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“The World on Fire”: The Shenandoah Valley in 1864 150th Anniversary Commemoration Schedule of Events - 2014 May 9-11

June 7

Battlefield Tour: The Battle of Muster on the Maury, Buena Vista Piedmont, Piedmont

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May 15

VMI New Market Parade and Ceremony, VMI, Lexington

May 15

June 7

Grand Caverns Heritage Day: “Soldier and Civilian Life in 1864,” Grottoes

150th Anniversary Guided Tour: Battle of New Market, Virginia Museum of the Civil War

Civil War Kids Camp: 1864 in the Valley, Cross Keys

May 16-18

July 18

150th Anniversary Battle of New Market Reenactment, Virginia Museum of the Civil War

June 14

“150 Years Ago…On This Day” Tour – The Battle of Cool Spring, Clarke County

May 17

Preserving the Legacy of the Lee- July 19 Second Kernstown Motorcoach Jackson, Lee-Jackson Building, New Market Tour, starts at Pritchard-Grim Farm, Winchester May 31 “The Road to Piedmont,” Port

Republic Museum

July 19-20

May 31

Court and Market Days: “1864 in the Valley,” Harrisonburg

Second Kernstown 150th Anniversary Programs, Pritchard-Grim Farm, Winchester

June 5

July 20

“150 Years Ago…On This Day” Tour – The Battle of Piedmont, Augusta County

“150 Years Ago…On This Day” Tour – The Battle of Rutherford’s Farm, Winchester

July 24

“150 Years Ago…On This Day” Tour – The Second Battle of Kernstown, Winchester

Aug-Nov

National Park Service Guest Lecture Series, various locations

August 2

SVBF Sesquicentennial Conference: “Is the World Being Set on Fire?”: The 1864 Shenandoah Campaign and the Burning, Lord Fairfax Community College, Middletown

August 16

“150 Years Ago…On This Day” Tour – The Battle of Guard Hill, Front Royal

August 16

Lecture: “Battle of Guard Hill & Engagements at Cedarville,” Warren Heritage Society, Front Royal

August 16

The Berryville Wagon Train Raid - Cavaliers, Courage and Coffee Program, Berryville

September 3

“150 Years Ago…On This Day” Tour – The Battle of Berryville, Berryville

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September 11-14

Thunder in the Valley: Cavalry Ride & Reenactment (Augusta & Rockbridge Co.)

September 19

“150 Years Ago…On This Day” Real-Time Tour – Third Battle of Winchester, Winchester

September 19

Third Winchester 150th Anniversary Ranger Station Programs

September 19

“You Are There” Living History: Third Winchester

September 19

“Stars Over Winchester” Gala Fundraising Dinner for Third Winchester

September 20

“The Storm of Lead”: Third Winchester Battlefield Walking Tour, Winchester

September 20

Living History and Demonstrations, Third Winchester Battlefield, Winchester

September 20

Civil War Kids Camp, Third Winchester Battlefield, Winchester

September 20

“The World on Fire” Third Winchester Commemorative Program, Third Winchester Battlefield, Winchester

September 22

“150 Years Ago…On This Day” Battlefield Tour – Battle of Fisher’s Hill, Fisher’s Hill

September 22

Battles of Milford Battlefield Lecture & Tour, Warren County

October 4

“The Edinburg Mill and the Burning,” Edinburg Mill, Edinburg

October 18-19

Reenactments of the Battle

of Cedar Creek, Middletown

October 9

“150 Years Ago…On This Day” October 18-19 Auto Tour at Battlefield Tour – The Battle of Tom’s Brook, Tom’s Stations: Battle of Cedar Creek, Middletown Brook October 18-19 Living History on Cedar October 13 “150 Years Ago…On This Creek Battlefield, Middletown Day” Tour – The Skirmish at Hupp’s Hill, Strasburg October 18-19 NPS Ranger Programs on

Battle of Cedar Creek in Hale’s Cedar Creek Battlefield, Middletown Four Valiant Years, Warren Heritage Soc., October 18 Cedar Creek Commemoration September 23 Executions of Mosby’s Men Front Royal programs, Front Royal Ceremony, Middletown October 17 Signal Knob Interpretive Hike, September 27 “Fall of Gibraltar”: Battle of Shenandoah and Warren Counties October 19 Battle of Cedar Creek: Fisher’s Hill – seminar/tour, Middletown & Anniversary “Real-time” Interpretive October 17 History at Sunset, Middletown Fisher’s Hill Programs, Middletown September 27 Living History: The Battle of October 17 Night-Fire Cannon October 20 Ramseur Monument Re-dediDemonstration, Middletown Fisher’s Hill cation, Middletown October 18-19 Signal Knob Signal Corps October 3 “The Burning in the Upper October 25 Sheridan’s Field Hospital: Demonstrations, Shenandoah and Warren Shenandoah Valley,” The Heritage Museum, Dayton Living History, Talks, and Tours, Winchester Counties

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Timeline – The Civil War in the Shenandoah Valley, 1864

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Early May

May 15

Late May

June 5

Early June

Union Gen. Franz Sigel begins to move south in the Valley to meet Union Gen. George Crook in Staunton.

Confederate Gen. John C. Breckinridge’s hastily gathered Confederate army confronts and defeats Sigel at New Market.

Union leaders replace Sigel with Gen. David Hunter, who begins to move south.

Hunter defeats Confederates at the Battle of Piedmont, east of Staunton.

Hunter continues south, looting Staunton and destroying much of the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington.

The Lynchburg Campaign (May-June 1864)

The Lynchburg Campaign Early May

ith Ulysses S. Grant’s promotion to general in chief of all Union armies in March 1864, he lost no time in organizing a huge offensive across the entire front of the embattled states. In Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley and the new state of West Virginia, John C. Breckinridge Union forces were ordered to disrupt railroad and transportation networks and destroy Confederate forces and the economic and agricultural resources that supported them.

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The Lynchburg Campaign Early June

south toward Richmond.

On May 15, while Grant and Lee were locked in desperate combat at Spotsylvania Courthouse, Sigel made contact with a Confederate force under former vice president of the United States John C. Breckinridge at New Market, who had been reinforced by cadets from the Virginia Military Institute. Sigel was defeated and retreated rapidly beyond Strasburg, crossing Cedar Creek by dusk on May 16. Grant replaced Sigel with Gen. David “Black Dave” Hunter, who was given the task of cutting the Virginia Central Railroad.

In May, a Federal army In the meantime, under Gen. George Crook Breckinridge's advanced south through David “Black Dave” Hunter division had West Virginia with orders to been called cut railroad links from Virginia to east to reinforce the Army of the west. Union Gen. Franz Sigel Northern Virginia at Hanover was to move south through the Junction, and Gen. William E. Shenandoah Valley and meet “Grumble” Jones assumed comCrook in Staunton. This would mand of the remaining also prevent any Confederate Confederate forces in the Valley.

On June 5, Hunter crushed the movement out of the smaller Confederate army in the Shenandoah Valley to assault rolling landscape at Piedmont, Grant’s flank as it advanced

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June 17-18

Late June

June 18 - 21

Late June to Early July

July 8

July 9

Hunter moves toward Lynchburg where he is defeated by Confederate Gen. Jubal A. Early’s arriving forces.

Hunter retreats into the mountains of West Virginia

Following the Battle of Lynchburg, Early pursues Hunter as far as Salem and then turns north.

Early advances north, down the Valley, crossing the Potomac into Maryland.

Early ransoms the town of Frederick, Maryland.

Early’s advance on Washington is delayed by Federals along the Monocacy River, south of Frederick.

The Lynchburg Campaign Mid June

killing Jones and taking nearly 1,000 prisoners. The disorganized Confederates could do nothing to delay Hunter's advance to Staunton, where he was joined by reinforcements marching from West Virginia.

From Staunton, Hunter continued south, sporadically destroying mills, barns, and public buildings, and condoning widespread looting by his troops. On June 11, Hunter swept aside a small cavalry force and occupied Lexington, where he burned the Virginia Military Institute and the home of former Virginia Governor John Letcher. Hunter's successes forced Lee to return Breckinridge and to send the Second Corps of the Army of

Early’s Maryland Campaign June 18-mid July

Northern Virginia under Gen. Jubal A. Early to the defense of Lynchburg. Sending Early to the Valley was a desperate decision that restricted Lee's ability to undertake offensive operations against Grant on the RichmondPetersburg front.

On the afternoon of June 17, Hunter's army reached the outskirts of Lynchburg, even as Early's vanguard began to arrive by rail from Charlottesville.

Early defeated Hunter at Lynchburg (June 17-18), on the east side of the Blue Ridge, and the Union army retreated into the mountains of West Virginia, leaving the Valley—and its pathway north—in Early’s hands.

Early’s Maryland Campaign (June-July 1864) nion Gen. David Hunter's retreat into West Virginia after his defeat at Lynchburg had left the Shenandoah Valley virtually undefended, and Early moved swiftly north, reaching Winchester by July 2. Gen. Franz Sigel, commanding a reserve division, withdrew to Maryland Heights at Harpers Ferry, offering little resistance. On July 4, Early confronted Sigel but then determined to turn the position by crossing the Potomac and moving over South Mountain to Frederick, Maryland. On July 9, Early defeated a hastily organ-

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ized Union force under Gen. Lew Wallace at the Monocacy.

Wallace retreated toward Baltimore, leaving open the road to Washington, but his defeat had bought valuable time.

On the afternoon of July 11, Early's command, numbering no more than 12,000 infantry, demonstrated before the Washington fortifications, which were weakly manned by garrison troops. Veteran reinforcements, diverted from Grant's army to meet the threat on the capital, began arriving at midday, and by July 12, fully

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July 11-14

July 14-17

July 17-18

July 20

July 22 - 23

Early makes limited assaults on the defenses of Washington before withdrawing westward along the Potomac, crossing the river near Leesburg.

Confederates move west across Loudoun County and cross the Blue Ridge at Snicker’s Gap (along modern-day Va 7).

Pursuing Union forces engage elements of Early’s army along the Shenandoah River at Cool Spring and retreat.

Union troops under Gen. William Averell rout Confederates under Gen. Stephen D. Ramseur at Rutherford's Farm.

After additional limited engagements, Confederates camp at Fisher’s Hill, south of Strasburg and Federals occupy Winchester.

manned the Washington entrenchments. After a brief demonstration at Fort Stevens, Early called off an attack on the capital.

Fort Stevens

Sheridan’s 1864 Shenandoah Campaign (August-October 1864) y the late summer of 1864, the Union had experienced the disaster at Kernstown and the Confederate burning of Chambersburg. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant resolved to crush Confederate Gen. Jubal Early’s army and destroy the fertile Shenandoah as a military granary for Lee’s army. He reorgan-

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The Confederate army withdrew that night, crossing the Potomac into Virginia near Leesburg and thence to the Valley, followed

by Federals under Gen. Horatio G. Wright. The Confederates confronted their pursuers along the western base of the Blue Ridge, defeating them at Cool Spring (July 17-18) on the Shenandoah River. On July 20, Union Gen. William Averell's mounted command, backed by infantry, moved south from Martinsburg on the Valley Turnpike and routed the infantry division of Gen. Stephen D. Ramseur at Rutherford's Farm near Winchester. In response to this setback and converging threats, Early withdrew to Fisher's Hill south of Strasburg.

Wright, believing that Early was departing the Valley to rejoin Lee, began to move some of his units to join Grant at Petersburg, leaving a small force at Winchester under Gen. George Crook. Early attacked Crook just south of Winchester at Second Kernstown (July 24) and then his cavalry moved north and burned Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, in retaliation for the burning of Lexington. The July battles would be the Confederacy’s last major victories in the region and would pave the way for a new, more destructive level of war in the Shenandoah Valley.

Early’s Maryland Campaign July 18-23

Early’s Maryland Campaign July 24

Sheridan’s 1864 Shenandoah Campaign August-September

Sheridan’s 1864 Shenandoah Campaign September 23-October 5

ized several military districts under one commander and chose his aggressive cavalryman, Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, to lead this new army with the bulk of the Federal cavalry.

Sheridan’s instructions were to defeat Early and conduct a campaign of total warfare in the Valley. After an initial period of “mimic war,” Sheridan delivered a series of stinging defeats.

Sheridan took command at Harper’s Ferry on August 7.

Early deployed his forces to defend the approaches to Winchester, while Sheridan moved his army, now 50,000 strong, south via Berryville with the goal of cutting the Valley Turnpike. On August 11, Confederate cavalry and infantry turned back Union

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July 24

July 30

August 2

August – Early September

August 16

Early attacks the Federals at Kernstown, south of Winchester, driving them north towards Harper’s Ferry.

Confederates burn Chambersburg, Pennsylvania

Union Gen. Philip H. Sheridan is made commander of the new Army of the Shenandoah.

Sheridan and Early alternately advance and retreat in the northern Valley, occasionally engaging one another, and reconfiguring their forces.

Elements of the two armies meet near Front Royal in the inconclusive Battle of Guard Hill.

cavalry at Double Toll Gate in sporadic, day-long fighting, preventing this maneuver Robert E. Lee sent reinforcements under the overall command of Gen. Richard Anderson to join Early. On August 16, Union cavalry encountered this force advancing through Front Royal, and in a sharp engagement at Guard Hill, Gen. Sheridan at George A. Custer's brigade capCedar Creek tured more than 300 Point. Results of the fighting Confederates. were inconclusive, but Sheridan Sheridan had been ordered to continued to withdraw. The next move cautiously and avoid a day, Early advanced boldly on defeat, particularly if Early were Charles Town, panicking a porreinforced. Uncertain of Early's tion of the retreating Union and Anderson's combined army, but by late afternoon, strength, Sheridan withdrew to Sheridan had retreated into fora defensive line near Charles midable entrenchments at Town to cover the Potomac Halltown, south of Harpers River crossings and Harpers Ferry, where he was beyond Ferry. Early's forces routed the attack.

Union rear guard at Abrams Early then attempted another Creek at Winchester on August incursion into Maryland, hoping 17 and pressed north on the by this maneuver to maintain Valley Turnpike to Bunker Hill. the initiative. On August 25, two Judging Sheridan's performance divisions of Sheridan's cavalry thus far, General Early considintercepted Early's advance, but ered him a “timid” commander. the Confederate infantry drove On August 21, Early and them back to the Potomac.

Anderson launched a converg- Early's intentions were revealed, ing attack against Sheridan. As however, and on August 26, Early struck the main body of Sheridan's infantry attacked and Union infantry at Cameron's overran a portion of the Depot, Anderson moved north Confederate entrenchments at from Berryville against Halltown, forcing Anderson and Kershaw to withdraw to Sheridan's cavalry at Summit

Sheridan’s 1864 Shenandoah Campaign Mid-October

Stephenson's Depot. Early abandoned his raid and returned south, establishing a defensive line on the west bank of Opequon Creek from Bunker Hill to Stephenson's Depot.

On August 29, Union cavalry forded the Opequon at Smithfield Crossing but were swiftly driven back across the creek by Confederate infantry.

Union infantry of the VI Corps then advanced and regained the line of the Opequon. This was one more in a series of thrusts and parries that characterized this phase of the campaign, known to the soldiers as the “mimic war.”

Sheridan’s 1864 Shenandoah Campaign Late October

Sheridan concentrated his infantry near Berryville. On the afternoon of September 3, Anderson's command encountered and attacked elements of Crook's corps (Army of West Virginia) at Berryville but was On September 2-3, Averell's cav- repulsed. Early brought his alry division rode south from entire army up on the 4th, but Martinsburg and struck the found Sheridan's position at Confederate left flank at Bunker Berryville too strongly Hill, defeating the Confederate entrenched to attack. Early cavalry but being driven back again withdrew to the Opequon by infantry. Meanwhile, line.

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September 3-4

September 19

September 20-22

September 23 – October 8

The armies fight another inconclusive engagement at the Battle of Berryville; Early withdraws behind Opequon Creek.

Sheridan attacks Early’s divided army at Winchester, winning a victory that sends Early’s army south to Fisher’s Hill.

Early’s army is defeated again at Fisher’s Hill and retreats south through the Valley.

Sheridan’s army moves south all the way to Staunton, then moves north and embarks on “The Burning,” systematically confiscating or destroying barns, mills, crops, and livestock throughout the central Valley.

On September 15, Anderson left the Winchester area to return to Lee's army and by the 18th had reached the Virginia Piedmont. Early spread out his remaining divisions from Winchester to Martinsburg, where he once more cut the B&O Railroad.

When Sheridan learned of Anderson's departure and the raid on Martinsburg, he determined to attack at once while the Confederate army was scattered On September 19, Sheridan advanced his army on the Berryville Turnpike, precipitat-

both armies, resulting in nearly 9,000 casualties Sheridan's victory was decisive but incomplete; Early retreated twenty miles south to his entrenchments at Fisher's Hill sion commander Gen. Robert E. and Sheridan followed. ing the battle of Third Rodes and Union division com- Preliminary skirmishing on the Winchester (Opequon). By mander Gen. David A. Russell forced marches, Early concen21st showed that a frontal trated his army in time to inter- were killed within a few hunassault would be costly, so cept Sheridan's main blow. The dred yards of one another in the Sheridan resorted to a flanking battle raged all day on the hills heat of the fighting. Late in the movement on September 22. afternoon a flanking movement Hidden from the Confederate east and north of Winchester.

Early's veterans decimated two by Crook's corps and the Union signal station on Massanutten divisions of the XIX Corps and a cavalry finally broke Early's Mountain by the dense forest, VI Corps division in fighting in overextended line north of Crook's two divisions marched town. Third Winchester was a the Middle Field and near the along the shoulder of Little Dinkle Barn. Confederate divi- do-or-die effort on the part of North Mountain to get behind

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October 19

In response to ongoing harassment by Confederate cavalry, Federal cavalry units turn and defeat their southern counterparts.

Federals encamp along the banks of Cedar Creek, between Strasburg and Middletown.

Early attacks Sheridan’s Union army at Cedar Creek, winning much of the battlefield by early afternoon before Federals launch a counterattack that all but destroys Early’s army for the remainder of the war.

the Confederate lines. In late afternoon, Crook's soldiers fell on Early's left flank and rear “like an avalanche,” throwing the Confederate army into panicked retreat. At Milford (Overall) in the Luray Valley on the same day Confederate cavalry prevented two divisions of Union cavalry from reaching Luray and passing New Market Gap to intercept Early's defeated army as it withdrew up the Valley.

Early retreated to Rockfish Gap near Waynesboro, opening the Valley to Union depredations and what came to be known as The Burning, a two-week campaign of destruction to neutralize the agricultural base of the Valley – the “Breadbasket of the Confederacy.” After convincing Grant that he could proceed no farther than Staunton, Sheridan withdrew down the Valley, systematically burning mills, barns, and public buildings, destroying or carrying away the forage, grain, and livestock. During this portion of the campaign, Confederate partisan groups under John S. Mosby and Harry Gilmor increased their activities against Union supply lines in the Lower Valley.

Sheridan thought he had destroyed Early's army, but Kershaw's division and another brigade of cavalry were

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John S. Mosby

Sheridan’s Final Charge at Third Winchester

returned to the Valley, nearly making up the losses suffered at Opequon and Fisher's Hill.

Early followed Sheridan's withdrawal, sending his cavalry under Gen. Thomas L. Rosser to harass the Union rear guard.

Angered by Rosser's constant skirmishing, Sheridan ordered his commander of cavalry, Gen. Alfred T. Torbert, to “whip the enemy or get whipped.” On October 9, Torbert unleashed the divisions of his young generals, Wesley Merritt and George Custer, on the Confederate cavalry, routing it at Tom's Brook.

In the melee that followed, victorious Union troopers chased the Confederates twenty miles up the pike and eight miles up the Back Road, in what came to be known as the “Woodstock Races.” The morale and efficien-

cy of the Confederate cavalry were seriously impaired for the rest of the war.

On October 13, Early reoccupied Fisher's Hill and pushed through Strasburg to Hupp's Hill where he engaged a portion of Sheridan's army. When Sheridan realized the proximity of Early's forces, he recalled the VI Corps, which had again been dispatched to join Grant. On October 19, at dawn, after an unparalleled night march, Confederate infantry directed

by Gen. John B. Gordon surprised and overwhelmed the soldiers of Crook's corps in their camps at Cedar Creek. The XIX Corps suffered a like fate as the rest of Early's army joined the attack. Only the VI Corps maintained its order as it withdrew

beyond Middletown, providing a screen behind which the other corps could regroup.

Sheridan, who was absent when the attack began, arrived on the field from Winchester and immediately began to organize a counterattack, saying “if I had been with you this morning, boys, this would not have happened.” In late afternoon, the Union army launched a coordinated counterattack that drove the Confederates back across Cedar Creek. Sheridan's leadership turned the tide, transforming Early's stunning morning victory into afternoon disaster.

Early retreated up the Valley under sharp criticism of his generalship, while President Abraham Lincoln rode the momentum of Sheridan's victories in the Valley and Sherman's successes in the Atlanta campaign to re-election in November.

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2014 Sesquicentennial Programs in the Valley May 15, 2014 “150 Years Ago…On This Day” Battlefield Tour – The Battle of New Market Virginia Museum of the Civil War, New Market Battlefield Explore the battlefield with Civil War Historian and Site Director, Major Troy Marshall who will reveal the action as it took place - exactly 150 years ago. Hear the accounts of the battle in the words of the soldiers who were there. The tour includes a visit to the Bushong home, the "Field of Lost Shoes" and the "Bloody Cedars." The tour will last approximately two hours. Wear comfortable clothing, sun screen, and walking shoes. Feel free to bring a camp chair if you like! Participants will receive a complimentary bottle of water and light refreshments along the way. This event is limited to 50 participants. Preregistration is required at $20 per person. 1pm to 3pm. 8895 George Collins Parkway, New Market. For more information visit www.vmi.edu/vmcw/ or call 866-515-1864.

Bushong Farm who fought and died at the Battle of New Market on May 15, 1864. Free and open to the public.

"Died on the field of honor." The Regimental Commander then gives the full report to the Commandant.

• The Ceremony and Review: Floral tributes are laid at the monument and head stones of • The Ceremonial Formation: the ten cadets memorialized The Corps of Cadets march here, the Chaplain recites the from Barracks to the parade New Market Prayer, and a 3 volground, forming two battalions ley salute is fired. After the gun centered on "Virginia Mourning salute is an echo rendition of Her Dead," the New Market Taps, the playing of Amazing Monument.

Grace, followed by the eyes• The Roll Call: The ceremony right salute to the Commandant begins with the historic roll call as the Corps of Cadets marches of the ten cadets who died in from the parade ground, along the Battle, each name called by Letcher Avenue, passing in front VMI New Market Parade the Commander of the of the monument. 2pm to 5pm.

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The event consists of three parts:

May 16-18, 2014 150th Anniversary Reenactment of the Battle of New Market Virginia Museum of the Civil War, New Market Battlefield Join the Virginia Museum of the Civil War for the 150th Anniversary Battle of New Market Reenactment held on their original battlefield property. One of the oldest continual reenactments in the nation.

Experience Civil War soldier life as you visit on-going demonstrations and living history presentations prior to and after the battle each day. Walk in history's footsteps as you explore the sights and sounds of the Civil War with Signal Corps, Artillery, Cavalry, Musket firing, Camp life, Medical Corps, and much

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Lee-Jackson Building tions, while also commemorating New Market’s role in the May 15, 1864, Battle of New Market – when the town itself not only became part of the battle, but also a witness to the heartbreaking aftermath and human toll when the guns fells silent. The programs from 9am1pm will include woodworking demonstrations, period music, living history and demonstrations, and tours of historic New Market, along with youth programs that will include period portrayals, readings of real-life account, and art activities. The activities will pause from 1-5 pm to avoid conflict with the battle reenactment at the Virginia Museum of the Civil War. Then, from 5:00-6:30 pm, Preserving the Legacy the building will host a special “Eyewitness to History” proof the Lee-Jackson gram, with living historians Lee-Jackson Building, New Market bringing to life the dramatic and The first major public event to often poignant accounts of the be held at the SVBF’s new head- battle from diaries, journals, and quarters in the historic Leeother first person sources. Free.

Jackson building, “Preserving 9386 Congress Street, New the Legacy of the Lee-Jackson” Market. For more information, will give visitors the chance to visit www.ShenandoahAt learn more about the iconic War.org or email info@svbf.net building and its historic connec- or call 540-740-4545. more. Enjoy tasty treats from a variety of food vendors and shop for souvenirs on Sutler Row. Stop in and the see the History Mobile on site all weekend. Admission Fee: Daily entrance fee: $10.00 for ages 10 and older, children ages 9 and under are free. Advance tickets are available by phone. 10am to 5pm daily. 8895 George Collins Parkway, New Market. Come experience excitement for a day; memories for a lifetime. For more information visit www.vmi.edu/vmcw/ Reenactment/10737428563/ or call 866-515-1864.

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Battle of New Market Schedule of Events 11:00- 11:45

Saturday, May 17 continued

Interpretive Program: The Battle of New Market: A Cadet Perspective” Lecture: “Missurians (That’s with Byron Faidley, VMI 2007.

Right, Missurians!) at New (Benches in front of VMCW) Market” by author Charlie Knight.

Book signing to follow. (VMCW) Book Signing: Author Charlie Knight. (Sutler Row) Living History: Camp life, Farm life. (in the camps and at the Bushong Farm) Program: A Conversation With Jeff Shaara, award winning NY Times best selling author. Book Artillery Demonstration (Spectator Viewing Area) signing to follow. (Activities Tent)

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11:30- 12:30

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Book Launch and Signing: Mother Bushong's Sponge Cake by author Stacey Nadeau, foodways scholar. (Activities Tent)

1:30- 2:30

Program: 1864, The Year in Fashion, with Kay Gnagey, 19th century fashion historian.

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1:30- 2:30 Book Signing: Author Charlie Knight. (Sutler Row)

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Program: A Conversation With Jeff Shaara. Book signing to follow. (Activities Tent)

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May 31, 2014 The Road to Piedmont Port Republic Museum, Port Republic Historical program and living history on the Union advance through Rockingham County to the June 5, 1864, Battle of Piedmont. Program on battle presented by Col. Hugh Sproul Piedmont Battlefield at 3pm at Port Republic United Methodist Church, artifact display by Nellie Flora, gun exhibit. Free. Port Republic "150 Years Ago...On This Day": Museum, Port Republic. 8691 Battle of Piedmont Water Street. For more information, call Tamara Gibson at 540- Car caravan tour of key sites related to the June 5, 1864, battle 249-0040. led by National Park Service Ranger Jeff Driscoll. Presented

by Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park and the Court and Market Days, Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation. 4-6 pm. Free. For 1864 in the Valley information, 540-869-3051, Court Square, Harrisonburg www.nps.gov/cebe.

Monthly Court Days of the 19th century provided plenty of action in and out of the courtroom. Residents came from all Grand Caverns Heritage Day: over the county to catch up on the news and conduct business. Soldier & Civilian Life in 1864 The Court & Market Days Festival offers the same opportu- Grand Caverns, Grottoes Civil war encampment, living nities in a fun and historical history exhibits, period music, atmosphere. Programs during arts and crafts, quilting, and the day recreate the mid 1860's blacksmithing demonstrations through children's activities, music, dancing, artisan demon- throughout the day (10am-4pm), and a candlelight tour and strations, tours, and drama. authentic ballroom dance in the Festival vendors and the evening (6-8pm). Daytime Harrisonburg Farmers Market activities free. Candle light tour provide plenty of opportunity for shopping and socializing. 228 and ball is $25 per person. For more information call 540-249Franklin Street, Harrisonburg.

9am to 4pm. For more informa- 5705 or visit www.grandcaverns.com/v.php?pg=167. tion, call 540-879-2616. Free.

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June 7, 2014 The Battle of Piedmont – Tour and Book Signing with Scott Patchan Rockingham County, Augusta County Join historian Scott C. Patchan (author of The Forgotten Fury: The Battle of Piedmont, Virginia, 1996; The Battle of Piedmont and Hunter’s Raid on Staunton, 2011; and TimeLife’s Voices of the Civil War: Shenandoah 1864) as he tells the story of the Battle of Piedmont and its role in Lt. Gen. U.S. Grant’s campaign to end the war. We will walk the battlefield in an unprecedented, once-in-a-lifetime tour opportunity, exploring the fates of the soldiers and generals who fought in the lush green fields of eastern Augusta that fateful day. After each tour, Patchan will hold book signing. It will be a special day in remembrance of the sacrifices of the soldiers who fought there and their place in history.

There will be two tours, at 9:30 am and 12 noon, with book

Scott Patchan signings after each tour. Preregistration is required.

Because of space limitations, registration will be by vehicle, with the number of vehicles limited, so carpooling is encouraged. For information, theder@svbf.net, 540-740-4545, www.ShenandoahAtWar.org.

June 14, 2014 Civil War Kids Camp: 1864 in the Valley Cross Keys, Widow Pence Farm An opportunity for children to spend the day at a battlefield site, experience the camp life of a Civil War soldier, and tour an original log house that stood

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Port Republic Museum during the Battle of Cross Keys.

Sponsored by the 10th Virginia Reenactors, the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation, and partners in the Harrisonburg- Rockingham County area. 6991 Port Republic Road, Port Republic. $35. 9am to 5pm. Open to children ages 8 to 12. For more information and a registration packet, contact Gail Bowman at (540) 234-8751.

Kernstown Battlefield

July 19, 2014 July 18, 2014

The Second Battle of “150 Years Ago…On This Day” Kernstown: Southern High Tide in the Valley Battlefield Tour – Battle of Cool Spring Kernstown Battlefield, Winchester

important roles in the developing campaign.

The tour will be led by author/historian Scott C. Patchan. His works include Shenandoah Summer: The 1864 Valley Campaign; The Last Join the Kernstown Battlefield Battle of Winchester: Sheridan, Clarke County Association as they commemo- Early and the 1864 Valley Historian Jonathan A. Noyalas rate the 150th Anniversary of Campaign; and The Forgotten and NPS Ranger Shannon the Second Battle of Kernstown Fury: The Battle of Piedmont, Moeck lead a tour of the Battle with a motor-coach tour of the June 5, 1864. He will be joined of Cool Spring. 4pm to 6pm.

Free. Presented by Cedar Creek days leading up to and includ- by guest host Roderick Gainer, ing the Second Battle of U.S. Army Historian at and Belle Grove National Kernstown.

The tour will visit Arlington National Cemetery Historical Park, Shenandoah many sites associated with the and long-time Kernstown University, the Holy Cross battles of Rutherford's Farm Battlefield Association volunteer Abbey, the Shenandoah Valley and student of Early's camBattlefields Foundation, and the and Second Kernstown. Not only will we visit the paign. $95.00. 8am to 2:30pm.

Clarke County Sesquicentennial Kernstown Battlefield property, Tour will start at Pritchard-Grim Committee. For information, but many other pristine and sel- Farm, 610 Battle Park Drive, 540-869-3051, dom seen sites that played www.nps.gov/cebe.

Winchester. For more informa-

tion, visit www.kernstownbattle. org or call 540-869-2896.

July 19-20, 2014 150th Anniversary Commemoration of the Second Battle of Kernstown Kernstown Battlefield, Winchester Civil War 150 HistoryMobile, living history, firing demonstration, period fashion shows, Civil War-era music, battlefield walking tours, tours of 1864 Pritchard House. Day-long motorcoach tour with historian Scott Patchan on September 19. Presented by Kernstown Battlefield Association.

Free. More information is available by calling 540-869-2896 or visiting www.kernstownbattle.org.

610 Battle Park Drive, Winchester.

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Battlefields Foundation will look back on the pivotal events “150 Years Ago…On This Day” of 1864 with its second 18642014 Sesquicentennial conferBattlefield Tour – Battle of ence, "Is the World Being Set on Rutherford’s Farm Fire?": The 1864 Shenandoah Winchester Campaign and the Burning.

NPS Ranger Jeff Driscoll leads a Covering the period from car caravan tour of the Battle of August-October 1864,the conference will feature eminent Rutherford’s Farm. 4-6pm.

Free. Presented by Cedar Creek Civil War historians Jonathan Berkey, Eric Campbell, and Belle Grove National Jonathan Noyalas, Scott Historical Park and the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Patchan, Nancy Sorrells, and Jeffry Wert. The conference Foundation. For information, will be held at Lord Fairfax 540-869-3051, Community College in www.nps.gov/cebe.

Middletown. 173 Skirmisher Lane. The cost to attend will be $20 per person. For more information, visit www.Shenandoah “150 Years Ago…On This day” AtWar.org, call 540-740-4545,or Battlefield Tour – The Second email info@svbf.net.

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The Burning

Battle of Kernstown NPS Ranger Kyle Rothemich leads a car caravan tour of the Second Battle of Kernstown. 46pm. Free. Presented by Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park and the Kernstown Battlefield Association. For information, 540-869-3051, www.nps.gov/cebe.

August 2, 2014 Sesquicentennial Conference: The 1864 Shenandoah Campaign and the Burning Lord Fairfax Community College, Middletown The Shenandoah Valley

August 16, 2014 The Battle of Guard Hill and Engagements at Cedarville Warren Heritage Society, Front Royal The Battle of Guard Hill & Engagements at Cedarville: Lecture with Joe Whitehorne; Battlefield Tour with Patrick Farris; Battlefield Map by Darryl Merchant; Civil War Trails Marker dedication; Virginia Department of Historic Resources Historic Marker Dedication. Free. 101 Chester Street, Front Royal. For more information call 540-636-1446 or visit www.warrenheritagesociety. org/programs.

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August 16, 2014 The Berryville Wagon Train Raid - Cavaliers, Courage and Coffee Program Clarke County Historical Society, Berryville The program will commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Berryville Wagon Raid and events that followed. Follow the story of Mosby and his Rangers as they attacked an enormous wagon train of Sheridan’s Union Army of the Shenandoah early on the morning of August 13, 1864 as told by MHAA’s Gray Ghost Interpretive Group. This program is co-sponsored by the Clarke County Historical Society and the Mosby Heritage Area Association. 7:30pm to 9:30pm. $10 for adults. 32 East Main Street, Berryville. For more information call 540-6876681 or visit www.mosbyheritagearea.org/events.html.

September 3, 2014 “150 Years Ago…On This Day” Battlefield Tour – Battle of Berryville Berryville

September 19, 2014 “150 Years Ago…On This Day” Third Winchester Real-Time Battlefield Motorcoach Tour Clarke County, Frederick County Follow the course of the sprawling battle with this in-depth, day-long real-time motorcoach tour of battlefield sites. Tour led by historian Scott Patchan, author of The Last Battle of Winchester: Phil Sheridan, Jubal Early, and the Shenandoah Valley Campaign. 8am to 4pm.

Cost: $60. Advance purchase required. Seating is limited. For more information or to register visit www.ShenandoahAt War.org or call 540-740-4545.

NPS Ranger Eric Campbell leads a car caravan tour of the Battle of Berryville. 4-6pm.

Free. Presented by Cedar Creek Third Winchester 150th and Belle Grove National Historical Park and the Clarke Anniversary Ranger Station County Sesquicentennial Programs Committee. For information, Winchester 540-869-3051, National Park Service Rangers www.nps.gov/cebe.

September 19, 2014

from Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park will provide interpretation at key points (such as Middle Field, Stephenson's Depot, Star Fort and others) on the battlefield.

Follow the path of the battle through this series of timed programs to learn more about the stories at each pivotal point, from the beginning of the battle at the east end of Berryville Canyon to its climax “whirling through Winchester.” Visitors can attend all of the scheduled presentations or attend select programs of their choosing. Noon-4pm. Free. For more information, 540-869-3051, www.nps.gov/cebe or 540-740-4545, www.ShenandoahAtWar.org.

Third Winchester Battlefield portraying units who fought in the battle. Noon-4pm. Free. For more information visit www.ShenandoahAtWar.org or call 540-740-4545.

September 19, 2014 “Stars over Winchester”: A Gala Fundraising Dinner George Washington Hotel, Winchester

A special fundraising event to support the restoration and interpretation of the Third Winchester Battlefield, featuring very special guests Academy Award®-winning actor Robert Duvall and legendary historian Ed Bearss. Tickets $250.

Advance purchase required.

“You Are There” Living Seating is limited. 6pm to 9pm.

History: Third Winchester 103 East Piccadilly Street, Winchester Winchester. For more informaLiving history at battlefield sites tion or to register visit www.ShenandoahAtWar.org or such as Star Fort and Fort Collier, with reenacting groups call 540-740-4545.

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Battlefields Foundation's programs commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the battle on September 19 and 20, 2014.

Free. Registration required.

10am to 12pm. 20 North Loudoun Street, Winchester. For more information or to register visit www.ShenandoahAt War.org or call 540-740-4545.

September 20, 2014 “The Storm of Lead”: Walking Tour of Third Winchester Battlefield

tion visit www.ShenandoahAt War.org or call 540-740-4545.

September 20, 2014 Third Winchester Civil War Kids Camp Third Winchester Battlefield, Winchester Civil War Kids Camp presented by the Virginia Museum of the Civil War, will take place during the 150th Anniversary programs on the Third Winchester battlefield. Cost included in the price of admission. 5pm to 6:30pm.

Redbud Road, Winchester. For more information or to register, visit www.ShenandoahAt War.org or call 540-740-4545.

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the Third Winchester are included in the admission cost of $10 per person; ages 9 and under free. 251 First Woods Drive, Winchester. For more information visit www.ShenandoahAt War.org or call 540-740-4545.

September 20, 2014 Commemorative Program: Third Winchester and the 1864 Shenandoah Campaign

Third Winchester Battlefield, Winchester Commemorative ceremony looking at the past, present, and Third Winchester Battlefield, future of the Third Winchester Winchester Battlefield, featuring descendant “Don’t forget that I did my Walking tour of the main prerecognition, recognition of boy served area of the battlefield, duty”: Third Winchester scouts and other volunteers, roll including First Woods, Middle Descendant Reception call of states, honor guard, period Field, Second Woods, and music, and special guest speakers Old Courthouse Civil War Huntsberry Farm, led by historiincluding Jeffry Wert, author of Museum, Winchester an Scott Patchan, author of The 150th Anniversary Programs on From Winchester to Cedar Creek: Do you have an ancestor that Last Battle of Winchester: Phil the Battlefield: Third Winchester The Shenandoah Campaign of fought at the Third Battle of Sheridan, Jubal Early, and the 1864. 5pm to 6:30pm. All Winchester? Then don't miss Shenandoah Valley Campaign. Third Winchester Battlefield, September 20 programs on the Winchester out on this opportunity to join All September 20 programs on Third Winchester are included in with fellow descendants for a the Third Winchester are includ- Self-guided tours, living history, the admission cost of $10 per perspecial descendant-only receped in the admission cost of $10 youth programs, period music, son; ages 9 and under free. . tion at the Old Courthouse Civil per person; ages 9 and under Redbud Road, Winchester. For artillery and infantry demonWar Museum in Winchester on free. 1pm to 3pm. Tour will start strations, and dedication of new more information or to register, visit www.ShenandoahAtWar.org Saturday, September 20, during at 251 First Woods Drive, interpretive sites. 1pm to 5pm. or call 540-740-4545. the Shenandoah Valley Winchester. For more informa- All September 20 programs on Col. John Henry Stover Funk

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Although the least known of the battles of Gen. Philip H. Sheridan’s 1864 Shenandoah “150 Years Ago…On This Day” Battlefield Campaign, Fisher’s Hill proved arguably Sheridan’s most complete tactical victory, one Tour – Battle of Milford which opened up a new phase of the Civil War Warren County, Page County in the Shenandoah Valley—“The Burning.”

This one-day seminar and tour will begin with Walking tour of the battlefield, covering the story of the Confederate stand that prevented a morning lecture to set the stage for the afternoon carpool tour of sites associated with the Union forces from cutting off Jubal Early’s Battle of Fisher’s Hill. Stops will include forces after the Battle of Fishers Hill’s. Time TBD. For information, theder@svbf.net, 540- Hupp’s Hill, route of Crook’s flank march, St. Stephens Church on the Back Road, a walking 740-4545, www.ShenandoahAtWar.org. tour of the Ramseur’s Hill site, Confederate lookout tree, Cullen Battle’s defense, old Valley Pike (right of Early’s line), final stand and mortal wounding of Sandie Pendleton. 10am to “150 years Ago…On This Day” Battlefield 4:30pm. $20. 173 Skirmisher Lane, Tour – Battle of Fisher’s Hill Middletown. For more information or to register, visit www.ShenandoahAtWar.org or email Strasburg, Fisher’s Hill Battlefield Professor Noyalas at jnoyalas@lfcc.edu.

Historian Richard Kleese, author of Shenandoah County in the Civil War, leads a tour of the Fisher’s Hill battlefield. 4-6pm.

Free. Battlefield Road, Fisher’s Hill.

Presented by the Strasburg Heritage Living History: The Battle of Fisher’s Hill Association. For information, theder@svbf.

Ramseur’s Hill, Fisher’s Hill Battlefield net, 540-740-4545, www.ShenandoahAtWar.org.

Confederate and Union living history groups tell the story of the battle from the soldiers’ viewpoint. 10am-4pm. For more information, 540-740-4545, www.ShenandoahAtWar.org.

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Richard Kleese, showings of the film “The Burning,” and Civil War-era music. Time TBD. Price TBD. For information, call 540-9848400 or visit www.edinburgmill.com. 214 South Main Street, Edinburg.

October 9, 2014 “150 Years Ago…On This Day” Battlefield Tour – Battle of Tom’s Brook Tom’s Brook, Shenandoah County NPS Ranger Eric Campbell leads a car caravan tour of the The Battle of Tom’s Brook (aka “The Woodstock Races”). 4-6pm. Free.

Presented by Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park and the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation. For information, 540-868-9176, www.nps.gov/cebe.

October 13, 2014 “150 Years Ago…On This Day” Battlefield Tour – Skirmish at Hupp’s Hill Hupp’s Hill Civil War Park, Strasburg Mike Kehoe leads this Sesquicentennial tour of the fight that served as a precursor to the Battle of Cedar Creek. Presented by the Cedar Creek Battlefield Foundation.

Executions of Mosby’s Men Programs Warren Heritage Society For more information, call 540-636-1446.

October 3, 2014 The Burning in the Upper Shenandoah Valley

September 27, 2014 “The Fall of Gibraltar”: The Battle of Fisher’s Hill Seminar and Tour with Jonathan Noyalas Middletown, Fisher’s Hill

October 16, 2014 Battle of Cedar Creek in Hale’s Four Valiant Years

Heritage Museum, Dayton Warren Heritage Society, Front Royal Dr. Irvin Hess presents a program on the For more information, call 540-636-1446.

Burning, including the story of Union Lt. John R. Meigs. 382 High St., Dayton. For more information, call 540-879-2681.

October 17-20, 2014

October 4, 2014

LFCC’s Center for Civil War History in partnership with the Shenandoah Valley The Edinburg Mill and The Burning Battlefields Foundation is proud to host this one day seminar and tour to commemorate the Edinburg Mill, Edinburg 150th anniversary of the Battle of Fisher’s Hill. Events include a program by Historian

Battle of Cedar Creek 150th Anniversary Programs Cedar Creek Battlefield, Middletown Programs to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the dramatic, pivotal battle include:

Signal Knob Interpretive Hike Shenandoah County, Warren County For more information, 540-8693051, www.nps.gov/cebe

October 17, 2014 Night Fire Cannon Demonstration Cedar Creek Battlefield, Middletown For more information, 540-8693051, www.nps.gov/cebe

October 17, 2014 History at Sunset Cedar Creek Battlefield, Middletown Free. For information, 540-8693051, www.nps.gov/cebe.

Creek. On the lands where the last great battle of the Civil War in the Shenandoah Valley took place, Ramsuer’s Monument Program at they will welcome thousands of Belle Grove reenactors from across the nation Belle Grove Plantation, Middletown and around the world to portray those individuals who fought for For more information, 540-869their beliefs, in a nation divided.

3051, www.nps.gov/cebe 9am to 5pm. 8437 Valley Pike, Middletown. For costs and more information, call 540-869-2064 or visit www.ccbf.us.

October 20, 2014

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Sheridan’s Field Hospital

October 18-19, 2014 Cedar Creek Battlefield Stations and Special Programs Cedar Creek Battlefield, Middletown For more information, 540-8693051, www.nps.gov/cebe

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October 18-19, 2014

Cedar Creek Commemoration Ceremony

Living History on Cedar Creek Battlefield

Middletown 5 pm. For more information, 540869-3051, www.nps.gov/cebe

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October 18-19, 2014

Signal Knob Signal Corps Demonstrations

NPS Ranger Programs on Cedar Creek Battlefield

Shenandoah County, Warren County For more information, 540-8693051, www.nps.gov/cebe

October 18-19, 2014 150th Anniversary Reenactment of the Battle of Cedar Creek

Cedar Creek Battlefield, Middletown For more information, 540-8693051, www.nps.gov/cebe

October 19, 2014 “150 Years Ago...On This Day” Battle of Cedar Creek ‘Real Time’ Interpretive Programs

Cedar Creek Battlefield, Middletown The Cedar Creek Battlefield Cedar Creek Battlefield, Middletown Foundation, in cooperation with For more information, 540-869Belle Grove, presents the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Cedar 3051, www.nps.gov/cebe

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Shawnee Springs, Winchester Living history and medical demonstrations at the site of the largest temporary field hospital of the war. 10am-4pm. Presented by the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation. For information, theder@svbf.net, 540-740-4545, www.ShenandoahAtWar.org.

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Open 7 Days a Week: Monday - Saturday 10-5pm, Sunday Noon-5pm First floor is free and open to the public with museum, gift shop and visitor center.

Upper floors require a small donation to the Edinburg Mill’s “Save The Mill” project.

• Visitor Information Center • Museum and Gift Shops • Public Rooms Available for Meetings & Events • Annual Fall Art Show - Oct. 11-12, 2014 A joint project of the Town of Edinburg and the Edinburg Heritage Foundation

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BATTLES OF 1864 SESQUICENTENNIAL COMMEMORATION

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BATTLES OF 1864 SESQUICENTENNIAL COMMEMORATION

Saturday, May 10, 2014

The Northern Virginia Daily

A N ew W inchester P rint!

Scarlet Sky by John Paul Strain The First Time Gen. Washington’s HQ has been painted!

Pr i n t Si g n i n g

Saturday, M

ay 17, 2014

10:00 am – 3

:00pm

King James Ga lleries of Winc hester 161 Prosperity Dr., W inchester, Va. 2

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Don’t miss a chance to Meet Mr. Strain and have your Giclee Signed!

We offer 90 day layaway

PAPER GICLÉES: 200 Signed & Numbered $225 • 50 Artist Proofs $325 LIMITED QUANTITIES RESERVE YOURS TODAY! CANVAS GICLÉES: 75 Studio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$275 60 Classic . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$525 This painting is already selling fast. Order yours today. If you miss out, you will be sorry!

King James Galleries

10 Studio Artist Proofs . . . . $325

10 Classic Artist Proofs . . . $650

5 Executives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,200 5 Executive Artist Proofs . . . . . . $1,400 161 Prosperity Drive, Winchester, VA (540) 869-9025 or toll free 888-217-1865 Monday-Friday 10-6 • Saturday 10-4

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THE ORIGINAL IS STILL AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT THE GALLERY!