TIL During the American Civil War the town of Winchester Virginia changed hands over a dozen times between the Union and Confederates due to it’s strategic location in the Shenandoah Valley. A British observer called Winchester the "shuttlecock of the Confederacy."
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Second Winchester
The second of three major battles fought in Winchester during the Civil War, this Confederate victory eradicated Federal opposition in the Shenandoah Valley...American Battlefield Trust
