![]() ![]() However, the main recorders of the incident are infamous for weaving imaginative stories of facts and other influences of memory also cloud the likely truths. One the dramatic and legendary scenes of civilian and military interaction during the 1862 Valley Campaign occurred during the battle of Front Royal. Also, the further north he moved, the more the politicians in Washington had to worry and the less chance that more Federal troops would be sent to join General McClellan’s campaign threatening Richmond, the Confederacy’s capital. Aiming for Winchester at last, Jackson wanted to clear this part of the Shenandoah Valley of Union occupation. Jackson had marched from New Market Gap to Luray and approached Front Royal, a village almost due east of Strasburg.Īfter the battle of McDowell on May 8, Jackson had turned northward, forcing Union General Banks to fall back. The main southern force under General Thomas J. ![]() ![]() On May 23, 1862, the battle of Front Royal occurred as Confederate troops push down (north) in the Shenandoah Valley toward Winchester. ![]()
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