Two years after Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson lost the First Battle of Kernstown, near Winchester, Va., the Confederates were able to score a victory on the same grounds. On July 24, 1864, the ...
The second Battle at Kernstown took place on July 24, 1864, a critical year in the war for the Shenandoah Valley. The balance was tipping toward the Union forces, and the South was losing control of ...
When one passes the Opequon Presbyterian Church, just west of Valley Pike, U.S. 11, and three miles south of Winchester, it should be recalled that two decisive battles in the Civil War were fought on ...