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Tag Archives: Third Winchester
James Wilson and the Battle of Nashville, Part I
The weather was gradually changing, perhaps for the better. For several days, the Union troopers had been pelted with snow and sleet. It had been so harsh that only the woodcutters had been out in the precipitation. With a thaw … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Personalities, Sesquicentennial, Western Theater
Tagged Battle of Franklin, Edgefield, Edward Hatch, George Thomas, James Harrison Wilson, John Bell Hood, John Croxton, John Schofield, Judson Kilpatrick, March to the Sea, Spring Hill, Tennessee, the Wilderness, Third Winchester, Vicksburg Campaign, William T. Sherman, Wilson-Kautz Raid, Yellow Tavern
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Wesley Merritt and the Battle of Tom’s Brook
Following the Battle of Fisher’s Hill, Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan’s Federal army pursued Lieut. Gen. Jubal Early’s Rebel forces up the Shenandoah Valley. With the Yankees dogging his march, Early left the Valley, while Sheridan encamped around the town of Harrisonburg, Virginia. … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Personalities
Tagged "Woodstock Races", 2d Massachusetts Cavalry, 5th U.S. Cavalry, 9th U.S. Cavalry, Appomattox, Army of Northern Virgina, Army of the Potomac, Army of the Shenandoah, Back Road, Battle of Tom's Brook, Bradley Johnson, Charles Russell Lowell, Fisher's Hill, George Custer, Gettysburg, Harrisonburg, John Buford, Jubal Early, Little Bighorn, Lunsford Lomax, Natural Bridge, Reserve Brigade, Spanish American War, Stoneman's Raid, Third Winchester, Thomas Devin, Thomas Rosser, Trevilian's Station, Valley Turnpike, Virginia, Wesley Merritt, West Point, Woodstock, Yellow Tavern
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Sketches from the Shenandoah: The Death of Robert Rodes
One of James Taylor’s sketches was that of the death of Robert Rodes at the Battle of Third Winchester on September 19, 1864. Rodes was a native of Virginia and graduate of the Virginia Military Institute. He would fight at … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Personalities
Tagged 5th Alabama Infantry, Chacnellorsville, First Manassas, Gaines Mill, Gettysburg, James Taylor, Robert Rodes, Seven Pines, South Mountain, Third Winchester
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Already Looking Toward Next Weekend?
As one weekend wraps up and we stare at the conventional work week that unfolds in front of us, it is human nature to wonder about the upcoming weekend and start to think of plans. For some this is the … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, ECW Weekender, Emerging Civil War, National Park Service, Sesquicentennial
Tagged Huntsberry Property, Phill Greenwalt, Shenandoah Valley, Shenandoah Valley Battlefield Foundation, Shenandoah Valley Battlefields, Star Fort, Stephenson Depot, Third Winchester
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Review: The Last Battle of Winchester, Phil Sheridan, Jubal Early, and the Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7 – September 19, 1864 by Scott Patchan
The Last Battle of Winchester: Phil Sheridan, Jubal Early, and the Shenandoah Valley Campaign, August 7 – September 19, 1864 by Scott Patchin Savas Beatie LLC, 2013 ISBN 978-1-932714-98-2 553 pp., $34.95 The Shenandoah Valley had always been a theater … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review
Tagged Jubal Early, Phil Sheridan, Scott C. Patchan, Third Winchester, Winchester Virginia
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