The Last Battle of Winchester

Posted on 06 November 2017 by Scott C. Patchan

The Last Battle of Winchester Phil Sheridan, Jubal Early, and the Shenandoah Valley Campaign, August 7 September 19, 1864 is the first serious study to chronicle the Third Battle of Winchester The September 1864 combat was the largest, longest, and bloodiest battle fought in the Shenandoah Valley What began about daylight did not end until dusk, when the victorious Union army routed the Confederates It was the first time Stonewall Jackson s former corps had ever been driven from a battlefield, and their defeat set the stage for the final climax of the 1864 Valley Campaign.The Northern victory was a long time coming After a spring and summer of Union defeat in the Valley, Lt Gen Ulysses S Grant cobbled together a formidable force under Phil Sheridan, an equally redoubtable commander Sheridan s task was a tall one sweep Jubal Early s Confederate army out of the bountiful Shenandoah, and reduce the verdant region of its supplies The aggressive Early had led the veterans of Jackson s Army of the Valley District to one victory after another at Lynchburg, Monocacy, Snickers Gap, and Kernstown.Five weeks of complex maneuvering and sporadic combat followed before the opposing armies ended up at Winchester, an important town in the northern end of the Valley that had changed hands dozens of times over the previous three years Tactical brilliance and ineptitude were on display throughout the day long affair as Sheridan threw infantry and cavalry against the thinning Confederate ranks and Early and his generals shifted to meet each assault A final blow against Early s left flank finally collapsed the Southern army, killed one of the Confederacy s finest combat generals, and planted the seeds of the victory at Cedar Creek the following month.Scott Patchan s vivid prose, which is based upon than two decades of meticulous research and an unparalleled understanding of the battlefield, is complimented with numerous original maps and explanatory footnotes that enhance our understanding of this watershed battle Rich in analysis and character development, The Last Battle of Winchester is certain to become a classic Civil War battle study.About the Author A life long student of military history, Scott C Patchan is a graduate of James Madison University in the Shenandoah Valley He is the author of many articles and books, including The Forgotten Fury The Battle of Piedmont 1996 , Shenandoah Summer The 1864 Valley Campaign 2007 , and Second Manassas Longstreet s Attack and the Struggle for Chinn Ridge 2011 Patchan serves as a Director on the board of the Kernstown Battlefield Association in Winchester, Virginia, and is a member of the Shenandoah Valley Battlefield Foundation s Resource Protection Committee. New Read [ The Last Battle of Winchester ] Author [ Scott C. Patchan ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr The Shenandoah Valley had been a disaster for the Union during the Civil War Stonewall Jackson s Valley Campaign embarrassed Union forces Joseph Johnston, even earlier, had served well with Jackson s help before First Manassas When Robert E Lee dispatched General Jubal Early and the Second Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia to the Valley, it was to try to divert Union strength around Petersburg, where Grant s siege was moving with near certainty toward Confederate defeat.At first, Ea The Shenandoah Valley had been a disaster for the Union during the Civil War Stonewall Jackson s Valley Campaign embarrassed Union forces Joseph Johnston, even earlier, had served well with Jackson s help before First Manassas When Robert E Lee dispatched General Jubal Early and the Second Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia to the Valley, it was to try to divert Union strength around Petersburg, where Grant s siege was moving with near certainty toward Confederate defeat.At first, Early s forces did well, winning a battle at Monocacy Junction and actually terrifying many in Washington, D C as his forces advanced against the Capitol Then, Union forces began arriving, including the Sixth Corps of the Army of the Potomac.Shortly thereafter, additional forces were pulled together the 19th Corps, under General Emory, and Crook s Army of West Virginia General Phil Sheridan was placed in command by U S Grant The order of battle, at the end of the narrative, nicely illustrates the units involv...I have read quite a few books on the War Between the States and Scott C Patchan s work might be the most detailed and exhaustively researched work that I have ever come across Therein, however, lies its weakness as a book The details overwhelm the narrative Slogging through which regiment s flank rested on some other regiment s flank on this farm as opposed to that farm became tedious and it took me almost two months to finish The Last Battle of Winchester.Interestingly, the final chapter th I have read quite a few books on the War Between the States and Scott C Patchan s work might be the most detailed and exhaustively researched work that I have ever come across Therein, however, lies its weakness as a book The details overwhelm the narrative Slogging through which regiment s flank rested on some other regiment s flank on this farm as opposed to that farm became tedious and it took me almost two months to finish The Last Battle of Winchester.Interestingly...Scott Patchan has investigated the Third Battle of Winchester for twenty years and his enthusiasm and research skills ooze through the pages of his book The Last Battle of Winchester Phil Sheridan, Jubal Early and the Shenandoah Valley Campaign, August 7 September 19, 1864 He accurately lays out why the Shenandoah Valley and Winchester, Virginia, located at the north end of the valley, were such highly prized possessions of Confederates and Federals during the Civil War Chapter 1 begins wit Scott Patchan has investigated the Third Battle of Winchester for twenty years and his enthusiasm and research skills ooze through the pages of his book The Last Battle of Winchester Phil Sheridan, Jubal Early and the Shenandoah Valley Campaign, August 7 September 19, 1864 He accurately lays out why the Shenandoah Valley and Winchester, Virginia, located at the north end of the valley, were such highly prized possessions of Confederates and Federals during the Civil War Chapter 1 begins with steam hisses and whistle blasts as a train arrives at Monocacy Junction in Maryland at the beginning of August 1864 Major General Phil Sheridan stepped down onto the platform from a rail car He was the newly app...

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06 November 2017

Scott C. Patchan