Murfreesboro The battle was fought on December 31st, 1862 in Tennessee.
	www.thewargamer.com /BattleCry/sc_official.html (1243 words)

	The Recorder Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		McDOWELL â” Oscar Driver Jr.âs family owned a farm that just happened to comprise most of the field of fire during the Battle of McDowell, May 8, 1862.
		The advisory committee was formed in the fall of 2005 to advise the Highland County Board of Supervisors on matters relating to the preservation of the McDowell Battlefield.
		Earlier that year county residents, primarily those in McDowell and the core area of the battlefield, met with representatives of the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation to discuss the its land acquisition plans.
	therecorderonline.com /index.php?id=858 (787 words)

	Marion (McDowell) News \| County prepares for IBT legal battle
		The McDowell County Commissioners agreed last Monday to set aside $20,000 for a possible legal fight over the proposed interbasin transfer.
		McDowell officials said recently they would consider joining with other cities and counties in a potential lawsuit to stop the proposed transfer of water from the Catawba River basin.
		McDowell officials have talked to other local governments about how to stop the controversial water transfer.
	www.mcdowellnews.com /servlet/Satellite?pagename=MMN/MGArticle/MMN_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1149191181594 (697 words)

	Cultural Activities - The Highland Inn
		In Highland County a new museum opened in McDowell in 2005 under the auspices of the Highland Historical Society providing a new point of interest for visitors and natives alike.
		The Historical Society is also one of the sponsors of McDowell Heritage Days that has a Civil War re-enactment and encampment as it's centerpiece.
		The McDowell Battlefield area is considered to be one of the most pristine Civil War battlefields that survive.
	www.highland-inn.com /cultural.htm (567 words)

	Battle of Cedar Run
		Of McDowell’s army corps, Ricketts’ division held Warrenton, twenty-five miles east of Banks; while King’s division was retained at Fredericksburg, forty miles south-east of Ricketts’.
		McDowell’s second division, 10,000 strong, on the march from Fredericksburg, was not more than twenty mites east of Slaughter Mountain.
		One of Hill’s brigades was sent to support the centre, and, almost in the same breath, six others, a mass of 7,000 or 8,000 men, were ordered to attack the enemy’s right, to outflank it, and to roll back his whole line upon Ewell, who was instructed at the same moment to outflank the left.
	www.sonofthesouth.net /leefoundation/jackson/battle-cedar-run.html (10588 words)

	McDOWELL (8 May 1862)
		At the strategic level, the battle of McDowell and the resultant withdrawal of the US army was an important victory for the South.
		The battlefield of McDowell retains the highest integrity of all of the Shenandoah Valley battlefields surveyed; this is due to its location and the rugged nature of the ground, which precludes almost any land use other than agriculture or woodland.
		The general perception is that the battlefield of McDowell was substantially preserved by the recent APCWS acquisition of about 100 acres on Sitlington's Hill.
	www.cr.nps.gov /hps/abpp/shenandoah/svs3-2.html (1544 words)

	It Takes A Village To Put On McDowell Event
		McDOWELL, Va. - Some 800 reenactors turned this village into a townwide stage on May 5-6, bringing the May 1862 Battle of McDowell to life with first-person interpretation of events that took place during the occupation by Federal troops who were eventually routed by Maj. Gen.
		Battles were held in McDowell on Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning, with troops maneuvering throughout the weekend in the surrounding hills in a manner as historically accurate as practical.
		Homes throughout McDowell were marked with red, white and blue ribbons to identify them as sites where reenactors were welcome to stage scenarios, pitch tents, string patriotic decorations or sit on the porch.
	www.civilwarnews.com /archive/articles/mcdowell2.htm (748 words)

	Battle Summary: McDowell, VA
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		T.J. Jackson marched his army west along the Parkersburg Road to confront two brigades of Frémont’s force (Milroy and Schenck), advancing toward the Shenandoah Valley from western Virginia.
		At McDowell on May 8, Milroy seized the initiative and assaulted the Confederate position on Sitlington’s Hill.
	www.cr.nps.gov /hps/abpp/battles/va102.htm (122 words)

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