The American Civil War - Chronologically

May 25, 1862 First Winchester Winchester, VA (Frederick County) US- Banks: Colonel George Gordon’s 3rd Brigade vs CSA- Jackson: General Dick Taylor’s Louisiana Brigade, reinforced by the 10th and 23rd Virginia * Following Banks' victory over Jackson at Kernstown... * Confederate victory, though they lost 16,000 to the Union's 6,500, part of Jackson's Shenandoah Valley Campaign, following his victories at McDowell and Front Royal  * Banks retreats to Williamsport, MD Opps. Guess I'll be back for 2nd Winchester.... ...which I visited in the summer of 2025. https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=241604 Photographed by Craig Swain, August 25, 2007 May 25, 1862 General Stonewall Jackson with 16,000 Confederates defeated General N.P. Banks and 6,000 Federals. On May 24, at Middletown, 12 miles South, Jackson attacked Banks’ army withdrawing toward Winchester, cutting off the rear guard and capturing or destroying a large number of wagons. Jackson launched his attack on Winchester at 5 ...

May 23, 1862 The Battle of Front Royal (or Guard Hill, or Cedarville) Front Royal and Cedarville, VA Gen. Nathaniel Banks: Col. John Reese Kenly (wounded and captured here)- 29th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment guarded the area between the two forks of the river; 100 men from two companies of the 5th New York Cavalry Regiment;  1st Maryland Infantry vs. Maj. Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson: Ewell,    The Stonewall Brigade, Turner Ashby's cavalry; 1st Maryland Infantry (CSA) under Col. Bradley T. Johnson & Major Roberdeau Wheat's Louisiana Tigers; the 2nd Virginia Cavalry Regiment and the 6th Virginia Cavalry Regiment under Colonel Thomas Flournoy, and part of the 8th Louisiana Infantry Regiment  * Banks' men were entrenched and guarding the Shenandoah Valley, facing south from Strasburg, so Jackson headed east to circle around and hit them from behind, at their  Front Royal  outpost, where only 1,00 men  anchored their long line across the Vall...