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The Jacksons lived in the house until March 1862, when the General Jackson left Winchester to begin his Valley Campaign. While living here, the Jacksons became very fond of the people and culture of Winchester, and referred to it as their "winter home", hoping to settle here after the Civil War. In a letter to Anna shortly after he arrived ...
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: Confederate Soldiers Monument (1916) – in front of former courthouse, now museum. Plaque reads: "In honor of the Confederate soldiers from Winchester and Frederick County who faithfully served the South." Windsor: Confederate Monument (1905)
Frederick County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse located at Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia.It was built in 1840, and is a two-story, rectangular, brick building on a stone foundation and partial basement in the Greek Revival style.
The Civil War Trust (a division of the American Battlefield Trust) and its partners have acquired and preserved 388 acres (1.57 km 2) of the First Kernstown battlefield. [14] The Kernstown Battlefield Association owns and operates the Kernstown battlefields on the 1854 Pritchard-Grim Farm three miles southwest of Winchester, Va.
Civil War: White Oak Civil War Museum: Falmouth: Stafford: Northern: Civil War [52] White's Mill: Abingdon: Washington: Blue Ridge Highlands: Mill: Late 18-century grist mill Wickham House: Richmond: Richmond: Central: Historic house: Operated by The Valentine, early 19th-century house Wilderness Road Regional Museum: Newbern: Pulaski: Blue ...
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David's three children inherited the property in 1863, two years after the Civil War began. During the war, many properties in Winchester and the surrounding area suffered, including the Hollingsworth home. [4] [5] Most of the property's trees were felled, the livestock was taken, and the farmland was left untended. [7]