The Union Army won the third battle of Winchester, Virginia, in September, 1864. In doing so, the Union secured the Shenandoah Valley , making the outcome of the entire war inevitable. William Knowlton, a Maine officer, participated in the first battle of Winchester. He returned to fight in the t...

As Union soldiers splashed across the Shenandoah River on July 18, 1864 to establish a beachhead on the Confederate side, one brigade was completely new to the type of fighting they were asked to do. Let’s travel to Thoburn’s right flank and see what happened!

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After the Crimean War, many young men from across the US became enamored with the Algerian Zouaves. Militia units and drill dressed in uniforms meant to emulate them. Several Civil War units began the war with this gaudy dress. In the middle of Jackson’s Valley Campaign in 1862, two of these unit...