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An 1856 oil painting of Winchester by Edward Beyer Map of Winchester, Virginia, and the surrounding Frederick County (Winchester is independent of the county but is the county seat). Winchester is located at 39°10′41″N 78°10′01″W / 39.178°N 78.167°W / 39.178; -78
The Winchester Historic District is a national historic district located at Winchester, Virginia.The district encompasses 1,116 contributing buildings in Winchester. The buildings represent a variety of popular architectural styles including Late Victorian and Italianate.
Location of Winchester in Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Winchester, Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in the independent city of Winchester, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register ...
An illustration of the Confederate militia mustering in Winchester, Virginia, from Harper's Weekly in 1861. The city of Winchester, Virginia, and the surrounding area, were the site of numerous battles during the American Civil War, as contending armies strove to control the lower Shenandoah Valley.
Winchester was a site of volatile conditions during the Civil War of 1861–1865, with control shifting between the Confederate and Union armies on average once every three weeks during the war. Many battles were fought in Frederick County. Some of those battles included: First Battle of Kernstown, March 1862; First Battle of Winchester, May 1862
View of Wichester City Hall in Virginia, US, in 2005. Lewis Wolf, 1804, 1806 [1]; Charles Magill, 1805 [1]; Chas. Brent, 1807, 1809 [1]; Beatty Carson, 1808, 1810 [1 ...
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The second area of settlement was the Opequon colony in Frederick County. The third settlement, known as the Shenandoah colony, extended south from Strasburg along the western slope of Massanutten Mountain. Over time, these three colonies expanded in size and number until they grew together to become one large ethnic German tract.