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Featured battle : Cross Keys
Part of American Civil War
Date : 08 June 1862
Gen. Jackson's force of 'foot cavalry', so called because they had marched 350 miles up and down the Shenandoah Valley and won 3 battles in 5 weeks, were in a race with 2 closing Union forces under John C Frémont and James Shields. Although each was numerically inferior to Jackson's force, together they would outnumber him but the 2 columns were separated by the Massanutten Moutain ridge and the south fork of the Shenandoah. Jackson held the only bridge at Port Republic so he decided to destroy them in detail. Richard S Ewell's division dug in at Cross Keys, 3 miles north west of the bridge to delay Frémont while Jackson dealt with Shields. Although outnumbered considerably by Frémont's bluecoats, Ewell's men defended well, and the Union attacks were uncoordinated, and thrown back. Ewell was therefore requested to leave a holding force only, and send men to reinforce Port Republic
Featured image :
Views of the York Cold War Bunker
York Cold War Bunker - the No.20 Group Royal Observer Corps bunker built in 1961 to monitor nuclear bombs in the event of war
Gallery updated : 2022-04-04 08:33:43
Featured review :
The Civil War in Yorkshire, Fairfax vs Newcastle
Cooke, David
Good new work covering the Yorkshire battles of the Civil War and the struggle between the Earl of Newcastle and Lord Fairfax. Also includes a section giving suggested walks around several of the battlefields and plenty of photographs.
Pen and Sword, 2004
Reviewed : 2011-09-30 00:00:00
