 view gallery |   War Comes to Fairfield - Woodford VA
in U.S. Civil War Sites War brought profound changes to the Chandler family, Fairfield, and the slaves who toiled on the plantation. Three of Thomas Chandler’s sons enlisted in the Confederate army. posted by:  Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 11/8/2020 last visited: 9/24/2021 |
 view gallery | A Staggering Blow - Woodford VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Jackson's death fell heaviest on Gen. Robert E. Lee. He had come to rely on Jackson to carry out his plans, and Jackson had seldom failed him. "Such an executive officer the sun never shone on," Lee once said of his subordinate. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 11/8/2020 last visited: 9/24/2021 |
 view gallery | Rhea's Mill Battle Monument - Prairie Grove AR in U.S. Civil War Sites This tower was the chimney of Rhea's Mill, which stood 6 miles northwest of this spot. The mill was operated by the Federal army before and after the battle of Prairie Grove. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Arkansas date approved: 11/7/2020 last visited: 9/30/2021 |
 view gallery | General James G. Blunt - Prairie Grove AR in U.S. Civil War Sites General Blunt of Kansas commanded the First Division of the Federal army in the battle of Prairie Grove. He was made Brigadier General in April 1862 and given command of all Kansas troops. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Arkansas date approved: 11/7/2020 last visited: 9/30/2021 |
 view gallery | March of the Armies December 3-7, 1862 - Prairie Grove AR in U.S. Civil War Sites General Hindman on the Arkansas River planned to drive General Blunt's Federal army out of northwest Arkansas. The Confederate army left Van Buren on December 3. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Arkansas date approved: 11/7/2020 last visited: 9/30/2021 |
 view gallery | Battle of Prairie Grove December 7, 1862 - Prairie Grove AR in U.S. Civil War Sites The battle on this field was fought between the Confederate army of General T.C. Hindman (Arkansas) and Federal forces commanded by Generals James G. Blunt (Kansas) and F.J. Herron (Iowa). posted by: Don.Morfe location: Arkansas date approved: 11/7/2020 last visited: 9/30/2021 |
 view gallery | Major General Thomas C. Hindman - Prairie Grove AR in U.S. Civil War Sites Thomas C. Hindman commanded the Confederate army in the battle of Prairie Grove. He was born 1828 in Tennessee. Served in the War with Mexico, later moving from Mississippi to Helena, Ark. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Arkansas date approved: 11/7/2020 last visited: 9/30/2021 |
 view gallery | The Third Battle of Winchester - Winchester VA in U.S. Civil War Sites (The Battle of the Opequon)-September 19, 1864-The decisive assault in the campaign set in motion by General Grant to free the Shenandoah Valley from the control of the Confederacy took place here. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 11/5/2020 last visited: 9/30/2021 |
 view gallery | The Second Battle of Kernstown Two U.S. Presidents Fought at Kernstown - Winchester VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Future U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes led his 1,300 Ohioans and West Virginians into position on the east side of the Valley Pike. Hayes sent his young aide Lt. William McKinley, another future U.S. President, to retrieve the "Mountaineers. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 11/5/2020 last visited: 9/30/2021 |
 view gallery | Second Battle of Winchester June 13, 1863 - Winchester VA in U.S. Civil War Sites When Confederate Gen. Richard Ewell's Second Corps spearheaded the Army of Northern Virginia's second invasion of the North in June 1863, his first task was to destroy Gen. Robert Milroy's command of approximately 8,000 troops. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 11/5/2020 last visited: 9/30/2021 |
 view gallery | The First Battle of Kernstown - Kernstown VA in U.S. Civil War Sites The Beginning of “Stonewall” Jackson’s Valley Campaign. The First Battle of Kernstown, fought by 10,000 Americans on March 23, 1862, was the first battle waged in the Shenandoah Valley. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 11/5/2020 last visited: 9/30/2021 |
 view gallery | The Pritchard House - Kernstown VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Fighting swirled around the home during the First and Second Battles of Kernstown, as it did during smaller engagements on June 13, 1863, and August 17, 1864. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 11/5/2020 last visited: 9/30/2021 |
 view gallery | The Second Battle of Kernstown-Mulligan’s Final Stand - Winchester VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Late in the afternoon on July 24, 1864, 1,800 Union soldiers led by Colonel James A. Mulligan fell back to this lane. Major General John B. Gordon’s Confederate force attacked from the ground beyond Opequon Church. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 11/5/2020 last visited: 9/30/2021 |
 view gallery | The First Battle of Kernstown An Unheralded Commander's Unique Victory - Winchester VA in U.S. Civil War Sites At 9:00 A.M. on March 23, 1862, Confederate artillery unlimbered near the Valley Turnpike and fired on this height, called Pritchard's Hill, to begin the First Battle of Kernstown. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 11/5/2020 last visited: 9/30/2021 |
 view gallery | First Battle of Winchester - Winchester VA in U.S. Civil War Sites May 25, 1862 between Confederates under Brig. Gen. T.J. “Stonewall” Jackson and the Federals under Maj. Gen. N.P. Banks began just south of this site. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 11/4/2020 last visited: 9/30/2021 |
 view gallery | Kernstown Battles - Kernstown VA in U.S. Civil War Sites First Kernstown-March 23, 1862 Stonewall Jackson attacked what appeared to be a withdrawing federal force led by federal Br. Gen. Shields. Second Kernstown
July 23, 1864 – Federal General George Crooke’s corps was camped to the north of here. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 11/4/2020 last visited: 9/30/2021 |
 view gallery | Battle of Kernstown March 23, 1862 - Kernstown VA in U.S. Civil War Sites General James Shields with 7,000 Federals defeated Stonewall Jackson with 3,500 Confederates. Jackson's object was to create a diversion which would prevent troops being sent to McClellan for the attack on Richmond. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 11/4/2020 last visited: 9/30/2021 |
 view gallery | 1st Battle of Winchester - Winchester VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Jackson launched his attack on Winchester at 5 a.m. May 25. Contesting this thrust was Colonel George Gordon’s 3rd Brigade. General Dick Taylor’s Louisiana Brigade, reinforced by the 10th and 23rd Virginia, succeeded in flanking Gordon on the west. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 11/4/2020 last visited: 9/30/2021 |
 view gallery | The Battle of White Oak Road The Walking Trail - Petersburg VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Welcome to the Civil War Preservation Trust’s White Oak Road Battlefield! The battlefield walking trail is a two-thirds-of-a-mile path that takes you past six wayside signs interpreting the 1865 battle, the remains of the Confederate earthworks. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 11/2/2020 last visited: 9/30/2021 |
 view gallery | The Battle of White Oak Road Four Years of War, Ten Months of Siege - Petersburg VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Though his lines grew thinner every day from illness, battle casualties, and desertion, Lee could not abandon Petersburg. Petersburg was the gateway to Richmond, and the capital of the Confederacy. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 11/2/2020 last visited: 9/30/2021 |
 view gallery | The Chesapeake Bay : History Happened Here Ironclad Revolution - Virginia Beach VA in U.S. Civil War Sites In 1861, the Confederate navy converted the hulk of U.S.S. Merrimack into an ironclad, CSS Virginia. The epic battle between the Monitor and Virginia signaled a new era in naval affairs - the days of sail were over. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 11/1/2020 last visited: 9/24/2021 |
 view gallery | Where North Meets South Virginia Fortifies Gloucester Point - Gloucester Point VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Eighty years after the decisive events at Yorktown, a major war again came to Gloucester Point. This time it was a civil war. As Virginia joined the Confederacy in April, 1861, its leaders were soon defending the Chesapeake tidewater. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 11/1/2020 last visited: 9/24/2021 |
 view gallery | Classic Camp Life The Union Army Occupies Gloucester Point - Gloucester Point VA in U.S. Civil War Sites The Union army fought its way up the York River, only to lose the hard fought Seven Days Battles around Richmond in June and July of 1862. The Union army left behind a large force that strengthened the defenses around Yorktown. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 11/1/2020 last visited: 9/24/2021 |
 view gallery | On to Richmond! McClellan Invades the Virginia Tidewater - Gloucester Point VA in U.S. Civil War Sites The York River Confederate defenses were tested early in the Civil War. A large Union force, the Army of the Potomac, commanded by Major General George B. McClellan, steamed down the Chesapeake Bay from Washington D.C. in March, 1862. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 11/1/2020 last visited: 9/24/2021 |
 view gallery | Welcome to Gloucester Point-A Point for the Defense - Gloucester Point VA in U.S. Civil War Sites You are standing at the entrance to Tyndall’s Point Park. These protected remains of a Civil War fort survive to help take us back into the history of Gloucester Point. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 10/31/2020 last visited: 9/24/2021 |
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