battles....

sites preserved by APCWS
Third Winchester

this 222 acre property marked by gentle rolling hilss and woods, is one of the few remaining vestiges of the battlefield. The Battle of Third Winchester also called Opequon, was the bloodiest of all the many battles fought in the Shenandoah VAlley during the Civil War.
Union Victory.
Sept 19 1864
forces engaged 54440 total
US 39240
CS15200
est casualities8360 total
US5020
CS3610
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Cloyd's Mountain Virginia May 9 1864
forces engaged approx. 10000
est. casualities 1500
union victory
Pulaski County
fighting was furious and hand to hand
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virginia civil war map battles of 1864 CWSAC Inventory
Rutherfords FArm
Opequon
Berryville
Cool Spring
Guard Hill
Mortons Ford
Wilderness
Spotsylvania
North Anna
Totopotomoy
Haws Shop
Cold Harbor
Old Church
Walkerton
Fair Oaks
St Marys Ch
Chaffins Farm
Wilsons Wharf
Deep Bottom
Darbytown Rd
Petersburg
Crater
Jerusalem Plank Road
Sappony Church
Reams Station
Globe Tavern
Peebles Farm
Boydton Plank Road
Swift Creek
Port Walthall
Chester Sta
Proctors Creek
Ware Bottom Church
Yellow Tavern
Piedmont
Trevilian Station
New Market
Toms Brook
Fishers Hill
Cedar Creek
Kernstown
Lynchburg
Staunton River Bridge
Saltville
Marion
Cove Mountain
Cloyds Mountain
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was my great great grandpa Maxwell's regiment involved in these battles? is that why this information was kept? wish I knew!