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Topic: Winchester, Second Battle of

Winchester, Second Battle of

Years: 1863 - 1863

The Second Battle of Winchester is fought between June 13 and June 15, 1863, in Frederick County and Winchester, Virginia as part of the Gettysburg Campaign during the American Civil War.

As Confederate Lieutenant General Richard S. Ewell moves down the Shenandoah Valley in the direction of Pennsylvania, his corps defeats the Union Army garrison commanded by Major General Robert H. Milroy, capturing Winchester and numerous Union prisoners.

"He who does not know how to give himself an account of three thousand years may remain in the dark, inexperienced, and live from day to day."

― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, West-Eastern Divan