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By Craig Swain, August 26, 2007
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1 Virginia, Frederick County, Winchester — The Third Battle of Winchester
Near First Woods Drive, on the right when traveling east. Reported permanently removed.
(Left Side): The Third Battle of Winchester - September 19, 1864 Bloodiest Battle of the Shenandoah Valley Gen. Jubal Early assuming that Gen. Phil Sheridan was yet another cautious Union commander, divided his roughly 14,000 troops on a . . . Map (db m163866) HM
2 Virginia, Frederick County, Winchester — The Third Battle of WinchesterCamp Averell
Near Redbud Road, on the right when traveling east. Reported permanently removed.
In the months after the Third Battle of Winchester, this area became home to Camp Averell, named after Union cavalry gen. William Woods Averell. Elements of six cavalry and "mounted infantry" regiments from New York, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia . . . Map (db m163955) HM
3 Virginia, Frederick County, Winchester — The Third Battle of WinchesterThe Union Rear
Near Redbud Road, on the right when traveling east. Reported permanently removed.
The First Woods saw little combat, but areas near the front lines were bustling with activity. Here, men of Grover's, Dwight's, and Thoburn's Union divisions formed for their attacks across the Middle Field. Union Generals rallied the broken . . . Map (db m164088) HM
4 Virginia, Frederick County, Winchester — The Third Battle of WinchesterThoburn's Attack
Near Redbud Road, on the right when traveling east. Reported permanently removed.
As the Nineteenth Corps tried to reorganize its lines, Union Col. Joseph Thoburn's division of the Eighth Army Corps came up from reserve and took position at the edge of the First Woods behind you. Union Gen. Philip Sheridan soon arrived and . . . Map (db m167487) HM
5 Virginia, Frederick County, Winchester — The Third Battle of WinchesterUnion Victories in the Valley
Near Redbud Road (County Route 661), on the right when traveling east. Reported permanently removed.
After the successful attack of the Union Eighth Corps, it was only a matter of time before the Confederates lost the battle. As Confederate Gen. Early consolidated his lines closer and closer to Winchester, his men faced coordinated infantry . . . Map (db m167715) HM
6 Virginia, Frederick County, Winchester — The Third Battle of WinchesterThe First Woods - A Perfect Slaughterhouse
Near Redbud Road (County Route 661), on the right when traveling east. Reported permanently removed.
As Confederates drove Union Gen. Grover's 2nd Division back across the fields in front of you, the 1st Division of the Nineteenth Army Corps was moving up to the edge of the First Woods behind you, (the tree line was then some 400 yards further . . . Map (db m161525) HM
7 Virginia, Frederick County, Winchester — The Third Battle of WinchesterThe Middle Field - Bloodiest Encounter in the Shenandoah Valley
Near Redbud Road (County Route 661), on the right when traveling east. Reported permanently removed.
You are standing in the Middle Field - perhaps the bloodiest place in the Shenandoah Valley. After hours of preparation, Sheridan's Army of the Shenandoah was ready to advance against the Confederate position east of Winchester at 11:40 a.m. . . . Map (db m159603) HM
8 Virginia, Frederick County, Winchester — The Third Battle of WinchesterThe West Woods
Near Redbud Road (County Route 661), on the right when traveling east. Reported permanently removed.
You are standing near the center of General Early's infantry line at what has come to be called the West Woods. Although these particular trees were not here during the Battle of Third Winchester, some are in the same location as those that stood on . . . Map (db m159425) HM
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9 Virginia, Frederick County, Winchester — The Third Battle of WinchesterThe Confederates Reform
Near Redbud Road (County Route 661), on the right when traveling east. Reported permanently removed.
"Unless this force were driven back, the day was lost." General Jubal A. Early, C.S.A. Standing here about noon during the battle, you would have seen Union troops under Gen. Henry Birge pursuing Gen. Clement Evans' Georgians from right . . . Map (db m159187) HM
10 Virginia, Frederick County, Winchester — The Third Battle of WinchesterThe Second Woods
Near Redbud Road (County Route 661), on the right when traveling east. Reported permanently removed.
You are standing at the site of what is known as the Second Woods. The fighting in and around the Second Woods was so rapid and chaotic that many participants disagreed on the details and order of the events. But this is much clear: at 11:40 a.m., . . . Map (db m159864) HM
11 Virginia, Frederick County, Winchester — The Third Battle of WinchesterConfederate Defense
Near Redbud Road (County Route 661), on the right when traveling east. Reported permanently removed.
In the mid-morning of September 19, Confederate Gen. John B. Gordon's infantry, veteran troops from Georgia, Louisiana, and Virginia, took position to your right on the other side of Hackwood Lane. At 11:40 a.m., at the sound of artillery fire, . . . Map (db m159220) HM
12 Virginia, Frederick County, Winchester — The Third Battle of WinchesterHackwood House
Near Redbud Road (County Route 661), on the right when traveling east. Reported permanently removed.
Prominent Virginian John Smith was charged with guarding prisoners of war held in Winchester during the Revolutionary War. He purportedly had this stately home (in front of you) built by Hessian and British prisoners around 1777. During the . . . Map (db m159334) HM
13 Virginia, Frederick County, Winchester — The Third Battle of WinchesterFording Red Bud Run
Near Redbud Road (County Route 661), on the right when traveling east. Reported permanently removed.
"To stop was death. To go on was probably the same; but on we started again." Col. Rutherford B. Hayes, U.S.A. Red Bud Run is as wide and boggy today as it was in 1864. During their attack, the men of the Eighth Corps sank into the . . . Map (db m3159) HM
14 Virginia, Frederick County, Winchester — The Third Battle of WinchesterThe Attack of the Eighth Corps
Near Redbud Road, on the right when traveling east. Reported permanently removed.
"The order was to walk fast, keep silent, until within about one hundred yards of the guns, and then with a yell to charge at full speed." Col. Rutherford B. Hayes, U.S.A. At noon on September 19, Union General Sheridan's Sixth and . . . Map (db m224318) HM
15 Virginia, Frederick County, Winchester — The Third Battle of WinchesterConfederate Horse Artillery
Near Redbud Road (County Route 661), on the right when traveling east. Reported permanently removed.
"A more murderous fire I never witnessed..."Col. Thomas Munford, C.S.A. In an effort to protect the Confederate left flank, Gen. Fitzhugh Lee placed a detachment of cavalry and six pieces of horse artillery, lighter cannons made . . . Map (db m3091) HM
16 Virginia, Frederick County, Winchester — The Third Battle of Winchester
On Redbud Road (Route 661), on the right when traveling east. Reported permanently removed.
(Left Side): The Third Battle of Winchester - September 19, 1864 Bloodiest Battle of the Shenandoah Valley Gen. Jubal Early assuming that Gen. Phil Sheridan was yet another cautious Union commander, divided his roughly 14,000 troops on . . . Map (db m158714) HM
 
 
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