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Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson (January 21, 1824 – May 10, 1863) was a Confederate general and military officer who served during the American Civil War.He played a prominent role in nearly all military engagements in the Eastern theater of the war until his death.
Winchester National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Winchester in Frederick County, Virginia. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs , it encompasses 4.9 acres (2.0 ha), and as of the end of 2005, it had 5,561 interments.
In 2018, Bonnie Blue hosted Nancy Tabaka's first solo art show. A Winchester resident and Art Students League of New York alumnus, Tabaka's art show was the first time the restaurant had held such an event. [17] The Taste of Winchester Food Festival took place in 2019 with Bonnie Blue being one of almost two dozen restaurants participating. [18]
Notable former players who went on to play in the major leagues include Jimmy Key, Reggie Sanders, [5] Kevin Kouzmanoff, Tyler Thornburg, [6] and Kyle Snyder. [7] Dayton Moore served as the Winchester manager in 1992 and 1993 and went on to become the general manager of the Kansas City Royals.
The Winchester Repeating Arms Company went into receivership in 1931 and was bought at a bankruptcy auction by the Olin family's Western Cartridge Company on December 22 of that year. Oliver Winchester's firm would maintain a nominal existence until 1935 when Western Cartridge merged with its subsidiary to form the Winchester-Western Company.
The Winchester and Potomac Railroad (W&P) was a railroad in the southern United States, which ran from Winchester, Virginia, to Harpers Ferry, West Virginia (Virginia until 1863), on the Potomac River, at a junction with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O). [1]
First Winchester was a major victory in Jackson's Valley Campaign, both tactically and strategically. Union plans for the Peninsula Campaign , an offensive against Richmond , were disrupted by Jackson's audacity, and thousands of Union reinforcements were diverted to the Valley and the defense of Washington, D.C. [ 4 ]
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