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Winchester, May 1862

​Confederate Commander

Maj. Gen. "Stonewall" Jackson

Forces Engaged: 16,000

Killed: 68

Wounded: 329

Captured or Missing: unknown

Total: 397

1st Winchester

Frederick County and Winchester

May 25, 1862

Confederate Victory

Jackson's Shenandoah Valley Campaign

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​Union Commander

Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks

Forces Engaged: 6,500

Killed: 62

Wounded: 243

Captured or Missing: 1,714

Total: 2,019

Confederate Officers

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Maj. Gen. Richard S. Ewell

Brig. Gen. Charles S. Winder

Gen. Richard Taylor

Gen. Isaac R. Trimble

Brig. Gen. Arnold Elzey

Brig. Gen. George H. Steuart

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Confederate Order of Battle

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Confederate Official Records

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National Park Service

First Battle of Winchester

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American Battlefield Trust

First Winchester

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Shenandoah Valley Battlefields

The First Battle of Winchester

Jackson's Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862

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American History Central

The First Battle of Winchester, 1862

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Emerging Civil War

1862: Leaving Winchester

Robert Gould Shaw & the First Battle of Winchester

Liberating Winchester

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Essential Civil War Curriculum

“Like a Wind from the Mountain”: Stonewall's Jackson's 1862 Valley Campaign

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HistoryNet.com

Winchester, Virginia: A Town Embattled During American's Civil War

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YouTube.com

Defeating General Banks: First Battle of Winchester, 1862

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Pictures

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Harper's Weekly

April 12, 1862

June 7, 1862

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New York Times

March 31, 1862

April 20, 1862

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Union Officers

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Maj. Gen. Edward Hatch

Brig. Gen. Alpheus S. Williams

Brig. Gen. John W. Geary​

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Union Order of Battle

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Union Official Records

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Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David Mckay, 1967. p 936-937

Clark, Champ, ed. Decoying the Yanks Jackson's Valley Campaign The Civil War Volume 9 of 27. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life

          Books, 1984. p 129-135

Current, Richard N., ed. "Winchester, Virginia." Encyclopedia of the Confederacy. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. p

          1731-1733

Davis, Burke. They Called Him Stonewall A Life of Lieutenant General T. J. Jackson, C.S.A. Short Hills, NJ: Burford Books,

          1954. p 40-57

Forbes, Edwin. The First Battle of Winchester - The Charge on the Stone Wall. [photograph} Retrieved from the Library of

          Congress. 1862. <www.loc.gov/item/2004661872/>.

Imboden, John D. "Stonewall Jackson in the Shenandoah." Johnson, Robert Underwood and Clarence Clough Buel. Battles

          and Leaders of the Civil War Grant-Lee Edition Volume II-Part I. New York: Century Co, 1884-1887. rpt. National

          Historical Society, 2005. p 282-297

Martin, David G. Jackson's Valley Campaign November 1861-June 1862. Bryn Mawr, PA: Combined Books, 1988. p 86-102

Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Blue Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1964.

------------------- Generals in Gray Lives of the Confederate Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1992.

Waud, Alfred R. Battle of Winchester. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress. <www.loc.gov/item/2004660468/>.

-------------------- Battle of Winchester, Decisive Charge upon the Rebels at the Stone Wall. Photograph. Retrieved from the

          Library of Congress. <www.loc.gov/item/2004660452/>.

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