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Second Battle of Kernstown
- When
- July 24, 1864
- Where
- Kernstown, Virginia
- Part of
- Second Battle of Kernstown
Confederate General Jubal Early defeated Union forces under Brigadier General George Crook on July 24, 1864, at Kernstown, Virginia, marking the high-water point for the Confederacy in the Valley.
Early's forces soundly defeated the Union Army of West Virginia, driving it from the Shenandoah Valley back over the Potomac River into Maryland. The battle took place at Kernstown, outside Winchester, as part of the Valley Campaigns of 1864. Mulligan's division was engaged on Pritchard's Hill, a key location from the first battle in 1862.
Sources
- Second Battle of Kernstown Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-22
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