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English: This map shows the position of Union cavalry late afternoon on September 19, 1864, when it captured Fort Collier in the Third Battle of Winchester in the American Civil War.
Date
Source This is a portion of an 1873 map titled "Battle field of Winchester, Va. (Opequon) [September 19, 1864]" prepared by an order of Lt. Gen. P.H. Sheridan under the authority of the Secretary of War. The entire map can be found in the Library of Congress map, and shows the battlefield. The label, arrows, and some cleanup added by TwoScarsUp.
Author Bvt. Lt. Col. G. L. Gillespie, Major of Engineers, U.S.A. under the authority of the U.S. Secretary of War

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Union cavalry captured Fort Collier

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current21:12, 1 March 2021Thumbnail for version as of 21:12, 1 March 2021450 × 424 (439 KB)TwoScarsUpUploaded a work by Bvt. Lt. Col. G. L. Gillespie, Major of Engineers, U.S.A. under the authority of the U.S. Secretary of War from This is a portion of an 1873 map titled "Battle field of Winchester, Va. (Opequon) [September 19, 1864]" prepared by an order of Lt. Gen. P.H. Sheridan under the authority of the Secretary of War. The entire map can be found in the Library of Congress [https://www.loc.gov/item/99446372/ map], and shows the battlefield. The label, arrows, and some cleanup added by...

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