June 18, 1863 - Confederate Maj Gen. Edward Jonson occupies Ferry Hill Place; Lee bivouacked invading MD/PA

June 18, 1863


Confederate Maj Gen. Edward Jonson occupies Ferry Hill Place en route to Pennsylvania 


Sharpsburg, MD


See also Sept, 18, 1862. 

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Gen. Robert E. Lee bivouacked near here on 18-19 June 1863, as he began his invasion of Maryland and Pennsylvania. Part of his Army of Northern Virginia marched north toward Winchester, while Lt. Gen. James Longstreet’s corps camped here with Lee. On 13 June, a Union force under Col. Andrew T. McReynolds had evacuated Berryville and marched to Winchester to join Maj. Gen. Richard S. Milroy’s division there. Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell’s corps attacked and defeated Milroy in the Second Battle of Winchester on 13-15 June, thereby clearing the northern Shenandoah Valley in Virginia of Federal forces.



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