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Join author Jerry Holsworth as he discusses his new book, "Stonewall Jackson & Winchester, Virginia" at The Manassas Museum.
Nearby Winchester was a strategically important town that switched between Confederate and Union control at least 70 times during the Civil War. Many of the townspeople though, reserved their loyalty for the famous Confederate General Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson.
The relationship between Jackson and the town of Winchester began early in the war, in June 1861, and lasted until his early death on May 10, 1863.
Holsworth chronicles the relationship between Jackson and the soldiers and townspeople of Winchester with information gathered from diaries, letters, journals and newspaper articles. Holsworth also recounts stories of the 1862 Shenandoah Valley Campaign, the battles that forever cemented Jackson's place in Winchester history.
"Stonewall Jackson & Winchester, Virginia" is available at Echoes, the Manassas Museum store.
