Civil War Winchester
Jerry Holsworth is the Assistant Archivist for the Handley Regional Library in Winchester, which is under the auspices of the Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society. The Winchester-Frederick County Visitor Center also employs Jerry to give tours on the Civil War three to four times a year. These tours are popular and usually have about a hundred attendees. Jerry is the author of several articles forBlue & Graymagazine andCivil War Timesand he is a sports writer forThe Winchester Star, theLoudoun Times-Mirror, and theNorthern Virginia Daily. His work has also appeared inThe Washington Times,Cobblestone MagazineandPotomac Magazine. Ted Alexander (Antietam) suggested Jerry, and the two worked together when Jerry was a Park Ranger at Antietam National Battlefield. From 2004 to 2006 Jerry was also the Manager of George Washington's Office Museum in Winchester, and he currently lives in the city.