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CCWP Vice President Speaks, Gives Press Tour at Newly Protected Third Winchester Land |
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Nestled just north of the bustling Va. Route 7 corridor on the east side of Winchester lie now-quiet farm fields that the National Park Service has described as “some of the most sanguinary fields of the Civil War.” Here, during the Third Battle of Winchester (September 19, 1864), on battleground now dubbed the Middle Field, the fighting was close and fierce and the Union’s 19th Corps suffered devastating losses. Forty percent of its men and every one of its regimental commanders was either killed or wounded. On November 12, the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation (SVBF) and the Civil War Preservation Trust (CWPT) joined with the Commonwealth of Virginia to announce that a contract had been signed with the heirs of C.E. Huntsberry to purchase 209 acres of battleground where the 19th Corps and thousands of other Americans on both sides battled one another for control of the northern Valley.
Adelman makes brief remarks at the Huntsberrry Press Conference.
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| Adelman makes brief remarks at the Huntsberrry Press Conference. |
CCWP Vice President Garry Adelman provided two media tours highlighted by images of the soldiers and landscapes of Third Winchester. Adelman, who in his full time work at Rockville-based History Associates Incorporated, led the team that created the existing trails and interpretive signage at Third Winchester, was clearly excited at the additional land acquisition, “the addition of this parcel adds a critical missing piece to the story of Third Winchester—the largest and bloodiest battle fought in the Shenandoah Valley.”
Adelman holds up a picture of General Phil Sheridan at Third Winchester.
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| Adelman holds up a picture of General Phil Sheridan at Third Winchester. |
There are also several videos, including those of Adelman’s tour and press conference lecture, available at: http://www.civilwar.org/video/?file=Winchester%20-%20Lighthizer.
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