Second Battle of Winchester: The Confederate Victory that Opened the Door to Gettysburg (Eric J. Wittenberg & Scott Mingus Jr. - CWC) Ed Bearss This time the Union troops

This time the Union troops wrested the wall and high ground from the Confederates and drove west into the enemy’s rear

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Second Battle of Winchester: The Confederate Victory that Opened the Door to Gettysburg (Eric J. Wittenberg & Scott Mingus Jr. - CWC) Ed Bearss This time the Union troopsThe Second Battle of Winchester: The Confederate Victory that Opened the Door to Gettysburg by Eric Wittenburg and Scott Mingus June 1863. The Gettysburg Campaign is underway. Robert E. Lees Army of Northern Virginia is pushing northward through the Shenandoah Valley toward Pennsylvania, and only one significant force stands in its way: Maj. Gen. Robert H. Milroys Union division of the Eighth Army Corps, in the vicinity of Winchester and Berryville,