The McDowell Battlefield Orientation Center.
Battle Summary:
In late April, CS Major General
Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson
effectively held US Major General
Nathanial Banks in the upper Shenandoah
Valley. After the bloody battle of Kernstown and a fighting retreat up
the valley, Stonewall Jackson determined to keep Banks occupied in the
valley, preventing him from joining US Major General
George B. McClellan,
currently battling CS General
Joseph Johnston on the James River peninsula.
Complicating matters was US Major General
John Fremont's...
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