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	Battle of Winchester II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Second Battle of Winchester was fought June 13 – June 15, 1863, in Frederick County and Winchester, Virginia, as part of the Gettysburg Campaign of the American Civil War.
		After the Battle of Brandy Station, June 9, 1863, Confederate General Robert E. Lee ordered Ewell's 19,000-man Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, to clear the lower Shenandoah Valley of Union opposition so that Lee's army could proceed on its invasion of Pennsylvania, shielded by the Blue Ridge Mountains from Union interference.
		Winchester was heavily fortified on the ridges west of town by three forts connected by trenches.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Second_Winchester (1427 words)

	First Battle of Winchester - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The First Battle of Winchester, fought on May 25, 1862, in and around Frederick County, Virginia and Winchester, Virginia, was a major victory in Confederate Army General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's Campaign through the Shenandoah Valley during the American Civil War.
		On the tactical level, the battle displayed considerable finesse, particularly on the part of Ewell's division on the Front Royal Pike.
		The ultimate significance of Jackson's victory at Winchester was its strategic impact.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/First_Battle_of_Winchester (845 words)

	winchester (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Winchester Park and Ride survey Questionnaire to allow people frustrated by the lack of parking in Winchester to have their say in an effort to have St Catherine's Park and Ride car park extended over the former Winchester bypass.
		Sarah Winchester - Sarah Winchester (1837 - September 5, 1922), born Sarah Lockwood Pardee, was an heiress and the builder of the Winchester Mystery House.
		Winchester rifle - The Winchester rifle, originally known as the Henry rifle (named after the gunsmith who invented it), was famous for its rugged construction and a lever-act...
	www.serebella.com /search/topic-winchester.html (684 words)

	Civil War Battle History of Third Winchester, Virginia
		In June, several battles - including the Second Battle of Winchester (June 13 - 15) - cleared the Valley of the small Union presence and allowed Lee to move stealthily northward into Pennsylvania, a move that culminated in the Battle of Gettysburg.
		The Third Battle of Winchester - or the Battle of Opequon, as it is sometimes called - occurred in four phases: Berryville Canyon (dawn to 11 a.m.), Red Bud Run and Middle Field (11:40 a.m.
		Early later wrote about Winchester, "When I look back to this battle, I can but attribute my escape from utter annihilation to the incapacity of my opponent." Sheridan's attempt to squeeze 20,000 troops through the narrow canyon was a tactical blunder that eliminated any possibility of destroying Early in detail.
	www.civilwar.org /historyclassroom/hc_thirdwinchesterhist.htm (2008 words)

	FortCollier.com
		Winchester, then, became a center of operations for the Confederacy, which disputed its control with Federal forces so often that the city changed hands over 70 times during the course of the war.
		Fort Collier, although seeing action only in the Third Battle of Winchester, stood imposingly throughout the war as a deterrent to attackers and a reminder to civilians of the position in which their city had been placed by circumstances beyond their control.
		Winchester was transformed for almost the entire duration of the war to a city on the front line – attacked and occupied by both armies until the culminating Third Battle of Winchester, when the city fell back under Union control for good.
	www.fortcollier.com /fccwc.htm (347 words)

	First Battle of Winchester (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The First Battle of Winchester was a battle of the American Civil War that took place on May 25, 1862 in and around Frederick County, Virginia and Winchester, Virginia.
		According to the National Park Service, "First Winchester was a major victory in General Stonewall Jackson's 1862 Valley Campaign.
		Gen Taylor's attack on Bower's Hill is considered a model brigade maneuver by military historians.
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/f/fi/first_battle_of_winchester.html (144 words)

	History of Fort Collier, Third Winchester, Virginia
		Winchester had two advantages: its proximity to Manassas, by way of the Manassas Gap Railroad at Piedmont Station, and the fact that a defending army could fortify Winchester and still be able to withdraw up the Valley to the south.
		When he recaptured Winchester on May 25, 1862, in the First Battle of Winchester, the retreating Federals did not defend Fort Collier, nor did the Union garrison defend the Fort in the Second Battle of Winchester, on June 14-15, 1863.
		But in the Third Battle of Winchester on September 19, 1864, the war came in all its fury to Fort Collier and the Stine house did not survive it.
	www.civilwar.org /historyclassroom/hc_fortcollierhist.htm (937 words)

	Battle of Winchester
		No one knew what the rebels delayed their advance for, while it was our policy to postpone a battle, in view of the preponderating force of the enemy, in order to allow reinforcements to arrive from the division of General Williams, the rear-guard of which had already advanced ten miles toward the Shenandoah.
		His line of battle extended about a mile on the right of the village of Kernstown, and a mile and three-quarters on the left of it, and the village lay on the road between the rebel right and centre.
		The result was the capture of their guns on the left and the forcing back of their wing on the centre, thus placing them in a position to be routed by a general attack, which was made about five o'clock by all the infantry, and succeeded in driving them in flight from the field.
	www.sonofthesouth.net /leefoundation/civil-war/1862/april/battle-winchester.htm (3816 words)

	Battle of Winchester (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		From Mount Solon to Winchester is eighty miles by the Valley pike; to Harper’s Ferry one hundred and ten miles.
		The roar of battle followed close; and with the rattle of musketry, the crash of shells, and the loud cries of the victors speeding their rapid flight, the Northern infantry dispersed across the fields.
		As the train neared Winchester a staff officer, riding at a gallop across the fields, signalled it to stop, and the general was informed that the 12th Georgia had been driven from Front Royal, burning the stores, but not the bridges, at Front Royal, and that Shields’ division was in possession of the village.
	www.sonofthesouth.net /leeFoundation/jackson/Battle-of-winchester.html (15825 words)

	MorganGrave.htm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		It was in Winchester, too, that, stricken with sciatic and rheumatic conditions, he died on July 6, 1802, at the home of a daughter.
		His burial in Winchester's Old Stone Presbyterian Graveyard was conducted with an honor guard of seven of Morgan's original riflemen, who, after the body had been lowered into the grave, fired a farewell volley to their departed leader.
		Winchester struck the second blow of the battle when it brought suit in court to keep the general's body where it was.
	www.nps.gov /cowp/MorganGrave.htm (831 words)

	tours of the Civil War in the Shenandoah Valley
		Scene of the climax of the battle of Second Winchester and the staging area for Custer's division for the final part of the Third Battle of Winchester.
		Winchester - where young George Washington's surveying office still stands - changed hands 72 times during the Civil War, a violent statistic hard to believe when strolling the town's peaceful streets today.
		Within a five mile radius of Winchester lie the three Winchester battlefields along with less known but still bloody fields of Rutherford’s Farm, Kernstown, and Smithfield.
	www.angelfire.com /va3/valleywar/tour.html (567 words)

	Civil War Traveler \| Virginia \| Valley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The first battle, March 23, 1862, was considered a defeat for Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson, who impetiously attacked a strong Union force gathered in the area.
		Woodstock, Trails sign located a block west of the courthouse - The citizens of the seat of Shenandoah County experienced the horrors of war in the late summer and fall of 1864 witnessing the smoke and flames of the infamous "Burning" as well as ranger, guerrilla and bushwacker activities.
		A sharp battle on the line near the mill in late March 1862 delayed a Federal advance on the Valley Pike.
	www.civilwar-va.com /virginia/valley/pike1.html (2332 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Politics \| The battle to control Winchester
		Get off the train at Winchester and you could be forgiven for thinking you are in the kind of place that Richard Curtis would use as a backdrop to portray his somewhat idealised vision of modern Britain.
		But beneath this genteel surface there is a battle on to control the local council, though you wouldn't know it strolling around the centre.
		Winchester is precisely the sort of city that Conservatives need to regain if they are to be able to continue claiming their party is undergoing a revival.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/rss/-/1/hi/uk_politics/4943450.stm (912 words)

	Battle of Winchester - TheBestLinks.com - American Civil War, Thomas J. Jackson, 1862, General, ...
		Battle of Winchester - TheBestLinks.com - American Civil War, Thomas J. Jackson, 1862, General,...
		Battle of Winchester, American Civil War, Thomas J. Jackson, 1862, General...
		There were many Battles of Winchester, all during the American Civil War.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Battle_of_Winchester.html (89 words)

	Battle of Winchester (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Battle of Winchester may refer to any of a series of military conflicts during the American Civil War, all fought near Winchester, Virginia, in the Shenandoah Valley.
		Battle of Winchester II or Second Winchester - during the 1863 Gettysburg Campaign
		Battle of Opequon or Third Winchester - during the Valley Campaigns of 1864
	www.tocatch.info /en/Battle_of_Winchester.htm (110 words)

	The Winchester Star (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Milton Lingo, who was in Company G 22nd regiment of the Iowa Volunteers, was in Winchester for the Third Battle of Winchester.
		But upon his return and his company’s arrival in Winchester, his illnesses returned and he was sent to a variety of hospitals.
		Lingo was also in Winchester for the Third Battle of Winchester, but was discharged in October 1964, Burden said.
	www.winchesterstar.com /TheWinchesterStar/050129/Area_research.asp (810 words)

	Winchester, Virginia -- The Battle of Kernstown
		I wrote you last from Winchester, after I had been put in command of a division (three brigades) of troops and was on the point of marching eastward across the Shenandoah.
		I do not give you any description of the battle or the battlefield, where at least four to five hundred lay dead, nor of the wounded which filled the houses of Winchester and all the little villages on our march this side.
		Union troops assault a Confederate position at the First Battle of Winchester (Kernstown) on March 23, 1862.
	bhere.com /plugugly/1862/6202cwin.html (727 words)

	The Winchester Star (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Winchester’s Civil War past will be on display Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, as local groups and institutions mark the anniversary of the Third Battle of Winchester.
		Fort Collier was the center of the Third Battle of Winchester, where a “thunderous charge” by Cavalry General George A. Custer turned the tide of the battle for the Union.
		Rutherford is the author of “Historic Haunts of Winchester, A Ghostly Trip through Winchester’s Past.” He is the publisher of “Crossroads of History,” a magazine dedicated to Civil War human interest and preservation.
	www.winchesterstar.com /TheWinchesterStar/050915/Life_battle.asp (715 words)

	The 18th Connecticut Volunteer Regiment
		The regiment was engaged at the Battle of Winchester on June 15, 1863.
		After a battle of ten hours, the Union Army routed and defeated the enemy, capturing on the field of battle 1500 men, three pieces of artillery, and 200 stand of small arms.
		The regiment was engaged at the Battle of Kernstown on July 24, 1864.
	home.att.net /~frank.cook/civilwar/18thct.htm (876 words)

	SAW Front Page
		WINCHESTER, Va.— In the early spring of 1862, before his famous Valley Campaign, Confederate Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson exclaimed, "If this Valley falls, Virginia falls!" Events in the fall of 1864 proved him to be right.
		Confederate Fort Collier was at the center the Third Battle of Winchester, where late in the afternoon of September 19th, the thunderous Union cavalry charge, led by George Armstrong Custer, turned the tide of the battle for the Federals.
		The CVB was created by the City of Winchester and Frederick County as the official tourism authority for the Winchester-Frederick County area.
	www.shenandoahatwar.org /news/news_detail.php?news_ID=33 (1897 words)

	Randolf H. McKim about the 1st Battle of Winchester - General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's Shenandoah Valley ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		I myself participated in five battles at or near Winchester, and it is said the town changed hands more than eighty times during the war.
		Near Winchester again I was to be in the fatal battle of September, 1864, and at Cedar Creek the following October I was to see Gordon's victory turned into defeat by General Early's mistakes,--at least, that is my opinion.
		In this battle General Jackson, by his brilliant strategy, ably seconded by the blindness and the blunders of the Federal commander, General Banks, had succeeded in attacking the army at Winchester with a force double its numbers.
	stonewall.hut.ru /campaign/winchester_mckim.htm (1263 words)

	battle of Cedar Creek
		The Battle of Cedar Creek was the last major battle of General Philip Sheridan's 1864 Valley Campaign.
		Significance: The battle of Cedar Creek dealt the crushing blow to the Confederacy in the Shenandoah Valley and, together with William T. Sherman's successes in the Atlanta Campaign, spurred the reelection of President Abraham Lincoln.
		The battle can be ranked in size and intensity with the battle of Opequon (Third Winchester) and both are included among the major battles of the Civil War.
	www.angelfire.com /va3/valleywar/battle/cedarcreek.html (2134 words)

	Battlefield Information
		This area of the country (around Winchester and Berryville) “served the Confederacy as a vital source of food and forage.
		As a point of interest, the battle of Berryville was the last engagement Jubal Early had in Clarke County.
		Several of the battles that occurred around the area where Josiah lived were those fought at Millwood, Berryville, Winchester, Cedar Creek (20 miles south of Winchester), Fisher’s Hill, and New Market.
	www.bigballoonmusic.com /Ware/BattleInformation.htm (891 words)

	book (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Regimental History of the 116th O.V.I. Served from 1862-1865 in Western Virginia, and the Shenandoah Valley.
		We are in for it - 1st Battle of Kernstown -
		* Free admission for you and a guest to the annual reenactment of the battle, held on the weekend closest to October 19th.
	www.cedarcreekbattlefield.org /book.html (643 words)

	Civil War in Winchester (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The battles fought in and around this strategic town are the focus of a tour led by Civil War expert Edwin C. Bearss.
		After lunch in Winchester’s historic district, stop at the site of the first battle of Winchester, May 25, 1862.
		Also tour the sites of the second battle of Kernstown, July 24, 1864; the second battle of Winchester, June 1863; and the Sept. 19, 1864, battle of Winchester.
	residentassociates.org /tour-aug/winchester.asp (174 words)

	The Battle of Winchester -- May 25,1862
		As there is a good road from Front Royal to Winchester, the Rebels with sufficient force at Front Royal could easily intercept our line of march and cut us off from our supplies, especially as the occupation of Front Royal destroyed the railroad line that connected us with Washington.
		Still, under all the difficulties, we succeeded in bringing through our long line of wagons with wonderful success, but the labor to the men was very great and our rear guard was engaged with the Rebel skirmishers till long after midnight.
		As we approached Winchester we were agreeably surprised to find that the enemy was not before us, and that the flag of our Union was still flying from the public buildings.
	bhere.com /plugugly/1862/6205bwin.htm (1592 words)

	American Memory from the Library of Congress - Browse by
		Winchester, 1st Battle of, Winchester, Va., 1862 (May 25) (1)
		Winchester, 2nd Battle of, Winchester, Va., 1863--Maps, Manuscript.
		Winchester, 3rd Battle of, Winchester, Va., 1864--Maps, Manuscript.
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	Third Winchester
		Following Jubal Early's successful attack on Crook's army at the Second Battle of Kernstown south of Winchester in July 1864, Grant put Phil Sheridan in command of a reinforced and reorganized Army of the Shenandoah.
		Sheridan's 39,000 man army was at Berryville, several miles east of Winchester, separated from Early's 15,000 men by the Opequon Creek.
		The battle was a Union victory, but not nearly as decisive as it could have been.
	johnsmilitaryhistory.com /thirdwinchester.html (1403 words)

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