3rd Winchester • Tour the Battlefield • Battle Maps • Battle Facts • The Armies
Today large parts of the 3rd Winchester battlefield have been built over by commercial and residential development or bulldozed by Interstate 81. But one large and several smaller areas preserve the memories of what happened in 1864.
The largest area of the Third Winchester battlefield that has been preserved is on land saved by the Civil War Trust along Red Bud Run northeast of Winchester. A series of wayside markers along five miles of trails tell the story of the battle.
The Confederate left flank was anchored on earthworks, of which Fort Collier and Star Fort were the largest. Both were overrun in a series of charges by Union Cavalry at the end of the battle.
Winchester National Cemetery and Stonewall Confederate Cemetery
Many of the casualties from the battle, as well as other conflicts in the Shenandoah Valley, were laid to rest in two side-by-side cemeteries on the east side of Winchester. Both contain monuments to the men and units that fought here.
A small green area set aside next to the parking lots of a large mall commemorates both the Third Battle of Winchester and the Battle of Rutherford Farm that preceded it.
Berryville Pike
The scene of some of the hardest fighting in the Shenandoah Valley is now a freeway exit and a shopping center. Virginia State Historical Markers J3 and J13 remind drivers that this was once a battlefield.