Winchester, VA, is an excellent Civil War tourism destination, with multiple battlefields, museums, and historical sites.
Tag: Battlefields
For the first time in more than 20 years, I visited Chickamauga National Battlefield in
In Part 1 of this two-part Cannonball blog entry (sponsored by the York Daily Record
On my way to a speaking engagement on “The Northern Central Railway in the Civil
This meandering watercourse is the remnant of what was once a 15-foot wide and 15-foot
Cedar Mountain was one of the first battles in the 1862 Northern Virginia Campaign, which
Marye’s Heights, immediately west of Fredericksburg, Virginia, played an important and well publicized role in
Howison Hill in December 1862 provided a significant platform for Confederate artillery, including a 30-pounder
Remnants of old Civil War earthworks line Lee Drive at the Fredericksburg battlefield in Northern
In the fall of 1862, 150 years ago, Confederate Lt. Gen. Stonewall Jackson anchored the