File:Third Winchester - Afternoon Cavalry.png

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English: This maps the 1st and 2nd Divisions of Union Cavalry (Merritt and Averell) as they moved south on the afternoon of September 19, 1864 in the American Civil War.
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Source This is a portion of an 1873 map titled "Battle field of Winchester, Va. (Opequon) [September 19, 1864]" prepared by an order of Lt. Gen. P.H. Sheridan under the authority of the Secretary of War. The entire map can be found in the Library of Congress map, and shows the battlefield. The label in the lower left corner and red highlights were added by TwoScarsUp.
Author Bvt. Lt. Col. G. L. Gillespie, Major of Engineers, U.S.A. under the authority of the Secretary of War

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Union cavalry under Generals Merritt and Averell moved south

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current17:04, 23 January 2021Thumbnail for version as of 17:04, 23 January 20211,052 × 607 (1.31 MB)TwoScarsUpUploaded a work by Bvt. Lt. Col. G. L. Gillespie, Major of Engineers, U.S.A. under the authority of the Secretary of War from This is a portion of an 1873 map titled "Battle field of Winchester, Va. (Opequon) [September 19, 1864]" prepared by an order of Lt. Gen. P.H. Sheridan under the authority of the Secretary of War. The entire map can be found in the Library of Congress [https://www.loc.gov/item/99446372/ map], and shows the battlefield. The label in the lower left corner and red highlig...

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