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Union troops camped in the fields south of here between April 17, 1862, and the Battle of McDowell on May 8. They deployed artillery, including "two twelve pounders [that] were planted on the plateau in the read of [the church] so as to cover the …
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May 8, 1862, one mile southeast, Jackson and Edward Johnson, C.S.A. defeated Milroy and Schenck, U.S.A.This church served both Blue and Gray as a hospital.
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Beyond the ridge you are facing is Sitlington's Hill. On the afternoon of May 8, 1862, Gen. Edward "Allegheny" Johnson directed two brigades of Confederate infantry to take position on the hill facing the Federals across Bull Pasture Creek in fron…
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"God blessed our arms with victory at McDowell yesterday..." The McDowell Battlefield Trail is a 1.5 -mile hike that will take you to the battleline on top of Sitlington's Hill—the scene of heavy fighting on May 8, 1862. Sitlington's Hill…
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In this area are buried Confederate and Union soldiers who died at McDowell VA - May 8, 1862
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Fort George was built in the spring of 1757 by Captain William Preston, acting on orders of Major Andrew Lewis. Local residents assisted in construction of the 80-foot-square log fort located on the land of Wallace Estill. It was never attacked di…
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The Confederate 12th Georgia Infantry Regiment held this exposed crest overlooking McDowell. Milroy's Union troops assaulted this hilltop from two directions - on the left and the right. The Confederates held their ground against repeated attacks …
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Major General Edward Johnson commanded the Confederates on the crest overlooking the town of McDowell. Johnson spread his line along the hilltop, anchoring his right flank on the knoll to your right. Stonewall Jackson remained in the valley below,…
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"? (The 31st Virginia] came close to the 3rd and saluted them, and called them by name, and proceeded with the slaughter."Andrew Price, 3rd Virginia Most of Stonewall Jackson's Confederates climbed Sitlington's Hill through a ravine off to your…
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In the spring of 1862 Confederate fortunes seemed to have gone from bad to worse. Union forces had won several key battles in the West, while the U.S. Navy was establishing its coastal blockade and Major General George B. McClellan's Army of the P…
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