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Ihe tour also features the skirmish at Corbin’s Mill in which General “Jeb” Stuart gets part of his famous mustache trimmed off by a bullet.
Marches and encampments by Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia and by Union Major General John Pope’s ill-fated “Army of Virginia” will be explored, as will the local guerrilla campaigns of John S. Mosby.
Then the tour will cross Chester Gap and will follow in the footsteps of General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson in his key victory of the Valley Campaign at the Battle of Front Royal.
After sending Turner Ashby’s cavalry to capture Buckton and prevent the North from receiving any communications from Front Royal, Jackson approached Front Royal from a little used side road, Gooney Manor Road, which shielded his army and contributed to the element of surprise.
From atop Prospect Hill, Jackson was able to look on Front Royal and the encampment of the Union forces on the east side of the South Fork of the Shenandoah River.
For Jackson’s attack to succeed, he had to beat the Federal forces to the river bridges that could provide them their only avenue of escape.
Around 2 p.m. on the hot day of May 23, 1862, Jackson sent his line of skirmishers forward as he started an enveloping movement toward another hill and the all-important bridges... What ensued was a sharply fought conflict that raged throughout the town and included critical artillery support on both sides—a battle that was to have momentous impact on the future course of the war.
The tour will stop at the Prospect Cemetery for a view of the town that figured prominently into the battle’s strategy, drive down Royal Avenue along the route of the fast-moving rebel forces, then stop again at Richardson’s Hill and at the site of the South Fork Bridge.
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