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The Battle Of Winchester.
PAPER READ BEFORz sTANSARD POST NJ
GRAND Army OF TIE REPUBLIC,
D. J;..of,- II Feb 221 1877,

BY CAPT. GEO. r. DAVIS, 10Th ". VOLUNTEERS
Sir Commander, Comralss, Laiies and Gen
lemen
With pleasure / contribute ny . enip
keep the =. Camp Fire. burning II II prove
10 be = dry one. and burn brightly, vel; Il nO''
p.ease accept the viii for TIE deed
have chosen the battle Of - Winchester or
Opeouan" as il is officially terme1' Septem9e'
18th, 1854 Is the subject for thiE evening De
cause il vas the first success, in series OF oa'iies
and mkrches that hss 70 parallel II our lis'ory'
and because the three srms Of service, lniAniry'
cavalry and artillery co-operAied so hsrnehi-
ourlv and successfully. 10 plsn and execution
IL Tss worthy Of its hero, Msi0r Gen. fhi-lp Il
Sheridan.
The Shenandoah Valley is from ten &c 1-ieen
miles wide. and upwards Of enc hundred miles
long. ThEt portion most familiar 10 Us lay DC
tween the Blue Ridge on the east, the Alles9auy
Mountains west, and from Hsrpers terry 10
Harrisonburrh.-a garden for beauty an ief-
tility but the Sc alley Of HumiAato1 20 inc
Union army, by reason Of constant Anl as ssIacs
ful defeat. under such leaders a. faJleIson'
Miles, Aiiroy, Banks, Sige., sehurz aad nun
ter
II, s7preciats sbe battle Of Winchester, We
must examine a. some length the condition OF
the country and the operations Of this amy ilf
two months pressing.
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