2 1862 Civil War newspapers WINCHESTER Virginia CAPTURE Confederate & Union acct

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2 1862 Civil War headline newspapers UNION ARMY FORCES CAPTURE WINCHESTER Virginia -
Confederate & Union accounts
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inv # 6C-205
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SEE PHOTO----- Two (2) COMPLETE, ORIGINAL Civil War NEWSPAPERs, the
Philadelphia Press
(PA) dated March 14, 1862 and April 8, 1862.
These newspapers contain prominent front page headlines and long reports of the
Union Army forces capturing WINCHESTER, Virginia
.
These reports give both the Union
AND
Confederate versions of the news of the OCCUPATION OF WINCHESTER, Virginia.
The city of Winchester, Virginia, and the surrounding area were the site of numerous fights during the American Civil War as both contending armies strove to control that portion of the Shenandoah Valley.
Located at the north end of the lower Shenandoah Valley at a latitude north of the Federal capital city of Washington, D.C., Winchester's location was the hub of key roadways linking the Ohio Valley to the eastern United States coastal plains. Sitting just south of the Potomac River, Winchester lay on the only route between the east and western United States with direct connections to Washington, D.C. Passing through or nearby Winchester are these major transportation and communications routes:
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
The Winchester and Potomac Railroad
The Manassas Gap Railroad and Manassas Gap
The Valley Pike and Martinsburg Pike
The Pughtown Pike
The Northwestern Grade and Petticoat Gap to Romney, West Virginia
The Berryville Pike, Castleman's Ferry and Snickers Gap
The Millwood Pike, Berry's Ferry and Ashby's Gap
The Front Royal Pike and Chester Gap
Winchester was a base of operations for several Confederate incursions into the Northern United States, at times threatening the Federal capital city. Winchester also served as a central point for troops conducting raids against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, and turnpike and telegraph paths along those routes and the Potomac River Valley. For instance, in 1861, Col. Thomas J. Jackson removed 56 locomotives and 386 railroad cars, along with miles of track, from the B&O Railroad and ultimately closed down the B&O's main line for ten months. Much of the effort to transport this equipment by horse and carriage centered in Winchester.
Winchester was a key strategic position for the Confederate States Army during the war. It was an important operational objective in Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's and Jackson's defense of the Shenandoah Valley in 1861, Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign of 1862, the Gettysburg Campaign of 1863, and the Valley Campaigns of 1864.
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