LFCC Field Trip, 10/30/2010
We ended our Third Winchester Tour at Shawnee Springs Preserve, site of the Sheridan Field Hospital after the battle in 1864. A few years ago, tents were erected there on platforms as part of a Civil War Living History event. Professor Noyalas explained that the hospital tents were heated from under the floor using a trench warmed by a fire pit at the end.
The Battle of Third Winchester (Opequon) resulted in thousands of casualties. It was the beginning of the end of Confederate control of the Shenandoah Valley.
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